Movement for Reversal

Summary

The Movement for Reversal (Serbian Cyrillic: Покрет за преокрет, romanizedPokret za preokret, abbr. PZP) is a centre-left political organisation in Serbia. Its leader is Janko Veselinović, a professor at the University of Novi Sad.

Movement for Reversal
Покрет за преокрет
Pokret za preokret
AbbreviationPZP
PresidentJanko Veselinović
Founded2 June 2015 (2015-06-02)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersNušićeva 6, Belgrade
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliation
Colours  Orange
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
preokret.org

History edit

Movement for Reversal was founded in 2015, by a Serbian academic Janko Veselinović, who decided to split from the Social Democratic Party, claiming that its leadership does not have a clear vision of how to counter the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia.[1][2]

The organisation participated in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary elections in a coalition along with the Serbian Left and the Social Democratic Union.[3] However, the coalition finished ninth with 0.94% of the votes and failed to pass the census.[4]

In 2018, the organisation was one of the founding members of the major opposition coalition called the Alliance for Serbia.[5][6] The coalition boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary elections.[7]

Presidents edit

# President Born-Died Term start Term end
1 Janko Veselinović   1965– 2015 Incumbent

Electoral performance edit

Parliamentary elections edit

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2016 Janko Veselinović 35,710 0.97%   9th
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  1 PZP–LSSDU Extra-parliamentary
2020 Election boycott
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  0 SzS Extra-parliamentary
2022 520,469 14.09%   2nd
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  1 UZPS Opposition
2023 902,450 24.32%   2nd
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  1 SPN TBA

Presidential elections edit

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes
2017 Vuk Jeremić 4th 206,676 5.75% Supported Jeremić
2022 Zdravko Ponoš 2nd 698,538 18.84% Supported Ponoš

References edit

  1. ^ "JOŠ JEDNA STRANKA Osnovan Pokret za preokret!". INFORMER (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Janko Veselinović". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ Beta (7 April 2016). "LEVICA SRBIJE PREDALA LISTU Stefanović: "Ja sam Borko", i preći ćemo svaku prepreku". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Izborni rezultat 2016". Nedeljnik Vreme. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. ^ "O nama". Savez za Srbiju. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. ^ Tanjug (2 September 2018). "Osnovan Savez za Srbiju, Đilas: Gradićemo Srbiju kao prosperitetnu kuću (VIDEO)". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Savez za Srbiju definitivno bojkotuje izbore, uspeh neće meriti procentima". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.