Ivica Dačić – Factor of Stability!

Ivica Dačić – Factor of Stability!
Ивица Дачић – Фактор стабилности!
Ivica Dačić – Faktor stabilnosti!
LeaderIvica Dačić
Founded2008
IdeologyPopulism
Colours  Red
National Assembly
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Ivica Dačić – Factor of Stability! (Serbian: Ивица Дачић – Фактор стабилности!, Ivica Dačić – Faktor stabilnosti!) is an electoral alliance in Serbia led by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and its president, Ivica Dačić. Its other members are United Serbia (JS), the Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS), and the Greens of Serbia (ZS).

The alliance traces its origins to the coalition that SPS formed with the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) and JS for the 2008 parliamentary election. It has contested every parliamentary election since then under Dačić's name, and has been part of every government since 2008: first with the Democratic Party (DS) and, from 2012, with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). PUPS left the alliance in 2016. The alliance ran as Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia (Serbian: Ивица Дачић – Премијер Србије, Ivica Dačić – Premijer Srbije) in 2022 and 2023, and adopted its current name for the 2026 election, when SDPS joined.

History

SPS–PUPS–JS (2008–2016)

For the 2008 parliamentary election, SPS formed a coalition with PUPS and JS, which won 20 seats. The coalition then joined the government led by DS's For a European Serbia alliance, formed in July 2008, in which Dačić became first deputy prime minister and minister of internal affairs; in December 2008, SPS and DS signed a declaration on political reconciliation.

The coalition ran again as "Ivica Dačić – SPS, PUPS, JS" in the 2012 election, winning 44 seats. It then formed a government with SNS and the United Regions of Serbia, with Dačić as prime minister and minister of internal affairs. After the 2014 snap election, in which it again won 44 seats, it remained in government with the SNS-led coalition, and Dačić became first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.

SPS–JS (2016–2022)

In February 2016, PUPS left the coalition and sought an agreement with SNS instead, while SPS and JS formed a coalition with the Greens of Serbia. SPS and JS contested the 2016 election as "Ivica Dačić – Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), United Serbia (JS) – Dragan Marković Palma", and ran under the same name in the 2020 election. Joška Broz, the leader of the Communist Party, was elected to the National Assembly on the SPS list, though according to Broz there was no formal coalition agreement between the two parties; in January 2022, the Communist Party renamed itself the Serbian Left.

Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia (2022–2026)

Logo used in 2022 and 2023

The alliance adopted the name "Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia" for the 2022 general election; its list, which again included the Greens of Serbia, was proclaimed by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) on 17 February 2022. During the campaign, the alliance opposed NATO membership and sanctions against Russia, and supported closer cooperation with China and Russia. Toma Fila, its ballot carrier for the Belgrade City Assembly election, campaigned on pensioners' interests. The alliance was also endorsed by organisations such as Biogen, the Environmental Movement of Beočin, and the Democratic Union of Roma.

The alliance ran under the same name in the 2023 snap election. Marko Milošević, the grandson of Slobodan Milošević, was third on its list. The alliance won 18 seats, its worst result since 2008, and SPS remained in government. JS leader Dragan Marković died in November 2024 and was later succeeded by his son Dalibor Marković.

Factor of Stability (2026–present)

In 2026, SPS signed a memorandum of cooperation with SDPS, led by Jug Radivojević since Rasim Ljajić stepped down; analysts described the cooperation as a way for both parties to cross the electoral threshold and as a step away from SNS. On 8 September 2026, the SPS main board unanimously decided to contest the snap parliamentary election in a coalition with JS, SDPS, and ZS. The alliance submitted its list, "Ivica Dačić – Factor of Stability!", with 21,266 signatures on 12 September; Dačić said that the name reflected the coalition's long-standing focus on "political stability as the condition of all conditions for the survival of Serbia". RIK proclaimed the list on 14 September, and it was given the second position on the ballot.

Members

Current members

Name Leader Main ideology Political position Joined
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Ivica Dačić Populism Centre-left 2008
United Serbia (JS) Dalibor Marković National conservatism Right-wing 2008
Greens of Serbia (ZS) Ivan Karić Green politics Centre-left 2016
Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) Jug Radivojević Social democracy Centre-left 2026

Former members

Name Leader Main ideology Membership
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) Jovan Krkobabić Pensioners' interests 2008–2016
Communist Party (KP) Joška Broz Titoism, Yugonostalgia 2016–2022

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly
Year Leader List name Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Status Ref.
2008 Ivica Dačić SPS–PUPS–JS 313,896 7.75% 4th
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 New Government
2012 Ivica Dačić – SPS, PUPS, JS 567,689 15.18% Increase 3rd
44 / 250
 Increase 24 Government
2014 484,607 13.94% Increase 2nd
44 / 250
 Steady 0 Government
2016 Ivica Dačić – SPS, JS – Dragan Marković Palma 413,770 11.28% Steady 2nd
29 / 250
 Decrease 15 Government
2020 334,333 10.78% Steady 2nd
32 / 250
 Increase 3 Government
2022 Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia 435,274 11.79% Decrease 3rd
31 / 250
 Decrease 1 Government
2023 249,916 6.73% Steady 3rd
18 / 250
 Decrease 13 Government
2026 Ivica Dačić – Factor of Stability! Steady 3rd
0 / 250
 Decrease 18 Extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes Ref.
Name Party
2022 Aleksandar Vučić SNS 1st 2,224,914 60.01% N/a — — Supported Vučić

Belgrade City Assembly elections

City Assembly of Belgrade
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Status Ref.
2022 Toma Fila 64,050 7.14% 4th
8 / 110
 Steady 0 Government
2023 44,671 4.86% Decrease 5th
5 / 110
 Decrease 3 Snap election

Notes

  1. ↑ Some analysts argue that SPS is left-leaning only nominally; in 2026, political analyst Zoran Lutovac described it as "a populist party completely fused with the Serbian Progressive Party".

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