Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini Демократски Савез Хрвата у Војводини
Leader	Tomislav Žigmanov
Founded	15 July 1990
Headquarters	Subotica
Ideology	national rights of Croat minority in Serbia, autonomy of Vojvodina
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	1 / 120
City Assembly of Subotica	3 / 67
Website
www.dshv.rs
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The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Serbian: Демократски Савез Хрвата у Војводини / Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini; Croatian: Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini; abbreviation: DSHV / ДСХВ) is a political party of ethnic Croats in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, founded on July 15, 1990.

History

Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties:

• Hrvatski narodni savez (Croatian National Alliance) – in 1998 (this fraction has been reincorporated into DSHV on February 29, 2004)
• Hrvatska bunjevačko-šokačka stranka (Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party) – in 2004
• Demokratska zajednica Hrvata (Democratic Union of Croats) – in 2007

In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV unite on June 5, 2009 on the meeting in Sremska Mitrovica.^[1]

Presidents of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (1990–Present)

• Bela Tonković (1990–2003)
• Petar Kuntić (2003–2015)
• Tomislav Žigmanov (2015–present)

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Notes	Government
1990	23,630	0.47%	1 / 250	1			opposition
1992	17,622	0.37%	0 / 250	1		opposition
1993	3,946	0.09%	0 / 250			opposition
1997	5,370	0.13%	0 / 250			opposition
2000			0 / 250
2003	161,765	4.23%	0 / 250		Coalition ZZT	opposition
2007	915,854	22.71%	1 / 250	1	Coalition around DS	government
2008	1,590,200	38.42%	1 / 250		Coalition ZES	government
2012	863,294	22.07%	1 / 250		Coalition IZBŽ	opposition
2014	216,634	6.03%	0 / 250	1	Coalition around DS	opposition

Famous members

• Josip Gabrić, table tennis player, former Yugoslav national team member and one of legendary players of table tennis from ex-Yugoslavia

References

1. (Croatian) Radio Subotica Završni pregovori oko ujedinjenja DSHV-a s Hrvatskom srijemskom inicijativom, April 21, 2009

External links

• (Croatian) Official website
• "Reorganizacija i konsolidiranje stranke - prioriteti". Hrvatska riječ (in Croatian). 2003-09-05. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
• "Osnovan forum žena Cro Femina" (in Serbian). Subotica.info. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
• "Pero Kuntić: Bunjevci su dio hrvatskog korpusa". Globus (in Croatian). Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.