Strength of Serbia Movement

Strength of Serbia Movement – BK
Покрет снага Србије – БК
Pokret snaga Srbije – BK
AbbreviationPSS
LeaderBogoljub Karić
Founded20 May 2004 (2004-05-20)
HeadquartersTerazije 28, Belgrade
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationTogether We Can Do Everything
Colours  Blue
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
snagasrbije.com

The Strength of Serbia Movement – BK (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрет снага Србије – БК, romanized: Pokret snaga Srbije – BK, abbr. PSS) is a conservative political party in Serbia.

History

Party was founded in 2004. Its founder and current leader of PSS-BK is Bogoljub Karić, Serbian businessman and tycoon under criminal charges in flight. Since the 2012 parliamentary election its member of the big tent and populist coalition around the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).[1][2]

Political positions

PSS has been described as a conservative,[3] liberal-conservative,[4] populist,[5] and pro-Russian party.[6] It is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum.[7]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2007 Bogoljub Karić 70,727 1.78% Increase 9th
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2008 22,250 0.55% Increase 8th
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 Steady 0 – Extra-parliamentary
2012 940,659 25.16% Increase 1st
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 Increase 2 PS Support
2014 1,736,920 49.96% Steady 1st
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 Steady 0 BKV Support
2016 1,823,147 49.71% Steady 1st
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 Steady 0 SP Support
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
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 Increase 1 ZND Support
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
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 Steady 0 ZMS Support

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes
2004 Bogoljub Karić 3rd 568,691 18.46% — — —
2008 Milanka Karić 7th 40,332 1.0% — — —
2012 Tomislav Nikolić 2nd 979,216 26.22% 1st 1,552,063 51.16% Supported Nikolić
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% — — — Supported Vučić
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01% — — —

Provincial elections

The Movement received 42,813 votes (6.69%) and won 4 seats in the first round of the 2004 Vojvodina parliamentary elections and additional 3 seats in the second round, by majority system.

References

  1. ^ "SNS prva predala listu RIK-u: Ne interesuje nas matematika već ljudi". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ Eizbori, 7 May 2012, archived from the original on 10 May 2012
  3. ^ Bakić, Jovo (2006). "Političke stranke umerene i krajnje desnice u Srbiji". Političke stranke. 11 (1). ISSN 1450-7382.
  4. ^ Andić, Tanja (2020). Anticipating the "Blocked Future": Transitions to Adulthood and Migration Aspirations in Serbia (PDF). University of Minnesota. p. 12.
  5. ^ Clark, Janine N. (2008). Serbia in the shadow of Milošević : the legacy of conflict in the Balkans. London: Tauris Academic Studies. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4416-2967-8. OCLC 667107743.
  6. ^ Cuckić, Nikola; Burazer, Nikola; Todorović Štiplija, Nemanja (2020). Kosovo is the Serbian Crimea (PDF). Political Capital. p. 31.
  7. ^ "Serbia". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.


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