New Communist Party of Yugoslavia

New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Нова комунистичка партија Југославије Nova Komunistička Partija Jugoslavije
Abbreviation	NKPJ
General Secretary	Aleksandar Banjanac
Founder	Branko Kitanović
Founded	30 June 1990; 34 years ago (1990-06-30)
Headquarters	Nikole Spasića 4, Belgrade
Newspaper	Novi komunist
Youth wing	League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ)[a]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Yugoslavism Russophilia
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	NKPJ–SKOJ
European affiliation	INITIATIVE
International affiliation	IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform[2][3]
Colours	Red
Anthem	The Internationale
National Assembly	0 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	0 / 120
Party flag
Website
www.nkpj.org.rs
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The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Нова комунистичка партија Југославије, Nova komunistička partija Jugoslavije, abbr. NKPJ) is an unregistered Marxist–Leninist communist party in Serbia. Its goal is the reunification of Yugoslavia as a communist state according to Marxism–Leninism. The party participated in the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election in coalition with the Russian Party, which entered a parliamentary group with Movement of Socialists and supported the government of Aleksandar Vučić.^[4]

History

The founding congress of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) was held on 30 June 1990 in Belgrade. The Congress (Founding Assembly) was held in the hall of the Association of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia, with the participation of 265 delegates from all republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The delegates present decided that the party should be named the New Communist Movement of Yugoslavia (NKPJ). That name was valid until 1995, when it was changed to today's New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ).

Following the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, and the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, the Montenegrin branch of the party continued as the New Communist Party of Montenegro (NKPCG).^[5]

The party boycotted the 2007 parliamentary election, because of its position that the electoral law violated fundamental democratic principles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2010 the party was removed from the list of registered parties after failing to re-register under the new electoral law.

Due to the removal from the list of registered parties NKPJ decided to boycott the 2014 parliamentary election as well as all local elections and not join any coalitions. They interrupted several meetings of other political parties urging for boycott of the elections and claiming they were illegal.^[6]

Modern period (2017–present)

In March 2020, NKPJ announced their participation in the 2020 parliamentary election.^[7] They submitted their list on 5 June,^[8] and they failed to give signatures after its deadline was extended for two days.^[9] In late December 2021, they announced their participation in the upcoming 2022 general election.^[10]

Belgrade was the host of the 2022 Meeting of European Communist Youth Organisations [de] (MECYO) which the NKPJ's SKOJ is member of. Delegates of 22 youth communist organisations agreed on a declaration that denounced anti-communist repression in the European Union, reissued solidarity with Ukrainian communist activists Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich^[11] who were arrested and detained as political prisoners by the SBU on charges of "pro-Russian views and pro-Belarusian views",^[12] denounced "capitalist exploitation and imperialist wars" as well as the "NATO occupation of Kosovo and Metohija"; having taken part in a protester march along central Belgrade chanting anti-NATO slogans the day earlier.^[11]

Ideology

NKPJ is a communist party that endeavours for the reunification of Yugoslavia^[13] according to Stalinist model.^{[citation needed]}

Organization

NKPJ has its branch in Montenegro and also it has sister parties in neighbouring Croatia and North Macedonia.^[13] Its current general secretary is Aleksandar Banjanac, he has served the role since January 2017.^[14]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
1990	4,017	0.08%	29th	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	[15]
1997	16,222	0.41%	11th	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	[16]
2023	11,369	0.31%	14th	0 / 250	0	NKPJ–RS	Extra-parliamentary	[17]

Federal elections

Year	Popular vote (in Serbia)	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalitions	Status
1992–93	5,678	0.38%	0 / 138	New	—
1996	21,602	1.45%	0 / 138	0	—
2000	35,742	0,73	0 / 138	0	—

Parliamentary elections

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Alliance
1992	1,092	0.37	0 / 75	New	—
1996	5,176	1.72%	0 / 75	0	Communists of Montenegro (With SKPJ–SKCG–DKP)

See also

• Communist Party (Serbia)
• League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia
• Party of Labour (Serbia)

Notes

1. NKPJ claims its youth wing established in 1992 to be a continuation of the original League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) which existed under that name until 1948, the same year Tito–Stalin split happened.^[1]

References

1. "20 years of SKOJ". Savez komunističke omladine Jugoslavije. 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
2. "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. "Palestine Declaration: From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
4. Bogdanović, Nevena; Jovanović, Natalija (5 June 2024). "Ruska stranka u Srbiji osvaja mandate uz optužbe da je satelit vlasti". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
5. "New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
6. "Komunisti iznenadili ostale stranke". B92.net (in Serbian). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
7. "NKPJ i SKOJ izlaze na izbore". N1 (in Serbian). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
8. "Lista "Socijalizam jedini izlaz" predala RIK potpise podrške izbornoj listi". N1 (in Serbian). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
9. "RIK: Listama Nek maske padnu i Socijalizam jedini izlaz fale valjani potpisi". N1 (in Serbian). 6 June 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
10. "Nova komunistička partija i Savez komunističke omladine učestvuju na izborima". www.021.rs (in Serbian). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
11. Mckenzie, Roger (28 November 2022). "European Communist Youth Organisations meet in Serbia". Morning Star. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
12. Sweeney, Steve (11 March 2022). "EU chief faces urgent question over the fate of Ukrainian communist youth leaders". Morning Star. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
13. Communist and post-communist parties in Europe. Uwe Backes, Patrick Moreau. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 2008. p. 559. ISBN 978-3-525-36912-8. OCLC 301781500.
14. "I KOMUNISTI imaju svog kandidata na Beogradskim izborima 2018! (FOTO)". espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
15. "Konačni rezultati izbora za predsednika republike i narodne poslanike" [Final results of the elections for the President of the Republic and Deputies] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. January 1991. pp. 3–6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
16. "Konačni rezultati izbora za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije" [Final results of the elections for deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. November 1997. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
17. Kovačević, Miladin (2024). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 8–9. ISBN 978-86-6161-252-7. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

External links

• Webpage of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
• Webpage of the League of Yugoslav Communist Youth (SKOJ).