Party for Democratic Action

The Party for Democratic Action[2] or Democratic Action Party[3] (Albanian: Partia për veprim demokratik, PVD; Serbian: Партија за демократско деловање, romanized: Partija za demokratsko delovanje; abbr. ПДД or PDD) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Albanian ethnic minority and is currently led by Shaip Kamberi.

For political parties with similar names, see Party of Democratic Action (disambiguation).

Party for Democratic Action
Partia për veprim demokratik
LeaderShaip Kamberi
FoundedAugust 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)
HeadquartersPreševo
IdeologyAlbanian minority interests[1]
National Assembly
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Website
www.pvd-pbm.org

Recent history

At the latest legislative election in 2016, the party received one seat in parliament, a drop from its peak of two seats in 2014 election. It raised to 3 seats in 2020, following a campaign by Albania's foreign service to increase the political participation of Albanian ethnic minority from the Presevo Valley in Serbia's political elections.[4][5]

Parliamentary representation
National Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Notes Role
#  % # ±
1990 Riza Halimi 21,998 0.44 Opposition
1992 Riza Halimi 17,172 0.36 1 no seats
1993 Riza Halimi 29,342 0.68 1 Coalition with DPA Opposition
1997 Riza Halimi 14,179 0.34 Coalition DPB Opposition
2000 Riza Halimi did not run 1 no seats
2003 Riza Halimi did not run no seats
2007 Riza Halimi 16,973 0.42 1 Coalition APD Opposition
2008 Riza Halimi 16,801 0.41 Coalition APD Opposition
2012 Riza Halimi 13,384 0.30 Coalition APD Opposition
2014 Riza Halimi 24,301 0.68 1 Gov't support
2016 Riza Halimi 16,262 0.43 1 Gov't support
2020 Shaip Kamberi 26,437 0.82 2 Coalition ADA-UD Opposition

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. Nathalie Clayer; Xavier Bougarel (2013). Les musulmans de l'Europe du Sud-Est: des empires aux états balkaniques. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-2-8111-0905-9. Parti de l'action démocratique
  3. Tom Lansford (24 March 2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. SAGE Publications. pp. 5414–. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9. Democratic Action Party
  4. Albania daily news
  5. punetejashtme


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