{{More footnotes needed|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox political party | name = True People's Party | native_name = Права народна странка<br />Prava narodna stranka | flag = | leader = [[Jovan Plamenac]]<br>[[Mitar Martinović]]<br>Lazar Mijušković | founder = [[Lazar Mijušković]] | foundation = {{start date|1907}} | dissolution = {{end date|1918}} | successor = [[Montenegrin Greens]] | ideology = [[Conservatism]]<br />[[Monarchism]]<br />[[Souverainism]] | position = [[Right-wing]] | headquarters = [[Cetinje]] | colorcode = #6495ED | country = Montenegro }} The '''True People's Party''' ({{langx|sr|Права народна странка|Prava narodna stranka}}, abbr. ПНС/''' PNS'''), also known as the '''Pravaši''' ({{lit|the true ones}}), was a [[conservative]] and [[monarchist]] [[political party]] in the [[Principality of Montenegro]] and the [[Kingdom of Montenegro]], founded in 1907. The party represented the government, the rule of the Prince and later on the rule of King [[Nicholas I of Montenegro|Nikola I]]. The True People's Party was led by [[Lazar Mijušković]] and notable party members included [[Jovan S. Plamenac]], Marko Đukanović, Ivo Đurović, [[Sekula Drljević]], [[Filip Jergović]], [[Krsto Popović]], [[Mitar Martinović]] and [[Milutin Vučinić]]. Montenegrin politics during the time of the party existence was deeply divided on the issue of supporting Nikola I's absolutist rule in order to retain the independence of [[Montenegro]], and for advocating the unification of Montenegro and [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]] under the [[Karađorđević dynasty]], as advocated by the opposition [[People's Party (1906)|People's Party]] (NS).
==History== The party was founded in 1907 by Prince Nikola I due to the People's Party boycott during the elections at the time, as a mark of protest against the bad relations the Montenegrin government had with [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]]. The ''pravaši'' supported Nikola's rule and proclaimed him the King in 1910. At the 1914 elections, both Montenegrin parties ran and the People's Party defeated the True People's Party, winning most of the parliamentary seats. In the wake of the forthcoming [[World War I|Great War]], some members of the True People's Party rejoined the People's Party and subsequently altered the program of the party to include the [[Serbian-Montenegrin unionism|unification of Montenegro and Serbia]]. The party was officially dissolved in 1918 after the [[Podgorica Assembly]] proclaimed the unification of Montenegro with [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]].
==Election results== {| class=wikitable !Election !Seats !Change ![[Parliament of Montenegro|Control]] !Notes |- ![[1907 Montenegrin parliamentary election|1907]] |{{Composition bar|76|76|hex=#6495ED}} |{{increase}} 76 |{{center|{{yes|absolute majority}}}} |{{center|''True People's Party + aligned independents''}} |- ![[1911 Montenegrin parliamentary election|1911]] |{{Composition bar|53|62|hex=#6495ED}} |{{decrease}} 23 |{{center|{{yes|absolute majority}}}} |{{center|''True People's Party + aligned independents''}} |- ![[1914 Montenegrin parliamentary election|1914]] |{{Composition bar|6|62|hex=#6495ED}} |{{decrease}} 47 |{{center|{{no|opposition}}}} |{{center|''Party dissolved in 1918''}} |}
==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Pavlovic|first=Srdja|title=Balkan Anschluss: The Annexation of Montenegro and the Creation of the Common South Slavic State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LPfuwer21EC|year=2008|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-465-1}} *{{cite book|author=Mihailo Maletić|title=Crna Gora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03sBAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Književne novine}}
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