People's Party (Serbia, 2008)

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People's Party
Народна партија
Narodna partija
LeaderNebojša Korać
FounderMaja Gojković
FoundedOctober 10, 2008 (2008-10-10)
DissolvedDecember 3, 2012 (2012-12-03)
Merged intoSerbian Progressive Party
HeadquartersNovi Sad
IdeologyChristian democracy
National conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
ColoursOrange
National Assembly
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Website
www.narodnapartija.rs
Party headquarters in Novi Sad

The People's Party (Serbian: Народна партија / Narodna partija) was a political party in Serbia. It was founded and led by the former Mayor of Novi Sad and former Serbian Radical Party member Maja Gojković.

The party previously intended to take part in the next election together with the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia.[1][2] In 2010 the party left the populists and together with several other parties, formed the United Regions of Serbia, a broad coalition of regional parties.

The People's Party participated in the 2012 parliamentary elections as part of the United Regions of Serbia coalition, and received 2 seats in the National Assembly. The party was expelled from the URS after it separately entered negotiations with the Democratic Party.

On 3 December 2012 the party merged into the Serbian Progressive Party and ceased to exist.[3] However, some local councils headed by Nebojša Korać opposed this decision, and controversially continued receiving finances proportional to the party's original electoral result, even though both MPs had left the party.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Narodna partija sa DSS-om i NS-om". Naslovi (in Serbian). 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ "GOJKOVIĆ: DSS, NS I NARODNA PARTIJA - OPOZICIJA VLASTI". Vesti (in Serbian). 20 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Maja Gojković: Narodna partija kolektivno prešla u SNS". Blic.rs. 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Mandati slobodni, pare "vezane"". rts. 20 July 2013.

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