Together for Šumadija

Together for Šumadija (Serbian: Заједно за Шумадијy / Zajedno za Šumadiju) is a minor liberal-conservative political party in Serbia. Founded on May 2, 2009 by the Together for Kragujevac movement and by a series of citizen advocacy groups and political parties in Šumadija (Central Serbia). The party's primary goals are decentralization, equal regional development and Euro-Atlantic integration of Serbia.[1] The party leader Veroljub Stevanović was former mayor of Kragujevac.[2]

Together for Šumadija
Заједно за Шумадијy
Zajedno za Šumadiju
LeaderVeroljub Stevanović
FoundedMay 2, 2009 (2009-05-02) (First time); February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20) (Second time)
Preceded byTogether for Kragujevac
Merged intoUnited Regions of Serbia (2013–2015); Healthy Serbia (2020)
HeadquartersKragujevac
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Decentralization
Pro-Europeanism
Atlanticism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationNADA
ColoursBlue
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The party merged into the United Regions of Serbia on 10 June 2013. However, Veroljub Stevanović announced his plan to revive the party in late 2014, and the necessary signatures were collected by 20 February 2015.[3][4]

Members of the Board

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Together for Šumadija congress
  • Veroljub Stevanović, President, Together for Kragujevac
  • Branko Lazović, Deputy President, Together for Čačak
  • Saša Milenić, Deputy President, Together for Kragujevac
  • Nebojša Vasiljević, Deputy President, Together for Kragujevac
  • Goran Jovanović, Smederevska Palanka
  • Miladin Lazović, Čačak
  • Zoran Đokić, Kruševac
  • Dragan Gačić, Gornji Milanovac
  • Željko Kušić, Topola
  • Aleksandar Živanović, Kragujevac
  • Slavica Saveljić, Kragujevac
  • Srđan Biorac, Batočina
  • Nada Milićević, Kragujevac
  • Milan Marković, Kragujevac
  • Ivica Samailović, Kragujevac
  • Zlatko Milić, Director
  • Zoran Palčić, Head of Information Center

Presidency

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  • Veroljub Stevanović, Together for Kragujevac, Kragujevac
  • Branko Lazović, Together for Čačak, Čačak
  • Saša Milenić, Together for Kragujevac, Kragujevac
  • Nebojša Vasiljević, Together for Kragujevac, Kragujevac
  • Gradimir Jovanović - Together for Trstenik, Trstenik
  • Danijel Jovanović - Together for Aleksandrovac, Aleksandrovac
  • Adam Đokić - Together for Varvarin, Varvarin
  • Dragan Mišović - Together for Knić and Gruža, Knić
  • Dragan Gačić - Together for Gornji Milanovac, Gornji Milanovac
  • Milan Ivković - Together for Topola, Topola
  • Elena Milivojević - Together for Aranđelovac, Aranđelovac
  • Milan Mitrović - Together for Levač, Rekovac
  • Goran Jovanović - Together for Palanka, Smederevska Palanka
  • Srđan Biorac - Together for Batočina, Batočina
  • Slobodan Jakšić - Together for Čačak, Čačak
  • Dejan Ivanović - Together for Sokobanja, Sokobanja
  • Srđan Vidojević- Together for Rača, Rača

Electoral history

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Parliamentary elections

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Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2009 Restructured from ZZK[a]
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  2 gov't support
2012 215,666 5.51%
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  1 URS gov′t support 2012–2013
opposition 2013–2014
2014 109,167 3.04%
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  3 URS non-parliamentary
2016 227,589 6.02%
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  1 With DS-Nova-ZZS-DSHV opposition
2020 33,435 1.04%
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  1 With ZS-BS non-parliamentary
2022
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NADA

a Restructured from Together for Kragujevac movement, who was in the pre-election alliance with G17 Plus and appeared on the For a European Serbia electoral list, winning 2 parliamentary mandates.

Presidential elections

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President of Serbia
Election year # Candidate 1st round votes % 2nd round votes % Notes
2012 5th Zoran Stanković 257,054 6.58 URS
2017   4th Vuk Jeremić 206,676 5.66 Independent candidate; support
2022 Miloš Jovanović NADA

References

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  1. ^ "About us". Together for Šumadija. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mayor of Kragujevac" (in Serbian). City of Kragujevac.
  3. ^ "Stevanović opet registruje stranku".
  4. ^ "ZZŠ konačno skupio potpise". 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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