New Serbia (political party)

New Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Нова Србија, romanized: Nova Srbija, NS) is a right-wing political party in Serbia. It was established in 1998 by a group of dissidents led by Velimir Ilić from the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO).

For the territory in Imperial Russia in 1752–1764, see New Serbia (historical province).

New Serbia
Нова Србија
Nova Srbija
AbbreviationNS
LeaderVelimir Ilić
Founded10 August 1998 (1998-08-10)
Split fromSerbian Renewal Movement
HeadquartersObilićev venac 4, Belgrade
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[8]
Colours  Blue
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
nova-srbija.org

History

New Serbia was part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) bloc which defeated Slobodan Milošević in the 2000 presidential election.

The party took part in the 2003 parliamentary election in coalition with the Serbian Renewal Movement. The coalition received 7.7% of the popular vote and 22 seats; 9 seats were allocated to New Serbia.

New Serbia ran in the 2007 election in coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and United Serbia (JS). The coalition received 16.55% of the popular vote and 47 seats in parliament, 10 of which went to New Serbia.

The party ran again in coalition with the DSS a year later in the 2008 election, receiving 11.62% of votes and 30 seats, with 9 allocated to NS.

New Serbia ran in the 2014 election in coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and several other parties. The coalition received 48.2% of the popular vote and 158 seats in parliament, 6 of which went to New Serbia.[9]

Presidents
# President Born–died Term start Term end
1 Velimir Ilić 1951– 10 August 1998 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote  % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Status
2000 Velimir Ilić 2,402,387 64.09%
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 8 DOS gov′t support 2000–2002
opposition 2002–2004
2003 293,082 7.66%
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 1 With SPO government
2007 667,615 16.55%
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 1 With DSS-JS government
2008 480,987 11.62%
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 1 With DSS opposition
2012 940,659 24.05%
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 1 SNS coalition government
2014 1,736,920 48.35%
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 2 SNS coalition government
2016 1,823,147 48.25%
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 1 SNS coalition gov′t support 2016–2017
opposition 2017–2020
2020 7,873 0.24%
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 5 With NSP no seats
2022 Did not participate
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Years in government (1990– )

Presidential elections
President of Serbia
Election year # Candidate 1st round votes  % 2nd round votes  % Elected Notes
2003 3rd Velimir Ilić 229,229 9.08 — — Lost Election declared invalid due to low turnout
2004 4th Dragan Maršićanin 414,971 13.31 — — Lost Government Coalition
2008 3rd Velimir Ilić 305,828 7.43 — — Lost
2012 1st Tomislav Nikolić 979,216 25.05 1,552,063 49.54 Won Let's Get Serbia Moving coalition
2017 4th Vuk Jeremić 206,676 5.66 — — Lost Independent candidate; support
2022

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