# Democratic Opposition of Serbia

The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, romanized: Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević.

## History

Its presidential candidate, Vojislav Koštunica, defeated Milošević in the 2000 general election, while the DOS secured a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The coalition was able to form a government and selected Zoran Đinđić for Prime Minister.
Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia left the coalition government in July 2001, in protest of the governments decision to extradite Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY, and officially left the coalition in July next year. Social Democracy was pushed into the opposition in May 2001 after a split in the party, as the faction which was eventually recognized by the Supreme Court of Serbia as the legitimate name bearer, was not regarded as such by the DOS, which transferred all the positions held by the party members to the other faction's adherents. That faction, having not received the legal recognition, had merged in July 2002 with the Social Democratic Union into the Social Democratic Party.
In March 2003, after a split in this party, the Social Democratic Union was renewed, still being a member of the DOS, while the Social Democratic Party was excluded from the coalition in November 2003, after having announced that it would support the opposition's demand for government's depose. In May 2003, New Serbia was excluded from the coalition after a series of conflicts with the other members. In 2003, New Democracy was renamed into the Liberals of Serbia, and the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions founded the Labour Party of Serbia, to which it transferred its membership in the DOS.
Dragoljub Mićunović, the DOS candidate, performed poorly in the 2003 presidential election and was even beaten by 11% by Tomislav Nikolić, candidate of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party. Since only 38% of the electors voted, the presidential election was cancelled for the third time in a row. Therefore, the DOS was disbanded on 18 November 2003. The disbanding was mostly decided by the Democratic Party, the party founded by the then Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, who was later assassinated on 12 March 2003.

## Member parties

| Name | Leader | Ideology | Political position |
| Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka | Zoran Đinđić | Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism | Center |
| Democratic Party of Serbia Демократска странка Србије Demokratska stranka Srbije | Vojislav Koštunica | Conservatism Pro-Europeanism | Center-right |
| G17 Plus Г17 плус G17 plus | Miroljub Labus | Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism | Center-right |
| Social Democracy Социјалдемократија Socijaldemokratija | Vuk Obradović | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | Center-left |
| Civic Alliance of Serbia Грађански савез Србије Građanski savez Srbije | Goran Svilanović | Liberalism Social liberalism | Center |
| Christian Democratic Party of Serbia Демохришћанска Странка Србије Demohrišćanska Stranka Srbije | Vladan Batić | Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism | Centre |
| New Serbia Нова Србија Nova Srbija | Velimir Ilić | Christian democracy Monarchism | Right-wing |
| Movement for a Democratic Serbia Покрет за демократску Србију Pokret za demokratsku Srbiju | Momčilo Perišić | Serbian nationalism Conservatism | Right-wing |
| League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina Лига социјалдемократа Војводине Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine | Nenad Čanak | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | Center-left |
| Reformists of Vojvodina Реформисти Војводине Reformisti Vojvodine | Miodrag Isakov | Social democracy Regionalism | Center-left |
| Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians Савез војвођанских МађараVajdasági Magyar Szövetség | József Kasza | Hungarian minority interests Liberal conservatism | Center-right |
| Democratic Alternative Демократска Алтернатива Demokratska Alternativa | Nebojša Čović | Social democracy Democratic socialism | Center-left |
| Democratic Centre Демократски центар Demokratski centar | Dragoljub Mićunović | Social liberalism Social democracy | Center to center-left |
| New Democracy Нова Демократија Nova Demokratija | Dušan Mihajlović | Liberalism Atlanticism | Center |
| Social Democratic Union Социјалдемократска унија Socijaldemokratska unija | Žarko Korać | Social democracy Democratic socialism | Center-left to left-wing |
| People's Peasant Party Народна Сељачка Странка Narodna Seljačka Stranka | Dragan Veselinov | Vojvodina autonomism Agrarianism | Center-right |
| Sandžak Democratic Party Санџачка демократска партија Sandžačka demokratska partija | Rasim Ljajić | Bosniak minority interests Social conservatism | Center-right |
| League for Šumadija Лига за Шумадију Liga za Šumadiju | Branislav Kovačević | Šumadija autonomism Pro-Europeanism | Center to center-left |
| Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions Асоцијација слободних и независних синдиката Asocijacija slobodnih i nezavisnih sindikata | Dragan Milovanović | Syndicalism Democratic socialism | Left-wing |
| Otpor Отпор Otpor | Srđa Popović | Social liberalism Atlanticism | Center |

## Electoral results
### FR Yugoslavia
#### Chamber of Citizens

| Year | Votes | Percentage | Seats | Ballot carrier | Control |
| 2000 | 2,040,646 | 45.00% | 58 / 138 | Vojislav Koštunica | Coalition government |

#### President

| Year | Candidate | # | 1st round votes | % of vote | # | 2nd round votes | % of vote |
| 2000 | Vojislav Koštunica | 1st | 2,470,304 | 50.24% | — | — | — |

### Republic of Serbia
#### National Assembly

| Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Seats | Ballot carrier | Control |
| 2000 | 2,402,387 | 64.09% | 176 / 250 | Zoran Đinđić | Majority government |

#### President

| Year | Candidate | # | 1st round vote | % of vote | # | 2nd round vote | % of vote |
| 2002 | Miroljub Labus | 2nd | 995,200 | 27.92 | 2nd | 921.094 | 31.62% |
| 2003 | Dragoljub Mićunović | 2nd | 893,906 | 35.42 | — | — | — |
* 1 2 Election declared invalid due to low turnout

## Positions held

Major positions held by Democratic Opposition of Serbia members:
| President of FR Yugoslavia | Party | Years |
| Vojislav Koštunica | Democratic Party of Serbia | 2000–2002 |
| President of the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia | Party | Years |
| Dragoljub Mićunović | Democratic Centre | 2000–2003 |
| Prime Minister of Serbia | Party | Years |
| Zoran Đinđić | Democratic Party | 2001–2003 |
| Zoran Živković | Democratic Party | 2003 |
| President of the National Assembly of Serbia | Party | Years |
| Dragan Maršićanin | Democratic Party of Serbia | 2001 |
| Nataša Mićić | Civic Alliance of Serbia | 2001–2003 |
| Chairmen of the Executive Council of Vojvodina | Party | Years |
| Đorđe Đukić | Democratic Party | 2000–2004 |
| President of the Assembly of Vojvodina | Party | Years |
| Nenad Čanak | League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina | 2000–2003 |
| Mayor of Belgrade | Party | Years |
| Milan St. Protić | New Serbia | 2000–2001 |
| Radmila Hrustanović | Civic Alliance of Serbia | 2001–2003 |
| Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia | Party | Years |
| Mlađan Dinkić | G17 Plus | 2000–2003 |