Social Democratic Party of Serbia

The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian: Социјалдемократска партија Србије, romanized: Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije; abbr. СДПС or SDPS) is a social democratic political party in Serbia.

Social Democratic Party of Serbia Социјалдемократска партија Србије Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije

Leader	Rasim Ljajić
Founded	October 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)
Headquarters	Belgrade
Membership (2015)	44,658[1]
Ideology	Social democracy[2] Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	For Our Children
International affiliation	Socialist International (Observer)
National Assembly	8 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	2 / 110
Bosniak National Council	8 / 35
Website
www.sdpsrbije.org.rs
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History

In late 2013 SDPS had joined in coalition with the Sandžak Democratic Party, forming a political union. Rasim Ljajić was elected as the SDP-SDP's first head.[3]

In June 2018 the party was admitted in the Socialist International as observer member.[4] The SDPS currently has 9 seats in the National Assembly. Rasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Foreign and Domestic Trade and Telecommunications since July 2012.

Election results

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalitions	Status
2008	1,590,200	38.42%	4 / 250	4	ZES	government
2012	863,294	22.07%	9 / 250	5	IZBŽ	government
2014	1,736,920	48.35%	10 / 250	1	Around SNS	government
2016	1,823,147	48.25%	10 / 250		Around SNS	government
2020	1,953,998	60.65%	8 / 250	2	Around SNS	government

References

"Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.
"Stranke - Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije" (in Serbian). B92. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
http://www.mondo.rs/a616606/Info/Srbija/Rasim-Ljajic-na-celu-unije-stranaka.html
"Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.

External links

Official website

Political parties in Serbia
Bracketed numbers indicate number of seats in parliament.
National Assembly (250)	Serbian Progressive Party (157) Socialist Party of Serbia (22) Serbian Patriotic Alliance (10) Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (9) Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (9) Social Democratic Party of Serbia (8) United Serbia (8) Movement of Socialists (3) Serbian People's Party (3) Justice and Reconciliation Party (3) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (3) Party for Democratic Action (3) Serbian Renewal Movement (3) Strength of Serbia Movement (2) Communist Party (1) Greens of Serbia (1) People's Peasant Party (1) United Peasant Party (1) Independents not aligned with other parties (1)
Extra-parliamentary	Better Serbia Bosniak Democratic Union Civic Democratic Forum Civic Platform Council of Serbian Unity Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party Croatian Syrmian Initiative Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians Democratic Party Democratic Party of Macedonians Democratic Party of Serbia Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians Democratic Union of Croats Dveri Enough is Enough Fatherland Green Party Healthy Serbia Hungarian Civic Alliance League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina Leviathan Movement Liberal Democratic Party Liberation Movement Love, Faith, Hope Montenegrin Party Movement for Reversal Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia Movement of Free Citizens New Communist Party of Yugoslavia New Party New Serbia Party of Freedom and Justice Party of Modern Serbia Party of the Radical Left People's Freedom Movement People's Party Party of Labour Reformist Party Rich Serbia Roma Party Roma Union of Serbia Russian Party Sarmu probo nisi Serbia 21 Serbian Party Oathkeepers Serbian Radical Party Serbian Right Social Democratic Party Socialist People's Party Together for Serbia Together for Šumadija Union of Socialists of Vojvodina Vlach People's Party Vojvodina's Party
Alliances	Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley Citizens' Bloc 381 For Our Children List for Sandžak United Opposition of Serbia
Defunct	All Together Alliance for Serbia Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak Bunjevac-Šokac Party Choice for a Better Life Christian Democratic Party of Serbia Civic Alliance of Serbia Clean Hands of Vojvodina Conservative Party Croatian National Alliance Democratic Alternative Democratic Centre Democratic Fatherland Party Democratic Movement of Serbia Democratic Opposition of Serbia Federal Party of Yugoslavs For a European Serbia For National Unity G17 Plus Hungarian Coalition Hungarian Hope Movement Hungarian Union I Live for Krajina Independent Democratic Party of Serbia Independent Serbia League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia League of Communists of Serbia League of Communists of Vojvodina League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia Left Coalition Liberal Democratic Party (1989) Liberal Party Liberals of Serbia Party of Serbian Progress Party of Serbian Unity Peasants Party of Serbia People's Democratic Party People's Movement of Serbia People's Party (1990) People's Party (2008) People's Radical Party Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement Serbian Left Serbian Liberal Party Serbian National Renewal Serbian Progressive Party (1881) Serbian Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Union Social Democratic Party (2001) Social Liberal Party of Sandžak Together for Tolerance Together for Vojvodina U-Turn United Democratic Serbia United Regions of Serbia Vojvodina Coalition Vojvodina Parties Yugoslav Left
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