United Regions of Serbia

United Regions of Serbia Уједињени региони Србије Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije
Founder	Mlađan Dinkić
Founded	16 May 2010 (coalition) 20 April 2013 (party)
Dissolved	13 November 2015
Preceded by	G17 Plus
Headquarters	Trg Republike 5, 11000 Belgrade
Membership  (2012)	220,000[1]
Ideology	Regionalism,[2] Liberal conservatism,[2]
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (Associate)
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Colors	Light blue, white
National Assembly	0 / 250
Website
ujedinjeniregionisrbije.rs
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The United Regions of Serbia (Serbian: Уједињени региони Србије, УPC / Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije, URS) was a regionalist^[2] and liberal-conservative^[2] political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified political party on 21 April 2013.^[3][4] The URS advocated decentralization and was pro-business.^[5][6]

The URS received 5.51% of the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary election. Following the election, the URS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party and Socialist Party of Serbia. On 31 July 2013 the URS was ousted from the government and became opposition.^[7]

On 13 November 2015 the party was removed from the register of political parties and ceased to exist, which was controversial because the party had over a million euros of unpaid debt. It had already been defunct for more than a year, according to the former president Mlađan Dinkić.^{[8] [9]}

The URS was an associate member of the European People's Party.^[10]

Presidents of the G17+ (2002–2010); United Regions of Serbia (2010–2014)

#	President		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
1	Miroljub Labus		1947–	15 December 2002	16 May 2006
2	Mlađan Dinkić		1964–	16 May 2006	18 March 2014

Acting leaders

Ref:^[11]

#	Name		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
	Veroljub Stevanović		1946–	18 March 2014	13 November 2015
	Verica Kalanović		1954–

Electoral results G17+ (2002–2010); United Regions of Serbia (2010–2014)

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Election	# of votes	% of vote	# of seats	+/-	Notes	Government
2003	438,422	11.46%	31 / 250	31	Coalition with SDP	government
2007	275,041	6.82%	19 / 250	12		government
2008	1,590,200	38.42%	24 / 250	5	Coalition ZES	government
2012	215,666	5.51%	16 / 250	8		government*
2014	109,167	3.04%	0 / 250	16		extra-parliamentary

* Government (2012–2013) / Opposition (2013–2014)

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Election year	#	Candidate	1st round votes	%	2nd round votes	%	Notes
2004	4th	Dragan Maršićanin	414,971	13.31	—	—	Government Coalition (Democratic Party of Serbia, G17 Plus, Serbian Renewal Movement, New Serbia)
2008	1st	Boris Tadić	1,457,030	35.39	2,304,467	50.31	Coalition ZES
2012	5th	Zoran Stanković	257,054	6.58%

URS election billboard, May 2012

References

1. "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic.
2. Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
3. "URS po ugledu na CDU". Politika. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
4. "URS becomes party, Dinkić chosen as first leader". B92. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
5. Vasovic, Aleksander (12 June 2012). "Serbia's Democrats close in on coalition government". Reuters. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
6. "Serb Socialists to form coalition". The Herald. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
7. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:446696-Vucic-i-Dacic--idu-dalje-nema-izbora
8. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576070-URS-se-brise-iz-registra-politickih-partija
9. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:576535-Dinkic-ugasio-URS-ostao-dug-od-153-miliona
10. http://www.epp.eu/member-party-urs
11. "Serbian ministries, etc.". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

External links

• Official website