United Regions of Serbia

Former liberal-conservative political party in Serbia

The United Regions of Serbia (Serbian: Уједињени региони Србије, romanized: Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije; abbr. УРС, URS) was a regionalist,[2] liberal-conservative[2] political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.[3][4] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.[5][6]

The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.[7]

On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.[8] [9] Even though the party has been long gone, it has remained in the party register of Serbia since then.[10]

The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.[11] In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, URS was associated with the European People's Party.[12]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Election # of votes % of vote # of seats +/- Notes Government
2012 215,666 5.51%
16 / 250
 Steady 16 as coalition government, 2012–2013
opposition, 2013–2014
2014 109,167 3.04%
0 / 250
 Decrease 16 as party extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Election year Candidate # 1st round votes % of popular vote # 2nd round votes % of popular vote
2012 Zoran Stanković 5th 257,054 6.58% — — —

Leadership of the United Regions of Serbia

# President Born–Died Term start Term end
1 Mlađan Dinkić 1964– 16 May 2010 18 March 2014
a Veroljub Stevanović 1946– 18 March 2014
(acting)		 13 November 2015
(acting)
a Verica Kalanović 1954–

References

  1. ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).
  2. ^ a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Vučić i Dačić idu dalje, nema izbora". Novosti.rs. 31 July 2013.
  8. ^ "URS se briše iz registra političkih partija". Novosti.rs. 9 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Dinkić ugasio URS, ostao dug od 153 miliona!". Novosti.rs. 13 November 2015.
  10. ^ "U Srbiji 113 partija, dve preregistrovane prošle godine, jedna nova". rs.n1info.com (in Serbian). N1. 3 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Member party: URS | EPP". www.epp.eu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Mr Vladimir ILIĆ (Serbia, NR)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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