United Regions of Serbia

Political party in Serbia

United Regions of Serbia

Уједињени региони Србије

Founder| Mlađan Dinkić
Founded| 16 May 2010 (as coalition)
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) (as party)
Dissolved| 13 November 2015
Preceded by| G17 Plus
Headquarters| Belgrade
Membership (2012)| 220,000[1]
Ideology|

* Regionalism
* Liberal conservatism
* Pro-Europeanism

Political position| Centre-right
European affiliation| European People's Party (associate)
International affiliation| International Democrat Union
Website
ujedinjeniregionisrbije.rs (archived URL)

* Politics of Serbia
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The United Regions of Serbia (Serbian: Уједињени региони Србије, romanized: Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije; abbr. УРС, URS) was a regionalist, liberal-conservative political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[2][3] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[4][5]

The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[6]

On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[7] [8] Even though the party has been long gone, it has remained in the party register of Serbia since then.[9]

The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[10] In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, URS was associated with the European People's Party.[11]

## Electoral results

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### Parliamentary elections

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National Assembly of Serbia Election  | # of votes  | % of vote  | # of seats  | +/-  | Notes  | Government

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2012 | 215,666  | 5.51%  |

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|  16  | as coalition  | government, 2012–2013
opposition, 2013–2014
2014 | 109,167  | 3.04%  |

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|  16  | as party  | extra-parliamentary

### Presidential elections

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President of Serbia Election year  | Candidate  | #  | 1st round votes  | % of popular vote  | #  | 2nd round votes  | % of popular vote

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2012 | Zoran Stanković | 5th  | 257,054  | 6.58%  | —  | —  | —

## Leadership of the United Regions of Serbia

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#  | President  | Born–Died  | Term start  | Term end

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1  | Mlađan Dinkić |  | 1964– | 16 May 2010 | 18 March 2014
a  | Veroljub Stevanović |  | 1946– | 18 March 2014
(acting) | 13 November 2015
(acting)
a  | Verica Kalanović |  | 1954–

## References

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1. ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).
2. ^ "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
3. ^ "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
4. ^ Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
5. ^ "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
6. ^ "Vučić i Dačić idu dalje, nema izbora". Novosti.rs. 31 July 2013.
7. ^ "URS se briše iz registra političkih partija". Novosti.rs. 9 November 2015.
8. ^ "Dinkić ugasio URS, ostao dug od 153 miliona!". Novosti.rs. 13 November 2015.
9. ^ "U Srbiji 113 partija, dve preregistrovane prošle godine, jedna nova". rs.n1info.com (in Serbian). N1. 3 January 2019.
10. ^ "Member party: URS | EPP". www.epp.eu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
11. ^ "Mr Vladimir ILIĆ (Serbia, NR)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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