Liberal Democratic Party Либерално демократска партија Liberalno demokratska partija | |
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| Abbreviation | LDP |
| Leader | Čedomir Jovanović |
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| Founded | 5 November 2005 (2005-11-05) |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal South East European Network |
| Colours | Purple |
| National Assembly | 0 / 250 |
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 0 / 120 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 |
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TheLiberal Democratic Party (Serbian:Либерално демократска партија,romanized: Liberalno demokratska partija, abbr.LDP) is aliberalpolitical party inSerbia. It is led byČedomir Jovanović.
The Liberal Democratic Party was founded on 5 November 2005 by former members of theDemocratic Party, led byČedomir Jovanović, who were expelled in a partypurge in 2004. Jovanović had become critical of the new direction of the Democratic Party and its newly elected president,Boris Tadić. The LDP gained its first seat in parliament afterĐorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party. Members of the foundation board were:Nenad Prokić, Nikola Samardžić,Branislav Lečić and Đorđe Đukić. in 2007 theCivic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP. The LDP had a long-standing relationship with theSocial Democratic Union andLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.
LDP's activity decreased following the2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, mainly due to the size of the party's debt. As of November 2023, LDP is in debt ofdin. 201,323,626, approximately around 2 million euros.[1]
LDP is aliberal party,[2][3] and it is supportive ofsecularism andmulticulturalism.[2][4][5] It has been also described asprogressive andsocial liberal.[6][7] The LDP is one of the few political parties in Serbia to actively support Serbia's membership intoNATO and theindependence of Kosovo.[8][9][10] The LDP is also highly supportive ofLGBT rights in Serbia.[11][12] Regarding the economy, it isclassical-liberal,[6]market-orientated, and supportsprivatisation, although it is also in favour ofsocial welfare.[8] Additionally, it economic beliefs been described asneoliberal,[13]libertarian,[13] andconservative-liberal.[14]
Its political positions have been described ascentrist,[15] although its social policies are positioned on theleft-wing, while it is economically oriented towards the right.[16]
In theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, LDP was associated with theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[17]
| # | President | Born-Died | Term start | Term end | |
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| 1 | Čedomir Jovanović |  | 1971– | 5 November 2005 | Incumbent |
The LDP's first electoral performance was during the2007 Serbian parliamentary election, the LDP ran in a coalition together with theCivic Alliance of Serbia, theSocial Democratic Union and theLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina which collectively received 5.31% of the popular vote. The Civic Alliance would later merge into the LDP the same year.
The next election followed ayear later, with the LDP receiving only 5.24% of the popular vote, its worst performance to date.
The Liberal Democratic Party competed in the2012 Serbian parliamentary election as part of theU-Turn coalition. The coalition received 6.53% of the popular vote.[18]
In the2014 Serbian parliamentary elections, LDP participated in the coalition with the Social Democratic Union and theBosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak. However, the coalition did not win any seats in the National Assembly as it only received 3.36% of the popular vote.[19]
In the2016 Serbian parliamentary elections, LDP participated in the coalition with the Social Democratic Party and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. The coalition received 5.02% of the popular vote and gained 13 seats in the National Assembly with LDP receiving 4 seats.[20]
In the2020 Serbian parliamentary elections, LDP led a coalition called "Coalition for Peace" along with theVlach National Party and other smallBosniak,Romani,Romanian, andMontenegrin political organisations. However, the coalition had the worst result in LDP's history and it failed to pass the 3% electoral threshold.[21][22]
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status | Ref. |
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| 2007 | Čedomir Jovanović | 214,262 | 5.40% |  6th | 6 / 250 | 6 | LDP–GSS−SDU−LSV−DHSS | Opposition | [23] |
| 2008 | 216,902 | 5.35% | 5th | 11 / 250 | 5 | LDP–DHSS−SDU | Opposition | [24] | |
| 2012 | 255,546 | 6.83% |  5th | 13 / 250 | 2 | U-Turn | Opposition | [25] | |
| 2014 | 120,879 | 3.48% |  7th | 0 / 250 | 13 | LDP–SDU−BDZS | Extra-parliamentary | [26] | |
| 2016 | 189,564 | 5.17% | 7th | 4 / 250 | 4 | LDP–SDS−LSV | Opposition | [27] | |
| 2020 | 10,158 | 0.33% | 18th | 0 / 250 | 4 | KZM | Extra-parliamentary | [28] | |
| 2022 | Did not participate | 0 / 250 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | ||||
| 2023 | 9,243 | 0.25% | 15th | 0 / 250 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | [29] | |
| Election year | # | Candidate | 1st round vote | % of vote | 2nd round vote | % of vote | Notes |
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| 2008 | 5th | Čedomir Jovanović | 219,689 | 5.34% | — | — | |
| 2012 | 6th | Čedomir Jovanović | 196,668 | 5.03% | — | — | U-Turn coalition |
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