Serb Party of Socialists

{{Infobox political party

| name = Serb Party of Socialists

| colorcode = {{party color|Serb Party of Socialists}}

| president = Milan Martić

| ideology = Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Post-communism

| headquarters = Knin, Croatia

| country = Croatia

| abbreviation = SPS

| native_name = Српска партија социјалиста
Srpska partija socijalista

| founded = {{Start date|1991}}

| dissolved = {{Start date|1995}}

| position = Centre-left to left-wing

| colors = {{color box|#C6363C|border=silver}} Red

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|6|85|#C6363C}}

| seats1_title = Serbian Krajina National Assembly

}}

The Serb Party of Socialists ({{langx|sr|Српска партија социјалиста|translit=Srpska partija socijalista}}, {{Small|abbr.}} SPS) was the branch in Croatia of Serbian president Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia which was created in the areas under the control of the rebel state Republic of Serbian Krajina, controlled by Croatian Serbs."[http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/serbiandigest/117/t117-3.htm Milosevic Loses Krajina]" December 20, 1993 Vreme News Digest Agency No 117{{Cite web |title=HIC: VJESNIK, Podlistak, 16 i 17. travnja 2005., VELIKOSRPSKA TVOREVINA NA HRVATSKOM TLU: IZVORNI DOKUMENTI O DJELOVANJU 'REPUBLIKE SRPSKE KRAJINE' (XXIX.) |url=http://www.hic.hr/velika-srbija29.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041551/http://www.hic.hr/velika-srbija29.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=31 August 2015}}{{Cite web |title=Godišnjica Oluje: Hrvatska slavi, Srbija žali |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/godisnjica-oluje-hrvatska-slavi-srbija-zali-/564772.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050205/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/godisnjica-oluje-hrvatska-slavi-srbija-zali-/564772.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=31 August 2015}}

History

The party was established in 1991, the same year the Republic of Serbian Krajina was proclaimed, along with its constitution. During the 1993–94 election, Milan Martić ran for president of Serbian Krajina and received heavy financial support from the Milošević government. On 21 January, Martić stated that he would “speed up the process of unification” and “pass on the baton to our all Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević."[http://www.icty.org/x/cases/martic/tjug/en/070612.pdf Prosecutor v. Milan Martić Judgement]. p. 8. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; accessed 25 August 2013. After losing to Milan Babić in the first round, he was elected president in the second round of voting,{{Cite news |date=2006-03-06 |title=Milan Babic: Croatian Serb leader |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4779362.stm |access-date=2022-12-10}}{{Cite book |last=Logos |first=Aleksandar |url=https://www.academia.edu/42147440 |title=Istorija Srba 1 - Dopuna 4; Istorija Srba 5 |publisher=Beograd ATC |year=2019 |isbn=978-86-85117-46-6 |location=Belgrade |page=127}}{{Cite web |title=1994/01/23 18:30 THE ELECTION SHOCK IN KRAJINA |url=http://www.aimpress.ch/dyn/trae/archive/data/199401/40123-021-trae-beo.htm |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.aimpress.ch}}{{Cite web |title=January 17, 1994 Vreme News Digest Agency No 121 |url=http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/serbiandigest/121/t121-10.htm |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.scc.rutgers.edu}}{{Cite web |date=27 January 1994 |title=Милан Мартић председник |url=https://arhivapdf.glassrpske.rs/novine/1994/01/GlasSrpske19940127.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706055358/https://arhivapdf.glassrpske.rs/novine/1994/01/GlasSrpske19940127.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=www.glassrpske.com}} and remained in power until the fall of RSK government during the Croatian Operation Storm in 1995.

Electoral result

= Presidential elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina ! rowspan="2" \|Election year ! rowspan="2" \|Candidate ! colspan="2" \|1st Round ! colspan="2" \|2nd Round ! rowspan="2" \|Results
# Votes ! % Votes !# Votes ! % Votes
1993-1994 \|Milan Martić \|60,386 \|25.9% \|104,234 \|51.70% \|Won {{Y}}

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

|+President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina

! rowspan="2" |Election year

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

! colspan="2" |1st Round

! colspan="2" |2nd Round

! rowspan="2" |Results

# Votes

! % Votes

!# Votes

! % Votes

1993-1994

|Milan Martić

|60,386

|25.9%

|104,234

|51.70%

|Won {{Y}}

= Parliament of the Republic of Serbian Krajina =

{{Election results|party1=Serb Democratic Party|seats1=33|party2=Serbian Democratic Party of the Serbian Lands|seats2=17|party3=Serbian Radical Party|seats3=16|party4=Civic Union|seats4=8|party5=Serb Party of Socialists|seats5=6|party6=Social Democratic Party|seats6=5|source=[https://www.istitutospiov.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/APES-Rivista-Studi-Politici-2_3-21-GULIC.pdf Gulić]}}

References

Category:Democratic socialist parties in Europe

Category:Serb political parties in Croatia

Category:Socialist Party of Serbia

Category:Republic of Serbian Krajina

Category:Defunct political parties in Croatia

Category:Socialist parties in Croatia

Category:History of the Serbs of Croatia

Category:Political parties established in 1991

Category:Political parties disestablished in 1995

Category:1991 establishments in Croatia

Category:1995 disestablishments in Croatia