United Serbia

United Serbia

Јединствена Србија
United Serbia Јединствена Србија
Abbreviation	JS
President	Života Starčević (acting)
Parliamentary leader	Vacant
Founder	Dragan Marković
Founded	15 February 2004; 20 years ago
Split from	Party of Serbian Unity
Headquarters	Železnička 2, Jagodina
Youth wing	Youth of United Serbia
Women's wing	Aktiv žena
Ideology	Populism; National conservatism; Regionalism;
Political position	Right-wing
Parliamentary group	United Serbia
Colours	Red; Blue; White;
National Assembly	5 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	2 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	1 / 110
Website
	jedinstvenasrbija.org.rs
	Politics of Serbia; Political parties; Elections;

United Serbia (Serbian: Јединствена Србија, romanized: Jedinstvena Srbija, abbr. JS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia.

History

It was founded on 15 February 2004,^[1] as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan Marković Palma elected as the leader on the first party assembly.^[2] During its early years, the party had close relations with other right-wing parties such as New Serbia and Democratic Party of Serbia, even participating with them in the 2007 parliamentary election.^[3] During the 2008 parliamentary election, they participated in a coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia and supported the accession of Serbia into the European Union.^[4]^[2]

United Serbia was the first to announce the beginning of talks with the coalition For a European Serbia, led by the President Boris Tadić, on forming the new government. The party leader was Dragan Marković, former mayor of Jagodina, until his death in November 2024.

The United Serbia, including its leader Palma, supported the "Serbs for Trump" campaign and Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.^[5]

Ideology and platform

JS is positioned on the right-wing on the political spectrum,^[6] and it has been described as populist.^[7]^[8] and national-conservative.^[9] It is staunchly socially conservative,^[10] and it also advocates regionalism.^[10]

Organisation

In 2012, JS had 82,000 members.^[11]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
2007	Dragan Marković	667,615	16.83%	3rd	2 / 250	2	JS–DSS–NS	Support
2008		313,896	7.75%	4th	3 / 250	1	JS–SPS–PUPS	Support
2012		567,689	15.18%	3rd	7 / 250	4	JS–SPS–PUPS	Support
2014		484,607	13.94%	2nd	7 / 250	0	JS–SPS–PUPS	Support
2016		413,770	11.28%	2nd	6 / 250	1	JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP	Support
2020		334,333	10.78%	2nd	8 / 250	2	JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP	Support
2022		435,274	11.79%	3rd	8 / 250	0	JS–SPS–Zeleni	Government 2022–23
2022		435,274	11.79%	3rd	8 / 250	0	JS–SPS–Zeleni	Support 2023
2023		249,916	6.73%	3rd	5 / 250	3	JS–SPS–Zeleni	Support

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year	Candidate	1st round popular vote		% of popular vote	2nd round popular vote		% of popular vote	Notes
2004	Ljiljana Aranđelović	11th	11,796	0.38%	—	—	—
2008	Velimir Ilić	3rd	305,828	7.57%	—	—	—	Supported Ilić
2012	Ivica Dačić	3rd	556,013	14.89%	—	—	—	Supported Dačić
2017	Aleksandar Vučić	1st	2,012,788	56.01%	—	—	—	Supported Vučić
2022	Aleksandar Vučić	1st	2,224,914	60.01%	—	—	—	Supported Vučić