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Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice
Партија уједињених пензионера, пољопривредника и пролетера Србије – солидарност и правда
Partija ujedinjenih penzionera, poljoprivrednika i proletera Srbije – solidarnost i pravda
AbbreviationPUPS – Solidarity and Justice
PresidentMilan Krkobabić
FounderJovan Krkobabić
Founded10 May 2005 (2005-05-10)
HeadquartersTopličin venac 11, Belgrade
Membership (2015)100,000[1]
Ideology
National affiliationTogether We Can Do Everything
Colors  Red
National Assembly
6 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
3 / 110
Website
pups.org.rs

The Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice (Serbian Cyrillic: Партија уједињених пензионера, пољопривредника и пролетера Србије – солидарност и правда, romanized: Partija ujedinjenih penzionera, poljoprivrednika i proletera Srbije – solidarnost i pravda, abbr. PUPS – Solidarity and Justice) is a political party in Serbia that advocates for pensioners' interests.[2][3][4]

Known as Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) until June 2022, the party was founded in 2005 by Jovan Krkobabić and former members of the Socialist Party of Serbia, they were a part of the SPS-led coalition between 2008 and 2016 and since 2016 they have been a part of the SNS-led coalition. It is currently led by Milan Krkobabić, who has been the president since 2014. It also maintains socially conservative views.[5]

History

Formation and early history

The party was registered on 10 May 2005 by Jovan Krkobabić and other pensioners who were previously members of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and its predecessor League of Communists of Serbia (SKS).[6] They participated in the 2007 parliamentary election in a coalition with the Social Democratic Party that was led by Nebojša Čović and the Socialist People's Party. The coalition ended up getting 3.11% of the vote which at the time wasn't enough to enter the National Assembly.[7] In early 2008, they formed a coalition with SPS and United Serbia (JS) to participate in the 2008 parliamentary election.[8] The coalition placed fourth, winning 7.58% of the vote and 20 seats in the National Assembly while PUPS won 5 of the 20 coalition seats.[9]

Elections with SPS-JS coalition

The SPS-PUPS-JS coalition formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party (DS) and Jovan Krkobabić then became the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, a role he would serve until his death in 2014.[10] Their coalition placed third in the 2012 parliamentary election with 14.51% of the vote and 44 seats and PUPS gained 7 more seats.[11] Jovan Krkobabić continued to serve his term as the Deputy Prime Minister after the formation of SNS-SPS government. In 2014, they participated again with the SPS-JS coalition[12] and they placed second with 13.49% of the vote and 44 seats in the National Assembly.[13]

SNS coalition and modern period

In 2016, the presidency of PUPS signed an agreement with SNS to join its pre-election coalition.[14] The SNS-led coalition placed first with 48.25% of the vote and 131 seats in the parliament while PUPS lost 3 seats.[15] The president of PUPS, Milan Krkobabić then became the Minister without portfolio. In 2020, they participated again with the SNS-led coalition which won 60.65% of the vote and 188 seats while PUPS' number of seats didn't change.[16] Krkobabić was then appointed as the Minister of Rural Welfare.[17]

Presidents

No. President Birth–Death Term start Term end
1 Jovan Krkobabić 1930–2014 10 May 2005 22 April 2014
2 Milan Krkobabić 1952– 28 June 2014 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2007 Jovan Krkobabić 125,342 3.16% Increase 8th
0 / 250
 Steady 0 PUPS–SDP–SNP Extra-parliamentary
2008 313,896 7.75% Increase 4th
5 / 250
 Increase 5 PUPS–SPS–JS Government
2012 567,689 15.18% Increase 3rd
12 / 250
 Increase 7 PUPS–SPS–JS Government
2014 484,607 13.94% Increase 2nd
12 / 250
 Steady 0 PUPS–SPS–JS Support
2016 Milan Krkobabić 1,823,147 49.71% Increase 1st
9 / 250
 Decrease 3 SP Government
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
9 / 250
 Steady 0 ZND Government
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
6 / 250
 Decrease 3 ZMS Government

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes
2008 Milutin Mrkonjić 4th 245,889 6.09% — — — Supported Mrkonjić
2012 Ivica Dačić 3rd 556,013 14.89% — — — Supported Dačić
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% — — — Supported Vučić
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01% — — —

References

  1. ^ Milinković, D. (13 April 2015). "Trećina kod naprednjaka" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "PUPS promenio ime". Danas (in Serbian). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ Petronijević Terzić, Ivana (28 July 2023). "Ko je ko u vladajućoj koaliciji". Demostat (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ Cvejić, Slobodan; Spasojević, Dušan; Stanojević, Dragan; Todosijević, Bojan (November 2020). "Electoral Compass 2020, analysis of the political landscape in Serbia" (PDF). library.fes.de. Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  6. ^ "Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Konačni rezultati izbora 2007. godine" (in Serbian). Vreme. 2007.
  8. ^ "Konvencija SPS-PUPS-JS u Areni" (in Serbian). SPS Kruševac. 5 April 2008.
  9. ^ "Konačni rezultati izbora 2008. godine" (in Serbian). Vreme. 2008.
  10. ^ "Jovan i Milan Krkobabić: U ime oca i sina" (in Serbian). Vreme. 15 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Izbori 2012: Poraz Tadića i DS, Dačićev preokret i dolazak SNS na vlast". N1. 5 June 2020.
  12. ^ "SPS, PUPS i JS ponovo zajedno na izbore" (in Serbian). RTV. 3 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Rezultati vanrednih parlamentarnih izbora 2014. godine" (in Serbian). Vreme. 16 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Pensioner party leaves coalition with Socialists" (in Serbian). B92. 18 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Zvanični rezultati izbora 2016. godine" (in Serbian). Vreme. 24 April 2016.
  16. ^ "PRELIMINARNI REZULTATI PARLAMENTARNIH IZBORA 2020" (in Serbian). B92. 2020.
  17. ^ "Milan Krkobabić – Minister of Rural Welfare". Government of Serbia. October 2020.
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