Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party is rated 3 out of 5 in the category political organization. Read and write reviews about Liberal Democratic Party. The Liberal Democratic Party (Serbian: Либерално-демократска партија, Liberalno-demokratska partija) is a liberal political party in Serbia. History It was founded on 5 November, 2005 by a faction of the Democratic Party after their leader, former Deputy Prime Minister Čedomir Jovanović had been expelled in a party purge. The party reached a coalition agreement for the 2007 parliamentary election with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, League of Vojvodina Social Democrats and the Social Democratic Union. The Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP on April 7, 2007 after long announcements, increasing the number of LDP's seats in the parliament from 6 to 9. Jovanovic has repeatedly offered Tadic a hand in forming a new government after the May 11 elections, providing the DS change its policy on Kosovo, in recognising Kosovo as an independent state. Election results In the 21 January 2007 parliamentary election in Serbia, the Liberal Democratic Party ran in a coalition with the Civic Alliance of Serbia, the Social Democratic Union and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina that won 15 seats with 5.3% of total vote. LDP itself got 6 seats and included GSS, SDU and DHSS on its parliamentary club. On December 2, 2007 the party board decided to present Čedomir Jovanović as a candidate for the next Serbian presidential election. He ended up in the 5th place, winning 5.34% of the votes. Liberal Democratic Party participated in Serbian parliamentary and local elections, which were held on May 11, 2008. It won 5.2% of the votes and 13 seats in the Serbian Parliament.