Social Democratic Party (Serbia)

Not to be confused with Social Democratic Party of Serbia or Social Democratic Party (Serbia, 2002).

The Social Democratic Party (Serbian: Социјалдемократска странка, romanized: Socijaldemokratska stranka, abbr. SDS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia.

Social Democratic Party Социјалдемократска странка
Abbreviation	SDS
President	Boris Tadić
General Secretary	Dragoslav Ljubičić
Vice-President	Vojislav Janković
Founder	Boris Tadić
Founded	14 June 2014 (2014-06-14)
Split from	Democratic Party
Preceded by	New Democratic Party — Greens
Headquarters	Radoslava Grujića 25, Belgrade
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (cooperation)
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance
Colors	Red
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	0 / 110
Website
sds-org.rs
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The party was founded and is headed by Boris Tadić, who was previously president of the Democratic Party and the former President of Serbia. Between June and October 2014, the name of the party was the New Democratic Party (Serbian: Нова демократска странка, romanized: Nova demokratska stranka, NDS).^[1] In May 2019, the party formed a union with Democratic Party and Together for Serbia. It supports accession of Serbia to the European Union^[2] and it is a member of the Progressive Alliance.^[3]

History

Tadić revealed in February 2014 his intention to secede from the Democratic Party and to form a new party to take part in the 2014 parliamentary election.^[4] But, after realising that they don't have enough time to register a new party before the election, Tadić and his supporters made a deal with the Greens of Serbia. As part of this deal, Tadić and his supporters joined the Greens of Serbia, and then on 10 February 2014 the name of the party was changed to the "New Democratic Party – Greens".^[5] Although Ivan Karić was still officially president of this party, Tadić became its de facto leader.^[5][6] Party then participated in the 2014 parliamentary election under that name in coalition with Together for Serbia, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and some other minor parties.^[7] This coalition won 5.7% of the electoral vote and 18 seats in the National Assembly of Serbia.^[8] Of these, 11 seats were allocated to the "New Democratic Party – Greens", but only one to the original Greens (Ivan Karić) and 10 to the group around Boris Tadić.^[9]

After the 2014 parliamentary election, a divergence emerged in the "New Democratic Party – Greens" between the original Greens and group of members that joined the party with Tadić.^[10] On 14 June, Tadić and his supporters decided to secede from the Greens and form "New Democratic Party" as a separate party, while the name of the "New Democratic Party—Greens" was changed back to the "Greens of Serbia".^[11] In the National Assembly, 10 deputies of the New Democratic Party are part of the parliamentary group of 12 deputies together with Ivan Karić of the Greens and Blagoje Bradić of Together for Serbia,^[12] and they are in the opposition to the current Government of Serbia.^[13]

First internal party elections were held on 4 October 2014. Boris Tadić was elected president of the party. On the same day, the official name of the party was changed to the "Social Democratic Party".^[1][14]

As of January 2017, the Social Democratic Party holds four seats in the National Assembly of Serbia. It exists in a parliamentary alliance with the People's Movement of Serbia, which holds one seat.^[15]

On 10 January 2022, it was announced that the Democrats of Serbia, a break-away faction from the Democratic Party, will merge with SDS.^[16]

In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, SDS was associated with the Socialist Group.^[17]

In the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, SDS contested as part of the Good Morning Serbia alliance.

List of presidents

#		President		Birth–Death	Term start	Term end
1		Boris Tadić		1958–	14 June 2014	Incumbent

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
2014	Boris Tadić	204,767	5.89%	4th	9 / 250	9	NDS–Z–ZZS–LSV	Opposition	[18]
2016		189,564	5.17%	7th	4 / 250	5	SDS–LDP–LSV	Opposition	[19]
2020		Election boycott			0 / 250	4	–	Extra-parliamentary
2022		63,560	1.72%	10th	0 / 250	0	SDS–Nova	Extra-parliamentary	[20]
2023		45,079	1.21%	9th	0 / 250	0	DJS	Extra-parliamentary	[21]

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Year	Candidate	1st round popular vote		% of popular vote	2nd round popular vote		% of popular vote	Notes	Ref.
2017	Vuk Jeremić	4th	206,676	5.75%	—	—	—	Supported Jeremić
2022	Zdravko Ponoš	2nd	698,538	18.84%	—	—	—	Supported Ponoš	[22]

Provincial elections

Assembly of Vojvodina

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
2016	Boris Tadić	26,800	2.86%	9th	0 / 120	0	SDS–LDP	Extra-parliamentary	[23]
2020		Election boycott			0 / 120	0	–	Extra-parliamentary
2023		14,715	1.54%	9th	0 / 250	0	DJS	Extra-parliamentary	[24]

Belgrade City Assembly elections

City Assembly of Belgrade

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
2014	Boris Tadić	29,504	3.80%	6th	0 / 110	0	NDS–Z–ZZS	Extra-parliamentary	[25]
2018		18,286	2.28%	9th	0 / 110	0	SDS–DS–Nova–ZEP–Zeleni	Extra-parliamentary	[26]
2022		26,219	2.92%	8th	0 / 110	0	SDS–Nova	Extra-parliamentary	[27]
2023		14,695	1.60%	8th	0 / 110	0	DJB	Extra-parliamentary	[28]
2024		Did not participate			0 / 110	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	–

References

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External links

• Official website