Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak

The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, SDAS) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority concentrated in Sandžak region.

History

The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA) was founded on 29 July 1990 in Novi Pazar,Template:Sfn as a branch of the Party of Democratic Action based in Sarajevo,Template:Sfn which was then a pan-Yugoslav political party.Template:Sfn The branch was founded in order to protect the interests of ethnic Muslims of Sandžak, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.Template:Sfn The leadership of the SDA included Sulejman Ugljanin, president of the SDA, Harun Hadžić, president of the SDA of Montenegro, Numan Balić, president of the SDA of Kosovo and Metohija and Riza Halili, president of the SDA of Preševo.Template:Sfn

The SDA founded the Muslim National Council of Sandžak (MNVS) on 11 May 1991.Template:Sfn The MNVS acted as a quasi-governmental body of the Sandžak Muslims.Template:Sfn It organised a referendum between 25 and 27 October 1991,Template:Sfn asking the Sandžak Muslims whether they're in favour of "full political and territorial autonomy" of Sandžak and its "right to join one of the sovereign republics", presumably the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Serbian authorities declared the referendum unconstitutional.Template:Sfn The referendum was organised with the support from the Bosnian SDA, although this was denied by the MNVS.Template:Sfn The MNVS claimed that 264,000 people in Sandžak, the rest of the SFR Yugoslavia and abroad asked to be included on the voter list.Template:Sfn The turnout was 71%, while 98% voted in favour of the political and territorial autonomy of Sandžak with right of joining to other republics of the SFR Yugoslavia.Template:Sfn President of the SDA said that the MNVS will decide which republic will Sandžak join, depending on further developments.Template:Sfn It historically advocated radical Bosniak nationalist and Islamist ideology.

In late November the MNVS selected a new government.Template:Sfn The secretary of the SDA, Rasim Ljajić was named the prime minister, while Ugljanin remained the president of the MNVS. The SDA maintained majority in the government, with the Liberal Bosniak Organisation and the Party of National Equity also being represented.Template:Sfn

After the European Community declared the recognition of former Yugoslav republics in December 1991, Ugljanin sent the results of referendum to the Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek asking for "the recognition and full international and legal subjectivity of Sandžak".Template:Sfn In January 1992, the MNVS declared the creation of a "special status" for Sandžak that would give to the region a far-reaching autonomy. The initiative wasn't recognised by the Yugoslav or Serbian government.Template:Sfn

In a follow-up letter to the European Ministerial Council of 5 April 1992, Ugljanin, under the impact of the imminent foundation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (founded after other republics left the SFR Yugoslavia, except Serbia and Montenegro), and referring to the Bosnian War, asked again for the recognition of Sandžak, as well as deployment of UN troops and other international presence.Template:Sfn

On 18 April, a Conference of Muslim Intellectuals of Sandžak, Montenegro and Serbia protested, in strong terms, against the foundation of the FR Yugoslavia against their will, calling for its nonrecognition. The MNVS adopted a resolution on 28 April that denied existence of the FR Yugoslavia, and insisted that the Sandžak Muslims should join the republic of their choice, which, in this case, was the Bosnian Muslim dominated Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Template:Sfn In the resolution, it was bluntly said that "Muslims of Sandžak do not recognise newly created Yugoslavia".Template:Sfn

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Template:No.	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
1990	Sulejman Ugljanin	84,156	1.75%	Increase 5th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 3	–	Opposition
1992		Election boycott			Template:Composition bar	Decrease 3	–	Extra-parliamentary
1993		Election boycott			Template:Composition bar	Steady 0	–	Extra-parliamentary
1997		49,486	1.25%	Increase 8th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 3	LzS	Opposition
2000		Election boycott			Template:Composition bar	Decrease 3	–	Extra-parliamentary
2003		481,249	12.75%	Increase 3rd	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	SDAS–BDSS–SLPS–DS–GS–DC–SDU	Opposition
2007		33,823	0.85%	Decrease 11th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	LzS	Opposition
2008		38,148	0.94%	Increase 7th	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 1	BLzES	Government
2012		27,708	0.74%	Decrease 12th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	–	Government
2014		35,157	1.01%	Steady 12th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	–	Opposition
2016		30,092	0.82%	Increase 11th	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 1	–	Opposition
2020		24,676	0.80%	Decrease 15th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	–	Opposition
2022		20,553	0.56%	Steady 15th	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 1	–	Opposition
2023		21,827	0.59%	Increase 12th	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	–	Opposition

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Local elections

Local election	Council
	Novi Pazar		Tutin		Sjenica		Prijepolje		Priboj		Total won / Total contested
2012	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Composition bar	New
2016	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 3	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	Template:Composition bar	Increase 3	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 3	Template:Composition bar	Increase 1	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 1
2020	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 2	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 4	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 6	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 2	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 2	Template:Composition bar	Decrease 16

Bosniak National Council

The first elections for the national councils of various national minorities in Serbia were held in October 2014. The Bosniak National Council has 35 seats. The turnout for the Bosniak National Council was 35.7%. Most of the seats were won by the coalition led by the SDA of Sandžak, which gained 19 representatives, while the opposing coalition under Mufti Muamer Zukorlić won 16 seats.Template:Sfn

See also

• Sandžak faction

Sources

Books

Other

External links

• Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak