Party of Modern Serbia
{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Party of Modern Serbia
| native_name = Странка модерне Србије
| native_name_lang = sr
| abbreviation = SMS
| colorcode = {{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}
| logo = Party of Modern Serbia logo.png
| foundation = {{start date|2018|12|14|df=y}}
| president = Collective leadership
| headquarters = Francuska 24, Belgrade
| predecessor = {{ubl|Centre Movement|Social Democratic Alliance}}
| split = Enough is Enough
| ideology = Liberalism
Decentralization
Pro-Europeanism
| position = Centre
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}|border=darkgray}} Purple
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}}}
| seats2_title = Assembly of Vojvodina
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}}}
| seats3_title = City Assembly of Belgrade
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}}}
| website = {{URL|moderna.org.rs}}
| country = Serbia
}}
The Party of Modern Serbia ({{langx|sr|Странка модерне Србије|Stranka moderne Srbije}}, abbr. SMS) is a liberal political party in Serbia. It was established on 14 December 2018 around former MPs from Enough is Enough.
History
Five MPs that left the opposition parliamentary group Enough is Enough created their own movement Centre Movement in May 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://pokretcentra.org/2018/05/18/formiran-pokret-centra-2/?script=lat|title=Centre movement formed|date=18 May 2018|website=Centre movement}} After negotiations with Social Democratic Alliance, they formed a new party, Party of Modern Serbia on 14 December 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a446446/Formirana-Stranka-moderne-Srbije.html|title=Formirana Stranka moderne Srbije|website=N1 Srbija|language=sr-Latn|access-date=2019-01-07}} On 23 December new collective leadership was elected. The movement currently has 5 MPs in National Assembly and 3 in Vojvodina Assembly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2018&mm=12&dd=23&nav_category=11&nav_id=1485438|title=Registrovana jo jedna stranka - Stranke moderne Srbije|website=B92.net|language=sr-Latn-RS|access-date=2019-01-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://moderna.org.rs/narodni-poslanici/|title=National Assembly members|access-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072248/http://moderna.org.rs/narodni-poslanici/|archive-date=2019-01-07|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://moderna.org.rs/pokrajinski-poslanici-2/|title=Vojvodina Assembly members}} They also have representatives in Medijana, Valjevo, Rakovica, Zvedara and Stari Grad municipalities.{{Cite web|url=http://moderna.org.rs/odbornici/|title=Representatives}} On 24 January one MP joined the Party of Modern Serbia, making the total number of seats in the Assembly 6.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
The Party of Modern Serbia supported protests against president Aleksandar Vučić, and took a role in opposition negotiations in January and February 2019.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
List of presidents
Party of Modern Serbia is ruled by a collective presidency.{{Cite web|url=http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a446446/Formirana-Stranka-moderne-Srbije.html|title=Formirana Stranka moderne Srbije|date=23 December 2018|website=N1}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name ! Born–Death ! Term start ! Term end | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" style="background:#5D2D91; color:white;" | 1
| Tatjana Macura || 1981– || rowspan="3" | 23 December 2018 || 2020 | ||
| Nebojša Leković | 1964– | rowspan="2" | Incumbent |
| Aleksandar Stevanović | 1976– |
Electoral performance
= Parliamentary elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ National Assembly of Serbia ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! {{No.}} ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2020
| 30,591 | 0.99% | 13th | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}}} | {{decrease}} 6 | UDS | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |
|---|
| 2022
| colspan="3" style="background:#ddd"| Did not participate | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Party of Modern Serbia}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | — | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} | – |
= Presidential elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Year ! Candidate ! # ! 1st round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # ! 2nd round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2022
| colspan="2" style="background:#ddd"| Did not participate | — | — | — | — | — | | |
|---|