Vojvodina Front Војвођански фронт Vojvođanski front
Abbreviation	VF
Chairperson	Saša Šućurović
Deputy Chairman	Aleksandar Odžić
Founders	Aleksandar Odžić Nenad Čanak Tomislav Žigmanov
Founded	7 November 2019 (2019-11-07)
Dissolved	9 February 2024
Succeeded by	Vojvodinians
Ideology	Vojvodina autonomism Regionalism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Purple
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections Politics of Vojvodina

Vojvodina Front (Serbian:Војвођански фронт,romanized: Vojvođanski front, abbr.VF) was aparliamentary group in theAssembly of Vojvodina. It was chaired bySaša Šućurović whileAleksandar Odžić served as deputy chairman.

Formed as a political coalition in 2019 betweenLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina,Vojvodina's Party, andDemocratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), VF later became a member of the nationwideUnited Democratic Serbia coalition that also included parties likeSerbia 21,Civic Democratic Forum, andParty of Modern Serbia. In theparliamentary election, VF failed to cross the 3 percentelectoral threshold, losing all of its seats in theNational Assembly of Serbia, however, it won 6 seats in theprovincial election. VF did not take part in the2022 parliamentary election and it instead stated its support to the DSHV–Together for Vojvodina coalition. VF lost its seats in the2023 provincial election and ceased to exist in February 2024.

Although it served in opposition to theSerbian Progressive Party (SNS) on provincial level, VF was part of the local SNS-led government inNovi Sad until 2023. It unsuccessfully led a campaign on giving "Vojvodinian" the status of a nationality for the 2022 national census.

At a gathering in May 2019,Nenad Čanak, the president of theLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV), announced that the Vojvodina Front (VF) would be formed by October. Besides LSV, it was also announced thatAleksandar Odžić'sVojvodina's Party (VP) would take part in the coalition. Čanak described VF as the "last front of citizens who are not giving up on themselves and what is theirs".^[1] During this period, opposition parties, namely theAlliance for Serbia coalition, opted to boycott the2020 parliamentary election and sessions of theNational Assembly of Serbia.^[2][3] LSV did not take this path and it instead continued to attend sessions in the National Assembly.^[4] VF was officially formalised on 7 November 2019; Čanak, Odžić, andTomislav Žigmanov, the president of theDemocratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), were one of the signatories.^[5]

Shortly after its formation, members of VF adopted the "Memorandum on the Future of Vojvodina", in which the parties emphasised their support fordemocracy, commitment to theaccession of Serbia to the European Union andNATO, and giving Vojvodina moreautonomy.^[6][7] The document was also signed by theAlliance of Vojvodina Romanians,Montenegrin Party (CP),Alliance of Slovaks of Vojvodina,Together for Vojvodina (ZZV),Liberal Democratic Movement of Vojvodina, andForum V–21.^[8] During the same period, Čanak announced that VF would take part in the 2020 elections.^[8][9] In March 2020, itselectoral list for the local election in Novi Sad was accepted by Novi Sad's Electoral Commission.^[10] Alongside LSV and VP, ZZV was also featured on the list.^[10] In the same month, theUnited Democratic Serbia (UDS) coalition was formed for the 2020 parliamentary election; VF,Serbia 21 (S21),Civic Democratic Forum, andParty of Modern Serbia were its founding members.^[11] They later submitted their electoral list for the parliamentary election.^[12]

A month later, in April, VF formed aparliamentary group in the National Assembly with S21, named "Vojvodina Front–Serbia 21".^[13] Its members included Čanak,Nada Lazić, andOlena Papuga from LSV,^[a] Žigmanov from DSHV, andMarko Đurišić andNenad Konstantinović from S21.^[13] In the parliamentary election, UDS did not cross the 3 percentelectoral threshold and lost all of its seats in the National Assembly.^[15] In the provincial election, however, VF, crossed the threshold and won 6 seats in total.^[16] In Novi Sad, VF also crossed the threshold, winning 3 seats in theCity Assembly of Novi Sad.^[17] According to non-governmental organisation Transparency Serbia, VF spent around €24,000 in billboard and poster advertisements during the campaign period.^[18] After the elections in Novi Sad, LSV remained a member of theSerbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led local government in Novi Sad, however, VF declined to give its support for the provincial government led by SNS.^[19][20]

Beginning in 2021, VF has campaigned on introducing "Vojvodinian" as a nationality for the 2022 census.^[21][22] However, their campaign went unsuccessful, considering that "Vojvodinian" retained its status as a regional identity, and not a national one.^[23] Čanak was succeeded byBojan Kostreš as president of LSV in November 2022.^[24] In February 2023, LSV left the local government in Novi Sad and joined the opposition.^[25] The parliamentary group ceased to exist on 9 February 2024, when the Assembly of Vojvodina was constituted in the aftermath of the2023 Vojvodina provincial election.^[26]

VF was initiated as a coalition of supporters ofVojvodina autonomism, which also included those who supportedfederalisation of Serbia.^[4] VF was in favour of returning Vojvodina's autonomous rights as written in the1974 Yugoslav Constitution.^[22] Čanak also noted that VF would support the accession of Serbia to the European Union,decentralisation within Serbia, andanti-fascism.^[8][27] VF also advocated for furthersecularism.^[7]

While campaigning for the 2020 elections, VF has stated that the government should play a role in helpingvegetable producers and has criticised government's actions towards farmers inBačka Palanka.^[28][29] VF has also called for the government to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, and agricultural producers during thestate of emergency that was proclaimed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[30]

At the time of its formation, VF had LSV, VP, and DSHV as its members.^[8] In late 2019, they were also joined by several minor parties and organisations.^[7] For the 2020 provincial election, LSV, VP, and DSHV were also joined by ZZV, CP, and theDemocratic Bloc.^[31] After that, LSV and VP only remained its members.^[21]

In the Assembly of Vojvodina, VF had 6 members; 5 were affiliated with LSV while the sole VP member in the Assembly of Vojvodina was Odžić.^[32]Saša Šućurović was the chairperson of the VF parliamentary group while Odžić was the deputy chair.^[32]

National Assembly

Year	Leader		Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
	Name	Party
2020	Nenad Čanak	LSV	30,591	0.99%	13th	0 / 250	5	UDS	Extra-parliamentary	[33]
2022			Did not participate[b]			0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	–

Assembly of Vojvodina

Year	Leader		Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Status	Ref.
	Name	Party
2020	Nenad Čanak	LSV	41,455	5.12%	4th	6 / 120	3	Opposition	[37]

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