Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Croatian: Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini, DSHV; Serbian Cyrillic: Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини; ДСХВ) 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 (1990-07-15)
HeadquartersBeogradski put 31, Subotica
Ideology
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

History

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 Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV unite on June 5, 2009 on the 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]

List of presidents
  • Bela Tonković (1990–2003)
  • Petar Kuntić (2003–2015)
  • Tomislav Žigmanov (2015–present)

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Popular vote  % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Coalition Status
1990 23,630 0.47%
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 1 – opposition
1992 17,622 0.37%
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 1 – no seats
1993 3,946 0.09%
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 – no seats
1997 5,370 0.13%
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 – no seats
2000 did not run
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 – no seats
2003 161,765 4.23%
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 ZZT no seats
2007 915,854 22.71%
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 1 With DS gov't support
2008 1,590,200 38.42%
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 ZES gov't support
2012 863,294 22.07%
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 IZBŽ opposition
2014 216,634 6.03%
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 1 With DS–Nova–BS no seats
2016 227,589 6.02%
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 1 With DS–Nova–ZZS–ZZŠ opposition
2020 30,591 0.95%
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 1 UDS no seats
2022 24,024 0.65%
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 1 With ZZV TBA

References
  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 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, April 21, 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.
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