People's Party (Serbia, 2017)

People's Party
Народна странка
AbbreviationNarodna
PresidentVladimir Gajić
Vice-Presidents
Founders
Founded22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)
Preceded byPeople's Movement of Serbia
HeadquartersNjegoševa 76, Belgrade
Youth wingYouth of the People's Party
Women's wingWomen's Network
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Colors
  •   Blue
  •   Red
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Party flag
Flag of the People's Party
Website
narodna.org.rs

The People's Party (Serbian: Народна странка, romanizedNarodna stranka, abbr. Narodna) is a conservative political party in Serbia. It has been led by Vladimir Gajić since 2024.

Narodna was formed in October 2017 after Vuk Jeremić re-organised the People's Movement of Serbia (NPS), a political party led by Miroslav Aleksić. It cooperated with Dragan Đilas and the Movement of Free Citizens and Serbian Left, with whom Narodna took part in the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election and won 19% of the popular vote. Narodna then joined the Alliance for Serbia (SZS), a coalition formed by Đilas, which organised mass anti-government protests after the physical attack on Borko Stefanović in November 2018. Together with SZS, Narodna boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election, claiming that its conditions would not be free and fair. Narodna was later a member of the United Opposition of Serbia, which existed between August 2020 and January 2021, and then the United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) coalition.

With UZPS, Narodna took part in the 2022 general elections and nominated Zdravko Ponoš, a then-member of Narodna, as their presidential candidate. Ponoš lost the presidential election while Narodna won 12 seats in the National Assembly, although due to conflicts between Narodna and the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), UZPS was dissolved after the elections. Narodna had its own parliamentary groups in the National Assembly and City Assembly of Belgrade, while serving in opposition to the Serbian Progressive Party. A schism within the party occurred in 2023, which resulted in Aleksić and other members leaving Narodna and refounding NPS. Narodna failed to retain its representation in the 2023 elections. Initially a centre-right party, Narodna has throughout time shifted to very right-wing and nationalistic positions. Previously supportive of the accession of Serbia to the European Union, it has shifted towards Eurosceptic positions and it declares itself to be in favour of military neutrality.