The Left Coalition () was a coalition of left-wing nationalist political parties in Serbia for the 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election and then for the 1997 Serbian general election.
History The coalition was made up of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Yugoslav Left (JUL) and New Democracy (ND). It was led by Slobodan Milošević the leader of SPS, but also main actors were Mirjana Marković the leader of Yugoslav Left and Dušan Mihajlović the leader of New Democracy. Following the 1997 election, it formed a coalition government with the Serbian Radical Party (SRS). In 1998 ND left the coalition and after the defeat in the 2000 Yugoslavian general election the Left Coalition was disbanded.
Members Name Leader Main ideology Political position Membership MPs (1997) Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Slobodan Milošević Socialism Left-wing 1994—2000 Yugoslav Left (JUL) Mirjana Marković Communism Far-left 1994—2000 New Democracy (ND) Dušan Mihajlović Liberalism Centre tocentre-left 1994—1998
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