People's Peasant Party
The People's Peasant Party (Serbian: Народна Сељачка Странка, romanized: Narodna Seljačka Stranka; abbr. НСС or NSS) is a political party in Serbia.
People's Peasant Party Народна сељачка странка Narodna seljačka stranka | |
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| President | Marijan Rističević |
| Founder | Dragan Veselinov |
| Founded | 20 May 1990 |
| Headquarters | Trg Slobode, Inđija |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Serbian nationalism Populism National conservatism Historical: Vojvodina autonomism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | For Our Children |
| National Assembly | 1 / 250
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| Website | |
| https://nss.org.rs/ | |
History
It was founded in 1990, its first president being Dragan Veselinov.[1] At this point, its policies were Vojvodina autonomist.
In the 1990 election it won one seat. In 1992 election it entered into a coalition with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, and won no seats, and in the 1993 election, together with Civic Alliance of Serbia joined the centre-right DEPOS coalition, headed by Vuk Drašković, and won one seat.[2] In the 1997 election it was part of the regionalist Vojvodina Coalition and won one seat.
Since 2002, the party has been led by Marijan Rističević. In 2003 it was expelled from the Vojvodina Coalition.[3]
In the 2003 election, it was part of the far-right For National Unity coalition which won no seats. In the 2007 election the party ran on Serbian Renewal Movement's list,[4] which won no seats. In the 2012 election it was part of a centre-right coalition around the Serbian Progressive Party and won one seat.[5] In the 2014 election it was not formally in coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party, however it won one seat as Marijan Rističević was listed on the Progressives' electoral list.[6]
Electoral results
Parliamentary elections
| Leader | Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dragan Veselinov | 60,045 | 1.35% | 1 / 250 |
 1 |
– | opposition |
| 1992 | 36,780 | 0.78% | 0 / 250 |
 1 |
With LSV | no seats | |
| 1993 | 715,564 | 16.64% | 1 / 250 |
1 |
DEPOS | opposition | |
| 1997 | 112,589 | 2.72% | 1 / 250 |
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KV | opposition | |
| 2000 | 2,404,758 | 64.09% | 4 / 250 |
3 |
DOS | government | |
| 2003 | Marijan Rističević | 68,537 | 1.79% | 0 / 250 |
4 |
ZNJ | no seats |
| 2007 | 134,147 | 3.33% | 0 / 250 |
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With SPO-LS | no seats | |
| 2008 | 12,001 | 0.29% | 0 / 250 |
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– | no seats | |
| 2012 | 940,659 | 24.05% | 1 / 250 |
1 |
Around SNS | gov't support | |
| 2014 | 1,736,920 | 48.35% | 1 / 250 |
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Around SNS | gov't support | |
| 2016 | 1,823,147 | 48.25% | 1 / 250 |
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Around SNS | gov't support | |
| 2020 | 1,953,998 | 60.65% | 1 / 250 |
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Around SNS | gov't support |
From 2016. to 2020. party was in parliamentary club with Movement of Socialists and United Peasant Party. Together, they were holding five seats. Now, party exists in a parliamentary alliance with the Serbian Progressive Party and other allies.
References
- Robert Thomas: Serbia under Milošević: politics in the 1990s, pp. 65–66
- Robert Thomas: Serbia under Milošević: politics in the 1990s, p. 116
- http://www.vojvodina.com/politika/arhiva3/030114.html
- "SPO i NSS zajedno na izbore" (in Serbian). B92. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- "Proglašena izborna lista SNS" (in Serbian). B92. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- "Na listi naprednjaka Udovičić, Marjan Rističević, Saša Mirković..." (in Serbian). Blic. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Serbian)
