New Serb Democracy
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New Serb Democracy
Нова српска демократија Nova srpska demokratija |
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| Leader | Andrija Mandić |
| Founded | 24 January 2009 |
| Merger of |
Serb People's Party, People's Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Podgorica |
| Ideology |
National conservatism Conservatism Serbian–Montenegrin unionism pro-Russian |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Democratic Front |
| Colours | Blue |
| Parliament of Montenegro |
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| www.nova.org.me | |
New Serb Democracy (Serbian: Нова српска демократија / Nova srpska demokratija, NSD), also known as NOVA, is a political party in Montenegro, formed on 24 January 2009 as a merger between Serb People's Party and the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro.
Envisioned as a broad coalition of pro-Serb parties of Montenegro centred around Serb List coalition of 2006, NOVA was planned to include Democratic Serb Party as well as various Serb cultural and political organisations. However, the merger was more limited, as only the Serb People's Party, People's Socialist Party of Montenegro and Matica Boke cultural organisation came to a merger agreement.
New Serb Democracy is led by Andrija Mandić, leader of the former Serb People's Party. Mandić sought to transform the Serb List coalition into a more civic-oriented party, in order to boost the party's coalition potential, and even the dropping the "Serb" prefix from the newly formed party's name was considered. This idea was met with strong resistance during the merger talks.
In 2009 parliamentary election NOVA ran independently and won 9.2% of the votes, and 8 seats. In the next parliamentary election held in 2012, the party ran within the Democratic Front coalition which was second ranked electoral list with 22.8% of the votes and 20 seats, out of which NOVA won 8.
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