Strength of Serbia Movement

{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = Strength of Serbia Movement – BK | native_name = Покрет снага Србије – БК<br />Pokret snaga Srbije – BK | native_name_lang = sr | abbreviation = PSS | colorcode = {{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}} | logo = Strength of Serbia Movement logo.png | logo_size = 140px | leader = [[Bogoljub Karić]] | foundation = {{start date|2004|5|20|df=y}} | ideology = {{ubl|[[Conservatism]]|[[Populism]]}} | position = [[Centre-right]] | colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}|border=darkgray}} Blue | headquarters = Terazije 28, [[Belgrade]] | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | seats2_title = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | seats3_title = [[City Assembly of Belgrade]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | website = {{URL|snagasrbije.com}} | country = Serbia }}

The '''Strength of Serbia Movement – BK''' ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Покрет снага Србије – БК|Pokret snaga Srbije – BK}}, abbr. '''PSS''') is a [[conservative]] [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]].

== History == Party was founded in 2004. Its founder and current leader of PSS-BK is [[Bogoljub Karić]], Serbian businessman and tycoon under criminal charges in flight. Since the 2012 parliamentary election its member of the big tent and populist coalition around the ruling [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS).<ref>{{cite web|title=SNS prva predala listu RIK-u: Ne interesuje nas matematika već ljudi |url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Politika/439846/SNS-prva-predala-listu-RIKu |accessdate=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222192840/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Politika/439846/SNS-prva-predala-listu-RIKu |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Eizbori|date=7 May 2012|url=http://eizbori.com/rik-rezultati-parlamentarnih-izbora-na-osnovu-9751-odsto-birackih-mesta/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510030251/http://eizbori.com/rik-rezultati-parlamentarnih-izbora-na-osnovu-9751-odsto-birackih-mesta/|archive-date=10 May 2012}}</ref>

== Political positions == PSS has been described as a [[Conservatism|conservative]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bakić |first=Jovo |date=2006 |title=Političke stranke umerene i krajnje desnice u Srbiji |url=https://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/579 |journal=Političke stranke |volume=11 |issue=1 |issn=1450-7382}}</ref> [[Liberal conservatism|liberal-conservative]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andić |first=Tanja |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/241413/Andic_umn_0130E_21282.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Anticipating the "Blocked Future": Transitions to Adulthood and Migration Aspirations in Serbia |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=2020 |pages=12}}</ref> [[Populism|populist]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Janine N. |title=Serbia in the shadow of Milošević : the legacy of conflict in the Balkans |date=2008 |publisher=Tauris Academic Studies |isbn=978-1-4416-2967-8 |location=London |pages=122 |oclc=667107743}}</ref> and [[pro-Russian]] party.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cuckić |first1=Nikola |url=https://www.politicalcapital.hu/pc-admin/source/documents/zinc_revisionism_country_report_rs.pdf |title=Kosovo is the Serbian Crimea |last2=Burazer |first2=Nikola |last3=Todorović Štiplija |first3=Nemanja |publisher=Political Capital |year=2020 |pages=31}}</ref> It is positioned on the [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] on the political spectrum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Serbia |url=https://www.europeanforum.net/countries/serbia |access-date=5 October 2022 |website=European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity|date=17 August 2022 }}</ref>

== Electoral performance == === Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[National Assembly of Serbia]] ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! {{No.}} ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status |- ! [[2007 Serbian parliamentary election|2007]] | rowspan="8"| [[Bogoljub Karić]] | 70,727 | 1.78% | {{increase}} 9th | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | – | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008]] | 22,250 | 0.55% | {{increase}} 8th | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | – | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] | 940,659 | 25.16% | {{increase}} 1st | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | [[Together We Can Do Everything|PS]] | {{partial|Support}} |- ! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] | 1,736,920 | 49.96% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | BKV | {{partial|Support}} |- ! [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016]] | 1,823,147 | 49.71% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | SP | {{partial|Support}} |- ! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]] | 1,953,998 | 63.02% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | ZND | {{partial|Support}} |- ! [[2022 Serbian parliamentary election|2022]] | 1,635,101 | 44.27% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Strength of Serbia Movement}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | ZMS | {{partial|Support}} |}

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=== Presidential elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[President of Serbia]] ! Year ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! colspan="2" | 2nd round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Notes |- ! [[2004 Serbian presidential election|2004]] | [[Bogoljub Karić]] | {{no2|3rd}} | 568,691 | 18.46% | {{n/a}} | ''—'' | ''—'' | |- ! [[2008 Serbian presidential election|2008]] | [[Milanka Karić]] | {{no2|7th}} | 40,332 | 1.0% | {{n/a}} | ''—'' | ''—'' | |- ! [[2012 Serbian presidential election|2012]] | [[Tomislav Nikolić]] | {{no2|2nd}} | 979,216 | 26.22% | {{yes2|1st}} | 1,552,063 | 51.16% | style="text-align: left"| Supported Nikolić |- ! [[2017 Serbian presidential election|2017]] | rowspan="2"| [[Aleksandar Vučić]] | {{yes2|1st}} | 2,012,788 | 56.01% | {{n/a}} | ''—'' | ''—'' | rowspan="2" style="text-align: left"| Supported Vučić |- ! [[2022 Serbian presidential election|2022]] | {{yes2|1st}} | 2,224,914 | 60.01% | {{n/a}} | ''—'' | ''—'' |}

=== Provincial elections === The Movement received 42,813 votes (6.69%) and won 4 seats in the first round of the [[2004 Vojvodina parliamentary election]]s and additional 3 seats in the second round, by majority system.

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.snagasrbije.com/en/index.php Official website]

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