The Democratic Serb Party ( sr, Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a minor

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, representing the

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History

The Democratic Serb Party was formed in 2003 following a split from the Serb People's Party led by Božidar Bojović, who was the first party president, and Ranko Kadić, first vice president and his subsequent successor. At the

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held in March 2009, DSS formed a pre-election coalition with the People's Party, but the coalition failed to gain

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status, winning 2,9% of the votes, just below the 3% electoral threshold. At the next

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DSS participated in a

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coalition ''Serb National Alliance'' along with

Party of Serb Radicals Party of Serb Radicals ( sr, Странка српских радикала, Stranka srpskih radikala, SSR), formerly Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro (SRS CG), was a minor far-right and Serbian nationalist political party, active in Montenegro. ...

and Serb National Alliance, which won only 0,85% of votes. In August 2016, the party joined the right-wing Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 election, and supported ZBCG list for 2020 election.DSS pristupio DF-u
RTCG (2016)

Elections

Parliamentary election

References

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