New Serbia (political party)

New Serbia

Нова Србија
New Serbia Нова Србија
Abbreviation	NS
Leader	Velimir Ilić
Founded	10 August 1998
Split from	Serbian Renewal Movement
Headquarters	Obilićev venac 4, Belgrade
Ideology	Conservatism; Social conservatism; Right-wing populism;
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Blue
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	0 / 110
Website
	nova-srbija.org
	Politics of Serbia; Political parties; Elections;

New Serbia (Serbian: 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).

History

After leaving SPO, Velimir Ilić became a member of SPO-Together.^[9]

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.^[10]

In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, NS was associated with the European People's Party.^[11]

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%	8 / 250	8	DOS	support 2000–02
2000		2,402,387	64.09%	8 / 250	8	DOS	opposition 2002–04
2003		293,082	7.66%	9 / 250	1	With SPO	government
2007		667,615	16.55%	10 / 250	1	With DSS-JS	government
2008		480,987	11.62%	9 / 250	1	With DSS	opposition
2012		940,659	24.05%	8 / 250	1	SNS coalition	government
2014		1,736,920	48.35%	6 / 250	2	SNS coalition	government
2016		1,823,147	48.25%	5 / 250	1	SNS coalition	support 2016–17
2016		1,823,147	48.25%	5 / 250	1	SNS coalition	opposition 2017–20
2020		7,873	0.24%	0 / 250	5	With NSP	no seats
2022		did not participate		0 / 250	0		no seats

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	Did not participate

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