Social Democratic Union (Serbia)

Former centre-left political party in Serbia

Social Democratic Union

Социјалдемократска унија
Socijaldemokratska unija

Leader| Ivan Zlatić (last)
Founder| Žarko Korać
Founded| 13 May 1996; 29 years ago (1996-05-13)
(re-founded in 2003)
Dissolved| 7 September 2020
Split from| Civic Alliance of Serbia
Succeeded by| Party of the Radical Left
Headquarters| Belgrade, Serbia
Ideology|

* Social democracy
* Democratic socialism
* Eco-socialism
* Pro-Europeanism

Political position| Centre-left to left-wing
Website
www.sdu.org.rs

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The Social Democratic Union (Serbian: Социјалдемократска унија, romanized: Socijaldemokratska unija; abbr. СДУ, SDU) was a minor social democratic and leftist political party in Serbia.[1] In 2020 Party merged into Party of the Radical Left.[2]

## History

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The Social Democratic Union was registered on 13 May 1996. It was founded by former members of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, led by Žarko Korać, who opposed forming coalition with the right-wing Serbian Renewal Movement for the 1996 federal election.[3] On 21 April 2002 the SDU merged with Social Democracy (SD) and founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP).[4][1]

A year later, disenchanted members of the SDP, led by Žarko Korać, left and re-founded the SDU on 29 March 2003. Spokesman of the SDP Ljiljana Nestorović stated that this was due to almost all local councils supporting co-president Slobodan Orlić, former leader of the SD, in the upcoming party congress which was to be held in less than 20 days.[5][1] In the 2014 election the SDU was again part of the coalition around Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) but the coalition failed to enter the parliament. It gained 3.36% of the votes, and did not reach the threshold of 5%. At the 8th Congress in June 2014, Korać stepped down and Miloš Adamović was elected president.[6]

At the 9th Congress on 15 October 2016, Ivan Zlatić was elected president.[7] In the 2018 Belgrade local election the SDU went as part of the Do not let Belgrade d(r)own electoral list which won 3.44% and failed to pass the electoral threshold.[8][9] On 12th Congress SDU merged into Party of the Radical Left.

## Electoral results

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### Parliamentary elections

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Year  | Popular vote  | % of popular vote  | # of seats  | Seat change  | Coalitions  | Status

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1997 | Election boycott  |

0 / 250

|  | – | no seats
2000 | 2,402,387  | 64.09%  |

4 / 250

|  4  | DOS alliance | government
2003 | 481,249  | 12.58%  |

1 / 250

|  3  | With DS–GSS–DC–LZS | opposition
2007 | 214,262  | 5.31%  |

1 / 250

|  | With LDP−GSS–LSV–DHSS | opposition
2008 | 216,902  | 5.24%  |

1 / 250

|  | With LDP−DHSS | opposition
2012 | 255,546  | 6.53%  |

1 / 250

|  | U-Turn alliance | opposition
2014 | 120,879  | 3.36%  |

0 / 250

|  1  | With LDP−BDZS | no seats
2016 | 35,710  | 0.94%  |

0 / 250

|  | With LS−PZP | no seats
2020 | Election boycott  |

0 / 250

|  | – | no seats

## See also

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* Serbian Social Democratic Party (Kingdom of Serbia)

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Social democratic parties". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
2. ^ "Osnovana Partija radikalne levice". NOVA portal. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
3. ^ Milošević, Milan (2000). Politički vodič kroz Srbiju 2000. Belgrade: Medija centar. p. 101\. ISBN 86-82827-13-1. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
4. ^ Nikolić, V. (22 April 2002). "Snaga za novo vreme". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
5. ^ G., D. (3 April 2003). "Razlaz Koraća i Orlića". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
6. ^ Tončić, Bojan (17 June 2014). "Žarko Korać otišao sa funkcije predsednika". e-novine. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. ^ "IVAN ZLATIĆ NOVI PREDSEDNIK SDU". sdu.org.rs. SDU. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
8. ^ "ZAJEDNO U BORBU ZA SOCIJALNU PRAVDU". sdu.org.rs. SDU. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
9. ^ Službeni List Grada Beograda (22 ed.). Belgrade: Grad Beograd, Sekretarijat za informisanje. 5 March 2018. p. 3\. ISSN 0350-4727. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

