The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (, abbrev. DSHV; ) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Croat ethnic minority.
History Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties: Hrvatski narodni savez (Croatian National Alliance) – in 1998 (this fraction has been reincorporated into DSHV on 29 February 2004) Hrvatska bunjevačko-šokačka stranka (Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party) Demokratska zajednica Hrvata (Democratic Union of Croats) – in 2007
In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from the Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV would unite on 5 June 2009 at a meeting in Sremska Mitrovica. Radio Subotica Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, 21 April 2009
It has occasionally condemned attacks by Serbian nationalists, and it has issued protests over ethnic assimilation. It is also supportive of further autonomism.
List of presidents Bela Tonković (1990–2003) Petar Kuntić (2003–2015) Tomislav Žigmanov (2015–present)
Electoral performance Parliamentary elections + National Assembly of Serbia Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status 1990 Bela Tonković 23,630 0.49% 16th 1 – 1992 17,622 0.40% 13th 1 – 1993 3,946 0.10% 23rd 0 – 1997 5,375 0.14% 18th 0 – 2000 did not participate 0 – 2003 Petar Kuntić 161,765 4.29% 7th 0 ZZT 2007 915,854 23.08% 2nd 1 DSHV–DS–SDP 2008 1,590,200 39.25% 1st 0 ZES 2012 863,294 23.09% 2nd 0 IZBŽ 2014 216,634 6.23% 3rd 1 DSHV–DS–Nova–BS–USS Sloga 2016 Tomislav Žigmanov 227,589 6.20% 5th 1 DSHV–DS–Nova–RS–ZZS–ZZŠ 2020 30,591 0.99% 13th 1 UDS 2022 24,024 0.65% 14th 1 DSHV–ZZV 2023 29,066 0.78% 11th 1 DSHV–SPP
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