Democratic Serb Party (Montenegro)
# Democratic Serb Party (Montenegro)

The Democratic Serb Party (Serbian: Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a minor conservative political party in Montenegro, representing the Serbs of Montenegro.

## History

The Democratic Serb Party was formed in 2003 following a split from the Serb People's Party led by Božidar Bojović, who was the first party president, and Ranko Kadić, first vice president and his subsequent successor.

At the legislative elections held in March 2009, DSS formed a pre-election coalition with the People's Party, but the coalition failed to gain parliamentary status, winning 2,9% of the votes, just below the 3% electoral threshold. At the next election DSS participated in a nationalist coalition Serb National Alliance along with Party of Serb Radicals and Serb National Alliance, which won only 0,85% of votes. In August 2016, the party joined the right-wing Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 election, and supported ZBCG list for 2020 election.

## Electoral performance

### Parliamentary election

| Election | Party leader | Performance | Performance | Performance | Performance | Alliance | Government |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Alliance | Government |
| 2006 | Ranko Kadić | 47,683 | 14.07% | 2 / 81 | New | With SNP-NS | Opposition |
| 2009 | Ranko Kadić | 9,448 | 2.9% | 0 / 81 | 2 | With NS | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2012 | Ranko Kadić | 3,085 | 0.85% | 0 / 81 | 0 | With SSR | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2016 | Dragica Perović | 77,784 | 20.32% | 0 / 81 | 0 | With DF | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2020 | Dragica Perović | 133,267 | 32.55% | 0 / 81 | 0 | with ZBCG | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2023 | Dragica Perović | 3,630 | 1.20% | 0 / 81 | 0 | with NK | Extra-parliamentary |
