Peasants Party of Serbia Сељачка странка Србије Seljačka stranka Srbije | |
|---|---|
| President | Živko Selaković |
| Founder | Milomir Babić |
| Founded | October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26) |
| Dissolved | December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30) |
| Merged into | Social Democratic Party of Serbia |
| Headquarters | Braće Vučković 60,Belgrade |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Monarchism[1] |
ThePeasants Party of Serbia (Serbian:Сељачка странка Србије orSeljačka stranka Srbije) was apolitical party inSerbia.
It was founded on 26 October 1990 inKragujevac byMilomir Babić at which point it was called the Party of the Serbian Peasants Union.[2] In the1990 legislative election, it won 1,1% and 2 seats in two districts. The elected MPs were Milomir Babić inDesimirovac and Ljubomir Dodić inMilutovac.[3] In the1992 legislative election it won 2,7% and 3 seats.
During 1993 the PPS was part of theDEPOS.[4] However, it decided to run in the1993 election alone in November 1993.[5]
In 1996Živko Selaković was elected party president.[6] In the1997 election it was part of an alliance around theDemocratic Alternative headed byNebojša Čović and won no seats.
Two splinter groups led by Radosav Drezgić fromDublje and Ljubomir Dodić from Milutovac ran in the 1997 election independently from Selaković's PPS. Drezgić's group won 0.05% running only inŠabac independently, and Dodić's group won 0.04% running only inKruševac in coalition withParoški'sPeople's Party. Neither won any seats.[7]
In the2000 election the PPS was part of theParty of Serbian Unity list and won one seat, awarded to Živko Selaković.
On 23 January 2003 it formed a new parliamentary group "Serbia" with the United Pensioners' Party and three former members ofNew Serbia.[8] One day later, the UPP withdrew from the parliamentary group.[9] It was later joined by thePeople's Peasant Party, which was expelled from theVojvodina Coalition.[10] On 9 February 2003 a bomb was set outside Selaković's family home inŽarkovo. Allegedly, he had been receiving threats from Party of Serbian Unity leadersBorislav Pelević andDragan Marković Palma. Pelević denied threatening Selaković and condemned the attack.[11][12]
On 8 October 2003, after a meeting with delegates from theDemocratic Party headed byGordana Čomić, Selaković stated that the PPS supported the government in "achieving its goals regarding reform".[13]
In the2003 election, Živko Selaković ran on theLabour Party of Serbia list, led by the thenMinister of LabourDragan Milovanović. The list won 0,1% and no seats.[14] Another fraction of the party led by Milomir Babić, under the namePeasants Party (Serbian:Сељачка странка orSeljačka stranka), ran on theIndependent Serbia list, which won 1,2% and no seats.[15]
On 30 December 2009 the PPS merged into theSocial Democratic Party of Serbia and ceased to exist.[16]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Coalitions | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 52,663 | 1.05% | 2 / 250 |  2 | opposition | |
| 1992 | 128,240 | 2.71% | 3 / 250 | 1 | opposition | |
| 1993 | 65,623 | 1.53% | 0 / 250 |  3 | non-parliamentary | |
| 1997 | 60,855 | 1.23% | 0 / 250 |  | DA-PPS | non-parliamentary |
| 2000 | 200,052 | 5.33% | 1 / 250 | 1 | SSJ-PSP-UPS | opposition(2000–2003) gov't support(Oct 2003–2004) |
| 2003 | 4,666 | 0.12% | 0 / 250 | 1 | LPS | non-parliamentary |