United Serbia (, abbr. JS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. It split from the Party of Serbian Unity in 2004. The party has supported every government formed since its creation, and was briefly in government in 2022–23.
History It was founded on 15 February 2004, as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan Marković Palma elected as the leader on the first party assembly. During its early years, the party had close relations with other right-wing parties such as New Serbia and Democratic Party of Serbia, even participating with them in the 2007 parliamentary election.
During the 2008 parliamentary election, they participated in a coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia and supported the accession of Serbia into the European Union. After the election, United Serbia was the first to announce the beginning of talks with the coalition For a European Serbia, led by the President Boris Tadić, on forming the new government.
The United Serbia, including its leader Palma, supported the "Serbs for Trump" campaign and Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Ideology and platform JS is positioned on the right of the political spectrum. It has been described as national-conservative and populist. It is staunchly socially conservative and it also advocates regionalism.
Organisation The party leader was Dragan Marković, former mayor of Jagodina, until his death in November 2024.
In 2012, JS had 82,000 members.
Electoral performance Parliamentary elections + National Assembly of Serbia Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status 2007 Dragan Marković 667,615 16.83% 3rd 2 JS–DSS–NS 2008 313,896 7.75% 4th 1 JS–SPS–PUPS 2012 567,689 15.18% 3rd 4 JS–SPS–PUPS 2014 484,607 13.94% 2nd 0 JS–SPS–PUPS 2016 413,770 11.28% 2nd 1 JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP 2020 334,333 10.78% 2nd 2 JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP 2022 435,274 11.79% 3rd 0 JS–SPS–Zeleni 2023 249,916 6.73% 3rd 3 JS–SPS–Zeleni 2026 Dalibor Marković JS–SPS–Zeleni–SDPS
Presidential elections + President of Serbia Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes 2004 Ljiljana Aranđelović 11,796 0.38% — — 2008 Velimir Ilić 305,828 7.57% — — Supported Ilić 2012 Ivica Dačić 556,013 14.89% — — Supported Dačić 2017 Aleksandar Vučić 2,012,788 56.01% — — Supported Vučić 2022 2,224,914 60.01% — —
References
External links Official website