New Party (Serbia)
Political party in Serbia
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New Party–Experts Should Have A Say (Serbian: Нова странка–Да се струка пита, romanised: Nova stranka–Da se struka pita, abbr. Nova–D2SP) is a liberal political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2013 as the New Party by Zoran Živković, the former Prime Minister of Serbia and former member of the Democratic Party. Following the merger in 2022, Vladimir Kovačević became the party president.
New Party–Experts Should Have A Say Нова странка–Да се струка пита Nova stranka–Da se struka pita | |
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| Abbreviation | Nova–D2SP |
| President | Vladimir Kovačević |
| Founders | |
| Founded | 7 April 2013 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Terazije 29, Belgrade |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[3] |
| Regional affiliation | LIBSEEN (until May 2022) |
| Parliamentary group | Movement Sloga–Experts Should Have A Say |
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| National Assembly | 0 / 250 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 |
| Website | |
| dasestrukapita.rs | |
History
Established in early 2013, the party advocates close ties to the western powers and European integration.[4] The party contested the 2014 parliamentary election as part of a wider coalition of moderate parties led by the Democratic Party.[5] It formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party led by former President of Serbia Boris Tadić for the 2022 general election.[6] In late April 2022, Movsesijan stepped down as party leader.[7] A month later, the party left the Liberal South East European Network.[8]
In July 2022, New Party merged with the "Experts Should Have a Say" and the party was renamed to New Party–Experts Should Have A Say. Vladimir Kovačević, a former high-ranking member of the People's Party was elected president of the party.[9] In November 2024, Slavica Radovanović, an MP from the People's Movement of Serbia (NPS), defected from NPS and was appointed deputy president of Nova-D2SP, thus making Nova-D2SP a parliamentary party.[10] The party joined the parliamentary group led by Željko Veselinović.[11]
List of presidents
| # | President | Birth–Death | Term start | Term end | ||
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| 1 | Zoran Živković | .jpg) | 1960– | 7 April 2013 | 3 October 2020 | |
| 2 | Aris Movsesijan | .png) | 1966– | 3 October 2020 | 28 April 2022 | |
| 3 | Norbert Cvijanov | 12 May 2022 | 2 July 2022 | |||
| 4 | Vladimir Kovačević | 2 July 2022 | Incumbent | |||
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Zoran Živković | 216,634 | 6.23% |  3rd |
2 / 250 |
2 |
Nova–DS–DSHV–BS | Opposition | [12] |
| 2016 | 227,589 | 6.20% |  5th |
1 / 250 |
1 |
Nova–DS–DSHV–ZZS–ZZŠ | Opposition | [13] | |
| 2020 | 7,805 | 0.25% | 20th |
0 / 250 |
1 |
Nova–ZES | Extra-parliamentary | [14] | |
| 2022 | Aris Movsesijan | 63,560 | 1.72% | 10th |
0 / 250 |
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Nova–SDS | Extra-parliamentary | [15] |
| 2023 | Vladimir Kovačević | 5,462 | 0.15% | 17th |
0 / 250 |
0 |
Nova–D2SP–GDF–Libdem–Glas | Extra-parliamentary | [16] |
Presidential elections
| Year | Candidate | 1st round popular vote | % of popular vote | 2nd round popular vote | % of popular vote | Notes | Ref. | ||
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| 2017 | Saša Janković | 2nd | 507,728 | 16.63% | N/a | — | — | Supported Janković | |
| 2022 | Zdravko Ponoš | 2nd | 698,538 | 18.84% | N/a | — | — | Supported Ponoš | [17] |
External links
- Official website
(in Serbian)
