Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini
Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini; Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини
Abbreviation	DSHV
Leader	Tomislav Žigmanov
Founded	15 July 1990
Registered	23 August 1990
Headquarters	Beogradski put 31, Subotica
Ideology	Croat minority interests; Vojvodina autonomism; Pro-Europeanism;
Political position	Centre
International affiliation	Federal Union of European Nationalities
Colours	Red; White; Blue;
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
City Assembly of Subotica	3 / 67
Website
	dshv.rs
	Politics of Serbia; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Croatian: Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini, abbrev. DSHV; Serbian: Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Croat ethnic minority in the province of Vojvodina.^[1]

History

Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties:

Hrvatski narodni savez (Croatian National Alliance) – in 1998 (this fraction has been reincorporated into DSHV on 29 February 2004)
Hrvatska bunjevačko-šokačka stranka (Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party)
Demokratska zajednica Hrvata (Democratic Union of Croats) – in 2007

In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from the Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV would unite on 5 June 2009 at a meeting in Sremska Mitrovica.^[2]

It has occasionally condemned attacks by Serbian nationalists, and it has issued protests over ethnic assimilation.^[3]^[4] It is also supportive of further autonomism.^[5]

List of presidents

Bela Tonković (1990–2003)
Petar Kuntić (2003–2015)
Tomislav Žigmanov (2015–present)

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
1990	Bela Tonković	23,630	0.49%	16th	1 / 250	1	–	Opposition
1992		17,622	0.40%	13th	0 / 250	1	–	Extra-parliamentary
1993		3,946	0.10%	23rd	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary
1997		5,375	0.14%	18th	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary
2000		did not participate			0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary
2003	Petar Kuntić	161,765	4.29%	7th	0 / 250	0	ZZT	Extra-parliamentary
2007		915,854	23.08%	2nd	1 / 250	1	DSHV–DS–SDP	Support
2008		1,590,200	39.25%	1st	1 / 250	0	ZES	Support
2012		863,294	23.09%	2nd	1 / 250	0	IZBŽ	Opposition
2014		216,634	6.23%	3rd	0 / 250	1	DSHV–DS–Nova–BS–USS Sloga	Extra-parliamentary
2016	Tomislav Žigmanov	227,589	6.20%	5th	1 / 250	1	DSHV–DS–Nova–RS–ZZS–ZZŠ	Opposition
2020		30,591	0.99%	13th	0 / 250	1	UDS	Extra-parliamentary
2022		24,024	0.65%	14th	1 / 250	1	DSHV–ZZV	Government
2023		29,066	0.78%	11th	0 / 250	1	DSHV–SPP	Government

References

^ Political handbook of the world 2012. Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. p. 1258. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2. OCLC 794595888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ (in Croatian) Radio Subotica Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, 21 April 2009
^ "Election Year in Serbia Must Not Start With a Campaign of Violence against Minorities". YIHR.rs. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Croats in Vojvodina concerned over ultra-nationalism in Serbia". The Voice of Croatia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ Vance, Charles (2006). Managing a global workforce : challenges and opportunities in international human resource management. Yongsun Paik. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-7656-2016-3. OCLC 169862710.

External links

(in Croatian) Official website
"Reorganizacija i konsolidiranje stranke - prioriteti". Hrvatska riječ (in Croatian). 5 September 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
"Osnovan forum žena Cro Femina" (in Serbian). Subotica.info. 26 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
"Pero Kuntić: Bunjevci su dio hrvatskog korpusa". Globus (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.

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[1] Political handbook of the world 2012. Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. p. 1258. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2. OCLC 794595888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[2] (in Croatian) Radio Subotica Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, 21 April 2009

[3] "Election Year in Serbia Must Not Start With a Campaign of Violence against Minorities". YIHR.rs. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[4] "Croats in Vojvodina concerned over ultra-nationalism in Serbia". The Voice of Croatia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[5] Vance, Charles (2006). Managing a global workforce : challenges and opportunities in international human resource management. Yongsun Paik. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-7656-2016-3. OCLC 169862710.

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v t e Croats of Serbia
By territory	Croats of Belgrade Croats of Vojvodina	Coat of arms of Croats of Serbia
History	Persecution of Croats in Serbia during the Croatian War of Independence
Organizations	Croat National Council Department for culture of Croats of Vojvodina
Media	Hrvatska riječ Zvonik Glas ravnice Miroljub Gupčeva lipa Glasnik Pučke kasine Otac Gerard Subotička Danica Klasje naših ravni Godišnjak za znanstvena istraživanja Radio Subotica
Political parties	Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party Democratic Union of Croats
Religion	Archdiocese of Belgrade Diocese of Subotica Diocese of Syrmia Diocese of Zrenjanin
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