Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
| Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians Савез војвођанских Мађара Savez vojvođanskih Mađara |
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| Hungarian name | Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség |
| Leader | István Pásztor |
| Founder | József Kasza |
| Founded | Senta, 18 June 1994 |
| Headquarters | Subotica |
| Ideology | Regionalism Minority rights Conservatism |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
| Official colours | Red, White and Green |
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The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség (VMSZ); Serbian: Савез војвођанских Мађара (СВМ), Savez vojvođanskih Mađara (SVM)) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president. Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians is part of Hungarian Coalition, which also include two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia.
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[edit] Participation in elections
[edit] State elections
At the legislative elections in Serbia on December 28, 2003, the party was part of the Together for Tolerance alliance, that won no seats.
At the parliamentary elections in Serbia on January 21, 2007, the party got enough votes to send 3 of its members to the parliament.
At the 2008 parliamentary elections in Serbia, the party was part of Hungarian Coalition, which won 4 seats in the Serbian parliament.
[edit] Provincial elections
On the provincial elections in Vojvodina in 2004, the party won 8.50% of votes in the one-round voting system, and was part of the ruling coalition in the Vojvodina provincial parliament.
On the provincial elections in Vojvodina in 2008, the party was part of Hungarian Coalition, which won 7% of votes in the first election round.
[edit] Local elections
In the local elections in Serbia in 2004, the party won largest number of seats in the municipal parliaments of Subotica, Senta, Bačka Topola, Mali Iđoš, Kanjiža (where Reformists of Vojvodina won same number of seats) and Čoka.
In the local elections in Serbia in 2008, the party was part of Hungarian Coalition, which won the majority of votes in Kanjiža (50.91%), as well as plurality of votes in Senta (31.87%), Bačka Topola (46.25%), Mali Iđoš (37.18%), and Bečej (29.63%).
Since the introduction of multi-party policital system in Serbia, the mayor of Subotica was regularly from Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians. That has changed after local elections 2008[1].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (Croatian) Hrvatska riječ Davor Bašić Palković: Formirana nova gradska vlast u Subotici, 18. srpnja 2008.
[edit] External links
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