Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina


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The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Croatian: Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini, abbrev. DSHV; Serbian: Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Croat ethnic minority in the province of Vojvodina.[1]

Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini
Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини

AbbreviationDSHV
LeaderTomislav Žigmanov
Founded15 July 1990
Registered23 August 1990
HeadquartersBeogradski put 31, Subotica
Ideology
International affiliationFederal Union of European Nationalities
Colours
  •   Red
  •   White
  •   Blue
National Assembly

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Assembly of Vojvodina

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City Assembly of Subotica

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Website
dshv.rs

Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties:

In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from the Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV would unite on 5 June 2009 at a meeting in Sremska Mitrovica.[2]

It has occasionally condemned attacks by Serbian nationalists, and it has issued protests over ethnic assimilation.[3][4] It is also supportive of further autonomism.[5]

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary elections

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National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
1990 Bela Tonković 23,630 0.49%   16th

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   1 – Opposition
1992 17,622 0.40%   13th

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   1 – Extra-parliamentary
1993 3,946 0.10%   23rd

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   0 – Extra-parliamentary
1997 5,375 0.14%   18th

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   0 – Extra-parliamentary
2000 did not participate

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   0 – Extra-parliamentary
2003 Petar Kuntić 161,765 4.29%   7th

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   0 ZZT Extra-parliamentary
2007 915,854 23.08%   2nd

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   1 DSHV–DS–SDP Support
2008 1,590,200 39.25%   1st

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   0 ZES Support
2012 863,294 23.09%   2nd

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   0 IZBŽ Opposition
2014 216,634 6.23%   3rd

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   1 DSHV–DS–Nova–BS–USS Sloga Extra-parliamentary
2016 Tomislav Žigmanov 227,589 6.20%   5th

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   1 DSHV–DS–Nova–RS–ZZS–ZZŠ Opposition
2020 30,591 0.99%   13th

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   1 UDS Extra-parliamentary
2022 24,024 0.65%   14th

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   1 DSHV–ZZV Government
2023 29,066 0.78%   11th

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   1 DSHV–SPP Government

  1. ^ Political handbook of the world 2012. Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. p. 1258. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2. OCLC 794595888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ (in Croatian) Radio Subotica Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, 21 April 2009
  3. ^ "Election Year in Serbia Must Not Start With a Campaign of Violence against Minorities". YIHR.rs. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Croats in Vojvodina concerned over ultra-nationalism in Serbia". The Voice of Croatia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ Vance, Charles (2006). Managing a global workforce : challenges and opportunities in international human resource management. Yongsun Paik. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-7656-2016-3. OCLC 169862710.