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History

It was founded in

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on 28 November 2010, after two smaller communist parties (the New Communist Party of Serbia (NKPS) and the Social Democrats from Novi Sad) united with a group of communists led by

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. Its only president was Joška Broz (grandson of the former

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and the SKJ,

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) and the Secretary-General is Miroslav Jovanović. The Communist Party competed in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently, receiving 28,977 votes or 0.74% of the popular vote, failing to enter parliament. A similar situation happened in the 2014 parliamentary elections when the Communist Party (in coalition with

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) received 6,388 votes or 0.18% of the popular vote and again failed to enter parliament. However, for the 2016 parliamentary elections, the Communist Party joined a coalition led by the

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that received 413,770 votes or 10.95% of the popular vote and entered the Parliament of Serbia and also the Parliament of the

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. In January 2022, it was announced that the Communist Party changed name to the Serbian Left, with

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being elected president.

Organization

The head of the party is the President, next in the hierarchy is the Secretary-General and after him is the party's

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. The party is split into committees led by committee secretaries and also into basic organizations led by commissioners.

Presidents

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

References

Notes Citations

External links

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Excerpt from the register of political parties, which includes the Communist PartyVideo by the Communist PartySpeech of Joška Broz on 25 May
{{European communist parties 2010 establishments in Serbia Anti-fascist organizations Communist parties in Serbia Far-left politics in Serbia Political parties established in 2010 Political parties disestablished in 2022 Socialist parties in Serbia Defunct political parties in Serbia