The Social Democratic Union (; abbr. СДУ, SDU) was a minor social democratic and leftist political party in Serbia. In 2020 Party merged into Party of the Radical Left.

History

The Social Democratic Union was registered on 13 May 1996. It was founded by former members of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, led by Žarko Korać, who opposed forming coalition with the right-wing Serbian Renewal Movement for the 1996 federal election. On 21 April 2002 the SDU merged with Social Democracy (SD) and founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

At the 9th Congress on 15 October 2016, Ivan Zlatić was elected president. In the 2018 Belgrade local election the SDU went as part of the Do not let Belgrade d(r)own electoral list which won 3.44% and failed to pass the electoral threshold. On 12th Congress SDU merged into Party of the Radical Left.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Year

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalitions

! Status

|-

! 1997

| colspan=2 style="background:#ddd;| Election boycott

|

|

| –

| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats

|-

! 2000

| 2,402,387

| 64.09%

|

| 4

| DOS alliance

|

|-

! 2003

| 481,249

| 12.58%

|

| 3

| With DS–GSS–DC–LZS

|

|-

! 2007

| 214,262

| 5.31%

|

|

|

|

|-

! 2008

| 216,902

| 5.24%

|

|

| With LDP−DHSS

|

|-

! 2012

| 255,546

| 6.53%

|

|

| U-Turn alliance

|

|-

! 2014

| 120,879

| 3.36%

|

| 1

| With LDP−BDZS

| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats

|-

! 2016

| 35,710

| 0.94%

|

|

| With LS−PZP

| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats

|-

! 2020

| colspan=2 style="background:#ddd;| Election boycott

|

|

| –

| style="background:#ddd;"| no seats

|}

See also

  • Serbian Social Democratic Party (Kingdom of Serbia)

References

  • Official website