## External links

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Political parties in Serbia

Bracketed numbers indicate number of seats in parliament

National Assembly (250)|

* Serbian Progressive Party (104)
* Party of Freedom and Justice (15)
* We–The Voice from the People (13)
* Socialist Party of Serbia (12)
* People's Movement of Serbia (12)
* Green–Left Front (10)
* Serbia Centre (9)
* Democratic Party (8)
* New Democratic Party of Serbia (7)
* Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (6)
* Social Democratic Party of Serbia (6)
* Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (6)
* Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (6)
* Ecological Uprising (5)
* United Serbia (5)
* Movement of Free Citizens (3)
* Healthy Serbia (3)
* Justice and Reconciliation Party (2)
* Movement of Socialists (2)
* Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (2)
* Serbian People's Party (2)
* Serbian Renewal Movement (2)
* New Face of Serbia (2)
* Alliance of Social Democrats (1)
* Greens of Serbia (1)
* Party for Democratic Action (1)
* People's Peasant Party (1)
* United Peasant Party (1)
* Serbian Left (1)
* United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" (1)
* Russian Party (1)

Non-parliamentary|

* Alternative for Changes
* Bosniak Democratic Union
* Bosniak People's Party
* Bunjevci Citizens of Serbia
* Civic Democratic Forum
* Civic Platform
* Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina
* Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians
* Democratic Party of Bosniaks
* Democratic Party of Macedonians
* Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians
* Democratic Union of Croats
* Dveri
* Enough is Enough
* Fatherland
* Hungarian Civic Alliance
* Independent Serbian Party
* League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
* Leviathan Movement
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Liberation Movement
* Montenegrin Party
* Movement for Reversal
* Movement of Veterans of Serbia
* National Network
* New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
* New Serbia
* Party of Labour
* Party of Modern Serbia
* Party of the Radical Left
* People's Freedom Movement
* People's Party
* People's Strong Serbia
* Pirate Party of Serbia
* Reformist Party
* Reformists of Vojvodina
* Roma Party
* Roma Union of Serbia
* Serbia 21
* Serbian Party Oathkeepers
* Serbian Radical Party
* Serbian Right
* Slovaks Forward
* Social Democratic Party
* Strength of Serbia Movement
* Together
* Together for Vojvodina
* Vlach National Party
* Vojvodina's Party

Coalitions|

| Current|

* Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley
* Coalition for Peace and Tolerance
* National Democratic Alternative
* Serbia Must Not Stop

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Defunct|

* All Together
* Alliance for Serbia
* Choice for a Better Life
* Citizens' Bloc 381
* Clean Hands of Vojvodina
* Democratic Movement of Serbia
* Democratic Opposition of Serbia
* Good Morning Serbia
* For a European Serbia
* For National Unity
* Forward to Europe
* Hungarian Coalition
* Hungarian Union
* Independent Serbia
* Left Coalition
* List for Sandžak
* National Gathering
* Serbia Against Violence
* Sovereignists
* Together for Tolerance
* Together for Vojvodina
* U-Turn
* United Democratic Serbia
* United for the Victory of Serbia
* United Opposition of Serbia (1990)
* United Opposition of Serbia (2020)
* Vojvodina Coalition
* Vojvodina Front
* Vojvodina Parties
* We Must

Defunct|

* Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative
* Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak
* Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
* Civic Alliance of Serbia
* Communist Party
* Conservatives
* Council of Serbian Unity
* Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party
* Croatian National Alliance
* Croatian Syrmian Initiative
* Democratic Alternative
* Democratic Centre
* Democratic Fatherland Party
* Do not let Belgrade drown
* Federal Party of Yugoslavs
* G17 Plus
* Green Party
* Hungarian Hope Movement
* I Live for Krajina
* Independent Democratic Party of Serbia
* Labour Party of Serbia
* League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia
* League of Communists of Serbia
* League of Communists of Vojvodina
* League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia
* Liberal Democratic Party (1989)
* Liberal Party
* Liberals of Serbia
* Movement of Veterans
* New Party
* Otpor
* Party of Serbian Progress
* Party of Serbian Unity
* Peasants Party of Serbia
* People's Democratic Party
* People's Party (1990)
* People's Party (2008)
* People's Radical Party (1881)
* People's Radical Party (1990)
* Rich Serbia
* Sarmu probo nisi
* Progressives
* Serbian Chetnik Movement
* Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement
* Serbian Left
* Serbian Liberal Party
* Serbian National Renewal
* Serbian Patriotic Alliance
* Serbian Radical Party – Nikola Pašić
* Serbian Social Democratic Party
* Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement
* Social Democracy
* Social Democratic Union
* Social Democratic Party (2001)
* Social Liberal Party of Sandžak
* Socialist People's Party
* Third Serbia – Rich Serbia
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