New Serbia (, NS) is a right-wing political party in Serbia. It was established in 1998 by a group of dissidents led by Velimir Ilić from the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO).
History
After leaving SPO, Velimir Ilić became a member of SPO-Together.
New Serbia was part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) bloc which defeated Slobodan Milošević in the 2000 presidential election.
The party took part in the 2003 parliamentary election in coalition with the Serbian Renewal Movement. The coalition received 7.7% of the popular vote and 22 seats; 9 seats were allocated to New Serbia.
New Serbia ran in the 2007 election in coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and United Serbia (JS). The coalition received 16.55% of the popular vote and 47 seats in parliament, 10 of which went to New Serbia.
The party ran again in coalition with the DSS a year later in the 2008 election, receiving 11.62% of votes and 30 seats, with 9 allocated to NS.
New Serbia ran in the 2014 election in coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and several other parties. The coalition received 48.2% of the popular vote and 158 seats in parliament, 6 of which went to New Serbia.
In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, NS was associated with the European People's Party.
Presidents
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!#
! colspan="2" |President
!Born–died
!Term start
!Term end
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" |1
|Velimir Ilić
|frameless|120x120px
|1951–
|10 August 1998
|Incumbent
|}
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ National Assembly of Serbia
! Year
! Leader
! Popular vote
! % of popular vote
! # of seats
! Seat change
! Coalitions
! Status
|-
! rowspan="2"| 2000
| rowspan="11" | Velimir Ilić
| rowspan="2"| 2,402,387
| rowspan="2"| 64.09%
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| 8
| rowspan="2"| DOS
|
|-
|
|-
! 2003
| 293,082
| 7.66%
|
| 1
| With SPO
|
|-
! 2007
| 667,615
| 16.55%
|
| 1
| With DSS-JS
|
|-
! 2008
| 480,987
| 11.62%
|
| 1
| With DSS
|
|-
! 2012
| 940,659
| 24.05%
|
| 1
| SNS coalition
|
|-
! 2014
| 1,736,920
| 48.35%
|
| 2
| SNS coalition
|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| 1,823,147
| rowspan="2"| 48.25%
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| 1
| rowspan="2"| SNS coalition
|
|-
|
|-
! 2020
| 7,873
| 0.24%
|
| 5
| With NSP
| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats
|-
! 2022
| colspan="2"| did not participate
|
| 0
|
| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats
|}
Years in government (1990– )
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Presidential elections
{| class="wikitable"
|+ President of Serbia
! Election year
! #
! Candidate
! 1st round votes
! %
! 2nd round votes
! %
!Elected
! Notes
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
|-
! 2003
| 3rd
| Velimir Ilić
| 229,229
| 9.08
| —
| —
|
| Election declared invalid due to low turnout
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
! 2004
| 4th
| Dragan Maršićanin
| 414,971
| 13.31
| —
| —
|
| Government Coalition
|-
! 2008
| 3rd
| Velimir Ilić
| 305,828
| 7.43
| —
| —
|
|
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
! 2012
| 1st
| Tomislav Nikolić
| 979,216
| 25.05
| 1,552,063
| 49.54
|
| Let's Get Serbia Moving coalition
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
! 2017
| 4th
| Vuk Jeremić
| 206,676
| 5.66
| —
| —
|
| Independent candidate; support
|-
! 2022
| colspan="8" |Did not participate
|}