Party of Serbian Unity

Former nationalist political party in Serbia

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The Party of Serbian Unity (Serbian: Странка српског јединства, romanized: Stranka srpskog jedinstva; abbr. SSJ) was a nationalist^[4] political party in Serbia founded by Željko Ražnatović.^[5] After its merging into the Serbian Radical Party, the Council of Serbian Unity was the formed to be the party's successor in 2013.

Goals

The key goals of the party were:

Unity of the Serbian people
Preserving the integrity and territory of Serbia
Parliamentarism and Democracy
Preservation of tradition, family and the Cyrillic script

History

In 1992, a new party formed by Ražnatović called the Civic Group – Željko Ražnatović Arkan.^[6] It gained five seats in the National Assembly during the 1992 general elections. After changing to the SSJ in 1993, the party lost its five seats for failing to receive the 5% threshold. In 1998, the party moved its headquarters from Belgrade to Jagodina.

Following the assassination of Ražnatović in 2000, Borislav Pelević became president of the party. At the last legislative election in 2003, the SSJ was a part of the For National Unity alliance. However, the coalition failed to receive any seats. The SSJ merged into the Serbian Radical Party in 2007.^[5]

On 21 January 2013, the party was re-founded as the Council of Serbian Unity by Pelević, Slobodan Radosavljević and Jelena Kostić in Belgrade.^[7] The new party took part in the 2014 parliamentary election as part of the Patriotic Front coalition, but failed to reach the 5% threshold.^[8]

Electoral results

Parliamentary

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
1992	Željko Ražnatović	17,352	0.39%	5 / 250	5	—	Opposition
1993		41,632	1.00%	0 / 250	5	—	Opposition
1997		5,590	0.14%	0 / 250	0	—	Opposition
2000	Borislav Pelević	200,052	5.33%	14 / 250	14	—	Opposition
2003		68,537	1.82%	0 / 250	14	For National Unity	Opposition
2014		4,514	0.17%	0 / 250	0	Patriotic Front	Opposition

References

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^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro)". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 21 August 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Arkan radikal" (in Serbian). Kurir. 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
^ "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1992". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Pelević obnavlja staru stranku" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
^ "Studio B :: Vesti :: Predata lista Patriotski front". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.