Left Coalition (Serbia)

The Left Coalition was a coalition of left-wing political parties in Serbia for the 1997 Serbian general election. The coalition was made up of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Yugoslav Left (JUL) and New Democracy (ND). It was led by Slobodan Milošević the leader of SPS, but also main actors were Mirjana Marković the leader of Yugoslav Left and Dušan Mihajlović the leader of New Democracy. The coalition received 1,415,456 votes or 34.26% of the popular vote. Following the election, it formed a coalition government with the Serbian Radical Party (SRS).