# Democratic Party of Unity

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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Montenegro
| name             = Democratic Party of Unity
| native_name      = Demokratska stranka jedinstva<br>Демократска странка јединства
| logo             = Democratic Party of Unity logo.svg
| logo_upright     = 0.6
| leader           = Nebojša Jušković
| founder          = [Zoran Žižić](/source/Zoran_%C5%BDi%C5%BEi%C4%87)
| foundation       = 2006
| dissolution      = 
| merger           = 
| merged           = [Popular Movement (Montenegro)](/source/Popular_Movement_(Montenegro))
| ideology         = {{Nowrap|[National conservatism](/source/National_conservatism)<br>[Serbian-Montenegrin unionism](/source/Serbian-Montenegrin_unionism)<br>[Russophilia](/source/Russophilia)<ref>[https://www.in4s.net/demokratska-stranka-jedinstva-pristupila-narodnom-pokretu/ ДСЈ приступила Народном покрету], in4s.net</ref><br>[Hard euroscepticism](/source/Hard_euroscepticism)}}
| position         = [Right-wing](/source/Right-wing)
| colorcode        = darkblue
| website          = 
}}

'''Democratic Party of Unity''' ({{langx|cnr|Демократска странка јединства}}, ''Demokratska stranka jedinstva'', DSJ) was a minor extra-parliamentary [national conservative](/source/national_conservative) [Serbian-Montenegrin unionist](/source/Serbian-Montenegrin_unionism) [political party](/source/political_party) in [Montenegro](/source/Montenegro).

==History==
The party was founded in July 2006 by [Zoran Žižić](/source/Zoran_%C5%BDi%C5%BEi%C4%87), former [Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro) and former [Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Montenegro). Between 2006 and 2009, the party was a constituent member of the [Serb List](/source/Serb_List_(2006)) (Srpska lista) coalition. 

In 2012 and from 2015 until 2017, the DSJ was a constituent member of the opposition right-wing [Democratic Front](/source/Democratic_Front_(Montenegro)) (DF) alliance. The party supported the [For the Future of Montenegro](/source/For_the_Future_of_Montenegro) (ZBCG) list for the 2020 parliamentary election.<ref>[https://www.in4s.net/juskovic-dsj-cvrsto-stoji-u-df-u/ Јушковић: ДСЈ чврсто стоји у ДФ-у], in4s.net</ref> 

In February 2020, the party merged into the newly formed [Popular Movement (Montenegro)](/source/Popular_Movement_(Montenegro)).<ref>[https://www.in4s.net/demokratska-stranka-jedinstva-pristupila-narodnom-pokretu/ Демократска странка јединства приступила народном покрету],in4s.net</ref>

==Electoral results==
=== Parliamentary elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [Parliament of Montenegro](/source/Parliament_of_Montenegro)
! Year
! Popular vote
! % of popular vote
! Overall seats won
! Seat change
! Coalition
! Government
|-
! [2006](/source/2006_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
| 49,730
| 14.68%
| {{Composition bar|1|81|hex=#0067A5}}
| {{increase}} 1
| with [SL](/source/Serb_List_(2006))
| {{no|opposition}}
|-
! [2009](/source/2009_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
| style="background:#ddd;| ''Did not run''
| style="background:#ddd;| ''Did not run''
| {{Composition bar|0|81|hex=#0067A5}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| —
| {{no2|extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [2012](/source/2012_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
| 82,773
| 22.82%
| {{Composition bar|1|81|hex=#0067A5}}
| {{increase}} 1
| with [DF](/source/Democratic_Front_(Montenegro))
| {{no|opposition}}
|-
! [2016](/source/2016_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
| 77,784
| 20.32%
| {{Composition bar|0|81|hex=#0067A5}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| with [DF](/source/Democratic_Front_(Montenegro))
| {{no2|extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [2020](/source/2020_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
| 133,267
| 32.55%
| {{Composition bar|0|81|hex=blue}}
| {{nochange}}
| with [ZBCG](/source/For_the_Future_of_Montenegro)
| {{no2|extra-parliamentary}}
|-
![2023](/source/2023_Montenegrin_parliamentary_election)
|77,203
|25.53%
| {{Composition bar|0|81|hex=#0067A5}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| with [ZBCG](/source/For_the_Future_of_Montenegro)
|{{no2|extra-parliamentary}}
|}

===Presidential elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! rowspan=2 | Election
! rowspan=2 | Candidate
! colspan=2 | 1st round
! colspan=2 | 2nd round
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [2008](/source/2008_Montenegrin_presidential_election)
|''[Andrija Mandić](/source/Andrija_Mandi%C4%87)''
|{{no|2nd}}
|''19.55%''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
! [2013](/source/2013_Montenegrin_presidential_election)
|''[Miodrag Lekić](/source/Miodrag_Leki%C4%87)''
|{{no|2nd}}
|''48.79%''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|- 
! [2018](/source/2018_Montenegrin_presidential_election)
|''[Mladen Bojanić](/source/Mladen_Bojani%C4%87)''
|{{no|2nd}}
|''33.40%''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
! [2023](/source/2023_Montenegrin_presidential_election)
| [Jakov Milatović](/source/Jakov_Milatovi%C4%87)
|{{no|2nd}}
| 28.92%
|{{yes|1st}}
| 58.88%
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Montenegrin political parties}}

Category:Serb political parties in Montenegro
Category:National conservative parties
Category:Right-wing parties in Europe
Category:Russophilic parties in Montenegro
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