Strength of Serbia Movement

{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}

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{{Infobox political party

| name = Strength of Serbia Movement – BK

| native_name = Покрет снага Србије – БК
Pokret snaga Srbije – BK

| native_name_lang = sr

| abbreviation = PSS

| colorcode = {{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}

| logo = Strength of Serbia Movement logo.png

| logo_size = 140px

| leader = Bogoljub Karić

| foundation = {{start date|2004|5|20|df=y}}

| ideology = {{ubl|Conservatism|Populism}}

| position = Centre-right

| national = Together We Can Do Everything

| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}|border=darkgray}} Blue

| headquarters = Terazije 28, Belgrade

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| seats2_title = Assembly of Vojvodina

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| seats3_title = City Assembly of Belgrade

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

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

| country = Serbia

}}

The Strength of Serbia Movement – BK ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Покрет снага Србије – БК|Pokret snaga Srbije – BK}}, abbr. PSS) is a conservative political party in Serbia.

History

Party was founded in 2004. Its founder and current leader of PSS-BK is Bogoljub Karić, Serbian businessman and tycoon under criminal charges in flight. Since the 2012 parliamentary election its member of the big tent and populist coalition around the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).{{cite web|title=SNS prva predala listu RIK-u: Ne interesuje nas matematika već ljudi |url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Politika/439846/SNS-prva-predala-listu-RIKu |accessdate=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222192840/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Politika/439846/SNS-prva-predala-listu-RIKu |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{Citation|title=Eizbori|date=7 May 2012|url=http://eizbori.com/rik-rezultati-parlamentarnih-izbora-na-osnovu-9751-odsto-birackih-mesta/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510030251/http://eizbori.com/rik-rezultati-parlamentarnih-izbora-na-osnovu-9751-odsto-birackih-mesta/|archive-date=10 May 2012}}

Political positions

PSS has been described as a conservative,{{Cite journal |last=Bakić |first=Jovo |date=2006 |title=Političke stranke umerene i krajnje desnice u Srbiji |url=https://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/579 |journal=Političke stranke |volume=11 |issue=1 |issn=1450-7382}} liberal-conservative,{{Cite book |last=Andić |first=Tanja |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/241413/Andic_umn_0130E_21282.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Anticipating the "Blocked Future": Transitions to Adulthood and Migration Aspirations in Serbia |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=2020 |pages=12}} populist,{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Janine N. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/667107743 |title=Serbia in the shadow of Milošević : the legacy of conflict in the Balkans |date=2008 |publisher=Tauris Academic Studies |isbn=978-1-4416-2967-8 |location=London |pages=122 |oclc=667107743}} and pro-Russian party.{{Cite book |last1=Cuckić |first1=Nikola |url=https://www.politicalcapital.hu/pc-admin/source/documents/zinc_revisionism_country_report_rs.pdf |title=Kosovo is the Serbian Crimea |last2=Burazer |first2=Nikola |last3=Todorović Štiplija |first3=Nemanja |publisher=Political Capital |year=2020 |pages=31}} It is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum.{{Cite web |title=Serbia |url=https://www.europeanforum.net/countries/serbia |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity|date=17 August 2022 }}

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

2007

| rowspan="8"| Bogoljub Karić

| 70,727

| 1.78%

| {{increase}} 9th

| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| –

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2008

| 22,250

| 0.55%

| {{increase}} 8th

| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| –

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

2012

| 940,659

| 25.16%

| {{increase}} 1st

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| PS

| {{partial|Support}}

2014

| 1,736,920

| 49.96%

| {{steady}} 1st

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| BKV

| {{partial|Support}}

2016

| 1,823,147

| 49.71%

| {{steady}} 1st

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| SP

| {{partial|Support}}

2020

| 1,953,998

| 63.02%

| {{steady}} 1st

| {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| ZND

| {{partial|Support}}

2022

| 1,635,101

| 44.27%

| {{steady}} 1st

| {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| ZMS

| {{partial|Support}}

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| xAxisTitle = Elections

| xAxisAngle = -40

| x = 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022

| yAxisTitle = % of popular vote

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= Presidential elections =

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|+ President of Serbia

! Year

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! colspan="2" | 2nd round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! Notes

2004

| Bogoljub Karić

| {{no2|3rd}}

| 568,691

| 18.46%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

|

2008

| Milanka Karić

| {{no2|7th}}

| 40,332

| 1.0%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

|

2012

| Tomislav Nikolić

| {{no2|2nd}}

| 979,216

| 26.22%

| {{yes2|1st}}

| 1,552,063

| 51.16%

| style="text-align: left"| Supported Nikolić

2017

| rowspan="2"| Aleksandar Vučić

| {{yes2|1st}}

| 2,012,788

| 56.01%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left"| Supported Vučić

2022

| {{yes2|1st}}

| 2,224,914

| 60.01%

| {{n/a}}

|

|

= Provincial elections =

The Movement received 42,813 votes (6.69%) and won 4 seats in the first round of the 2004 Vojvodina parliamentary elections and additional 3 seats in the second round, by majority system.

References

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