Party of United Pensioners of Serbia

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Party of United Pensioners of Serbia Партија уједињених пензионера Србије Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije

Leader	Milan Krkobabić
Founder	Jovan Krkobabić
Founded	May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10)
Headquarters	Belgrade
Membership (2012)	150,000^[1]
Ideology	Pensioners' interests
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red
National Assembly	9 / 250
Website
www.pups.org.rs
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The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (Serbian: Партија уједињених пензионера Србије, ПУПС / Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije, PUPS) is a political party in Serbia, founded by Jovan Krkobabić. Founded on 10 May 2005, the party first took part in the 2007 parliamentary election in coalition with the Social Democratic Party but failed to win any seats in the national assembly. The party participated in the 2008 parliamentary election in coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia and United Serbia and received 5 seats. In the most recent election, held in 2014, the PUPS received 12 seats.

On 28 June 2014, Milan Krkobabić became the party leader following the death of his father, Jovan Krkobabić.^[2]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Notes	Government
2007	125,324	3.11%	0 / 250		Coalition with SDP	Government	extra-parliamentary
2008	313,896	7.58%	5 / 250	5	Coalition with SPS-JS	government
2012	567,689	14.51%	12 / 250	7	Coalition with SPS-JS	government
2014	484,607	13.49%	12 / 250		Coalition with SPS-JS	government support
2016	1,823,147	48.25%	9 / 250	3	Coalition around SNS

References

↑ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.
↑ http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/Politika/1635404/Krkobabi%C4%87+izabran+za+predsednika+PUPS-a.html

External links

Official website

Political parties in Serbia

Bracketed numbers indicate number of seats in parliament.

Serbian Progressive Party (96) Serbian Radical Party (22) Socialist Party of Serbia (20) Enough is Enough (16) Democratic Party (13) Social Democratic Party of Serbia (10) Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (9) Dveri (7) Democratic Party of Serbia (6) United Serbia (6) New Serbia (5) Social Democratic Party (5) League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (4) Liberal Democratic Party (4) Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (4) Serbian Renewal Movement (3) Movement of Socialists (3) Serbian People's Party (3) Greens of Serbia (2) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (2) Strength of Serbia Movement (2) Communist Party (1) New Party (1) Party for Democratic Action (1) Together for Serbia (1)

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