Communist Party (Serbia)

The Communist Party (Serbian: Комунистичка партија, romanized: Komunistička partija; abbr. КП or KP) is a Titoist political party in Serbia.

Communist Party

Комунистичка партија
Komunistička partija
AbbreviationKP
PresidentJoška Broz
Secretary-GeneralMiroslav Jovanović
FounderJoška Broz
Founded28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
HeadquartersUralska 9
11060 Belgrade
Youth wingCommunist Youth (KO)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Titoism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationSPSJS
International affiliationIMCWP
ColorsRed, Ochre
SloganWorkers of the world, unite!
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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Website
www.kp.rs

It was founded in Belgrade on 28 November 2010, after two smaller communist parties (the New Communist Party of Serbia (NKPS) and the Social Democrats from Novi Sad) united with a group of communists led by Josip Joška Broz. Its president is Joška Broz (grandson of the former president of Yugoslavia and the SKJ, Josip Broz Tito) and the Secretary-General is Miroslav Jovanović.

Organization

The head of the party is the President, next in the hierarchy is the Secretary-General and after him is the party's Central Committee. The party is split into committees led by committee secretaries and also into basic organizations led by commissioners.

Electoral results

The Communist Party competed in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently, receiving 28.977 votes or 0.74% of the popular vote, failing to enter parliament. A similar situation happened in the 2014 parliamentary elections when the Communist Party (in coalition with Montenegrin Party) received 6.388 votes or 0,18% of the popular vote and again failed to enter parliament. However, for the 2016 parliamentary elections, the Communist Party joined a coalition led by the Socialist Party of Serbia that received 413.770 votes or 10,95% of the popular vote and entered the Parliament of Serbia and also the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

Parliamentary elections

Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2012 Joška Broz 28,977 0.74%
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no seats
2014 6,388 0.18%
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With CP no seats
2016 413,770 10.95%
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1 With SPS-JS-ZS gov't support
2020 334,333 10.38%
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With SPS-JS-ZS gov't support

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