The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS; ) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. Orientated towards the principles of social democracy, it has been led by Jug Radivojević since 2026. It is affiliated with the Sandžak Democratic Party.
History The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) was formed on 5 October 2009 by Rasim Ljajić, the long-time leader of Sandžak Democratic Party. Ljajić has been the president of SDPS since its formation. In late 2013 SDPS had joined in coalition with the Sandžak Democratic Party, forming a political union. Rasim Ljajić was elected as the SDPS-SDP's first head. Despite taking part with the Democratic Party-led Choice for a Better Life alliance in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, SDPS has aligned itself with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) after the election. Since then, it has contested every election on the SNS electoral list.
Ideology and platform SDPS is a centre-left political party, orientated towards the principles of social democracy. Ljajić has described SDPS as an anti-fascist, anti-populist, and solidarist party in 2023.
Organisation Its headquarters is at Dečanska 1/III in Belgrade. In 2015, it was reported that SDPS had 44,658 members. In 2020, SDPS had 48,623 members.
International cooperation In June 2018 the party was admitted in the Socialist International as observer member, and promoted to full member in 2024.
Electoral performance Parliamentary elections + National Assembly of Serbia Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status 2012 Rasim Ljajić 863,294 23.09% 2nd 5 IZBŽ 2014 1,736,920 49.96% 1st 1 BKV 2016 1,823,147 49.71% 1st 0 SP 2020 1,953,998 63.02% 1st 2 ZND 2022 1,635,101 44.27% 1st 1 ZMS 2023 1,783,701 48.07% 1st 1 SNSDS 2026 Jug Radivojević FS!
Presidential elections + President of Serbia Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes 2012 Boris Tadić 989,454 26.50% 1,481,952 48.84% Supported Tadić 2017 Aleksandar Vučić 2,012,788 56.01% — — Supported Vučić 2022 2,224,914 60.01% — —
References
External links Official website