United Regions of Serbia

The United Regions of Serbia (Serbian: Уједињени региони Србије, УPC / Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije, URS) was a regionalist,[2] liberal-conservative[2] political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[3][4] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[5][6]

United Regions of Serbia

Уједињени региони Србије
Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije
FounderMlađan Dinkić
Founded16 May 2010 (as coalition)
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) (as party)
Dissolved13 November 2015
Preceded byG17 Plus
HeadquartersBelgrade
Membership (2012)220,000[1]
IdeologyRegionalism[2]
Liberal conservatism[2]
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (Associate)
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union (IDU)

The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[7]

On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[8] [9]

The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[10]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Election # of votes % of vote # of seats +/- Notes Government
2012 215,666 5.51%
16 / 250
 16 as coalition government, 2012–2013
opposition, 2013–2014
2014 109,167 3.04%
0 / 250
 16 run as party extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections
President of Serbia
Election year Candidate # 1st round votes % of popular vote # 2nd round votes % of popular vote
2012 Zoran Stanković 5th 257,054 6.58% N/A — —

Leadership of the United Regions of Serbia
# President Born–Died Term start Term end
1 Mlađan Dinkić1964–16 May 201018 March 2014
a Veroljub Stevanović1946–18 March 2014
(acting)		13 November 2015
(acting)
a Verica Kalanović1954–

References
  1. "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
  3. "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:446696-Vucic-i-Dacic--idu-dalje-nema-izbora
  8. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576070-URS-se-brise-iz-registra-politickih-partija
  9. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576535-Dinkic-ugasio-URS-ostao-dug-od-153-miliona
  10. http://www.epp.eu/member-party-urs
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