The Democratic Serb Party () is a minor

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, representing the

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History

The Democratic Serb Party was formed in 2003 following a split from the Serb People's Party led by Božidar Bojović, who was the first party president, and Ranko Kadić, first vice president and his subsequent successor. At the

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held in March 2009, DSS formed a pre-election coalition with the People's Party, but the coalition failed to gain

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status, winning 2,9% of the votes, just below the 3% electoral threshold. At the next

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DSS participated in a

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coalition ''Serb National Alliance'' along with

Party of Serb Radicals Party of Serb Radicals (, SSR), formerly Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro (SRS CG), was a minor far-right and Serbian nationalist political party, active in Montenegro. History The SSR was formed by the former members of Serbian Radical Party, ...

and Serb National Alliance, which won only 0,85% of votes. In August 2016, the party joined the right-wing Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 election, and supported ZBCG list for 2020 election.DSS pristupio DF-u
RTCG (2016)

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

References

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