Leader Čedomir Jovanović | Membership (2012) 90,000 | |
Founded November 5, 2005 (2005-11-05) Ideology LiberalismPro-EuropeanismAtlanticism | ||
The Liberal Democratic Party (Serbian: Либерално демократска партија, ЛДП/Liberalno demokratska partija, LDP) is a liberal political party in Serbia.
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History
The Liberal Democratic Party was founded on 5 November 2005 by former members of the Democratic Party, led by Čedomir Jovanović, who were expelled in a party purge in 2004. Jovanović had become critical of the new direction of the Democratic Party and its newly elected president, Boris Tadić. The LDP gained its first seat in parliament after Đorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party. Members of the foundation board were: Nenad Prokić, Nikola Samardžić, Branislav Lečić and Đorđe Đukić.
The LDP has a long standing relationship with the Social Democratic Union and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.
The LDP is one of the few political parties in Serbia to actively support Serbia's membership into NATO and Kosovo-Albanian independence from Serbia. The LDP is also highly supportive of LGBT rights in Serbia.
Electoral performance
The LDP's first electoral performance was during the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, the LDP ran in a coalition together with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, the Social Democratic Union and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina which collectively received 5.31% of the popular vote. The Civic Alliance would later merged into the LDP the same year.
The next election followed a year later, with the LDP receiving only 5.24% of the popular vote, its worst performance to date.
The Liberal Democratic Party most recently competed in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election as part of the U-Turn coalition. The coalition received 6.53% of the popular vote.