Alternative for Changes

{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Alternative for Changes

| native_name = Alternativa për ndryshimа
Алтернатива за промене
Alternativa za promene

| native_name_lang = sr

| abbreviation = APN/AZP

| logo_size = 100

| colorcode = {{party color|Alternative for Changes}}

| logo = Alternative for Changes logo.jpg

| president = Shqiprim Arifi

| founded = 2015

| ideology = Albanian minority interests

| headquarters = Seljami Halači bb, Preševo

| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Alternative for Changes}}|border=silver}} Blue

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Alternative for Changes}}}}

| website = {{URL|ndryshimi.com}}

| country = Serbia

}}

Alternative for Changes ({{langx|sq|Alternativa për ndryshim}}, abbr. APN; {{langx|sr|Алтернатива за промене|Alternativa za promene}}, abbr. AZP) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Albanian ethnic minority in Preševo Valley. It was founded in 2015, and it is currently led by Shqiprim Arifi, the president of the Preševo municipality.[http://mduls.gov.rs/wp-content/uploads/Izvod-iz-registra-politickih-stranaka-23072020.pdf?script=lat ИЗВОД ИЗ РЕГИСТРА ПОЛИТИЧКИХ СТРАНАКА]{{Cite web |date=19 February 2018 |title=Arifi novi predsednik opštine Preševo |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a365861-Arifi-novi-predsednik-opstine-Presevo/ |access-date=29 March 2021 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}{{Cite news |title=Alternativa za promene pobedila na izborima u Preševu |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/31175242.html |access-date=29 March 2021 |website=Radio Slobodna Evropa |date=29 March 2021 |language=sh}}

Electoral performance

= Parliamentary elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ National Assembly of Serbia

! Year

! Leader

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! {{No.}}

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalition

! Status

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

2020

| rowspan="3"| Shqiprim Arifi

| 26,437

| 0.85%

| {{increase}} 14th

| {{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|Alternative for Changes}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| ADA

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{cite book |last1=Kovačević |first1=Miladin |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2020/Pdf/G20206003.pdf |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2020 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |isbn=978-86-6161-193-3 |location=Belgrade |page=9 |language=sr |trans-title=Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192106/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2020/Pdf/G20206003.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2022 |url-status=live}}

2022

| 3,265

| 0.09%

| {{decrease}} 19th

| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Alternative for Changes}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| –

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

|{{cite book |last1=Kovačević |first1=Miladin |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2022 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |isbn=978-86-6161-221-3 |location=Belgrade |page=7 |language=sr |trans-title=Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192056/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2022 |url-status=live}}

2023

| 3,235

| 0.09%

| {{increase}} 18th

| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Alternative for Changes}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| –

| {{No|Extra-parliamentary}}

|{{cite book |last1=Kovačević |first1=Miladin |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2024 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |location=Belgrade |isbn=978-86-6161-252-7 |page=8–9 |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=sr |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2024/Pdf/G20246006.pdf}}

References