Choice for a Better Life
Political coalition in Serbia
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Choice for a Better Life (Serbian: Избор за бољи живот, romanized: Izbor za bolji život) was a political coalition in Serbia, headed by Boris Tadić and his Democratic Party. They competed in the 2012 parliamentary election and won 22.07% of the popular vote. In the presidential election of the same year, Tadić won a plurality of votes in the first round, but narrowly lost to Tomislav Nikolić and the Let's Get Serbia Moving coalition in the second round.
Choice for a Better Life Избор за бољи живот | |
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| Abbreviation | IBŽ |
| Leader | Boris Tadić |
| Founded | 15 March 2012 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Preceded by | For a European Serbia |
| Succeeded by | With the Democratic Party for a Democratic Serbia |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Slogan | "Job. Investments. Security" (Posao. Investicije. Sigurnost) |
| National Assembly (2012) | 67 / 250
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| Website | |
| izborzaboljizivot.rs | |
Members
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The coalition was composed of the following political parties:[1]
| Party | Ideology | Leader | 2012 seats | |
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| Democratic Party (DS) | Social democracy | Boris Tadić | 49 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) | Social democracy | Rasim Ljajić | 9 | |
| League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) | Regionalism | Nenad Čanak | 3 | |
| Greens of Serbia (ZS) | Green politics | Ivan Karić | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) | Croat minority interests | Petar Kuntić | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) | Christian democracy | Olgica Batić | 1 | |