Communist Party (Serbia)

Titoist political party in Serbia

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Not to be confused with League of Communists of Serbia.

Communist Party Комунистичка партија Komunistička partija

Abbreviation	KP
President	Joška Broz
Secretary-General	Miroslav Jovanović
Founder	Joška Broz
Founded	2009 (2009)
Dissolved	23 January 2022
Merger of	New Communist Party of Serbia Social Democrats of Novi Sad
Succeeded by	Serbian Left
Headquarters	Uralska 9 11060 Belgrade
Youth wing	Communist Youth (KO)
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Titoism Yugoslavism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red and Ochre
Slogan	"Workers of the World, Unite!"
Website
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The Communist Party (Serbian: Комунистичка партија, romanized: Komunistička partija; abbr. КП or KP) was a Titoist political party in Serbia.

History

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It was founded in Belgrade in November 2009,^[1] 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.^{[citation needed ]} Josip Joška Broz (grandson of the former Yugoslav president and communist revolutionary Josip Broz Tito), was elected as its president.^[1] Its Secretary-General is Miroslav Jovanović.^[2]

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 Montenegrin Party) 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 Socialist Party of Serbia that received 413,770 votes or 10.95% of the popular vote and entered the Parliament of Serbia and also the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

In January 2022, it was announced that the Communist Party changed name to the Serbian Left, with Radoslav Milojičić being elected president.^[3]

Organization

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The head of the party is the President, next in the hierarchy is the Secretary-General and after him is the party's Central Committee. The party is split into committees led by committee secretaries and also into basic organizations led by commissioners.

Presidents

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#	President		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
1	Joška Broz		1947–	2010	2022

Electoral results

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Parliamentary elections

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Year	Leader	Vote(s)	%	Seats	±	Arrangements	Status
2012	Joška Broz ^[a]	28,977	0.74%	0 / 250	Steady	N/A
2014		6,388	0.18%	0 / 250	Steady	With CP	N/A
2016		413,770	10.95%	1 / 250	Increase1	With SPS–JS–ZS	Government support
2020		334,333	10.38%	1 / 250	Steady	With SPS–JS–ZS	Government support