Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians

The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség (VMSZ); Serbian: Савез војвођанских Мађара (СВМ) / Savez vojvođanskih Mađara (SVM)) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in Serbia, primarily active in the province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza was an honorary president of the party until his title was revoked because of various disagreements on party issues.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Notes	Government
1997	50,960	1.23%	4 / 250	4			opposition
2000	2,402,387	64.09%	6 / 250	2	Coalition DOS	government
2003	161,765	4.23%	0 / 250	6	Coalition ZZT	extra-parliamentary
2007	52,510	1.30%	3 / 250	3		opposition
2008	74,874	1.81%	4 / 250	1	Coalition MK	government support
2012	68,323	1.75%	5 / 250	1		opposition
2014	75,294	2.10%	6 / 250	1		government support
2016	56,620	1,50 %	4 / 250	2		government

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Election year	#	Candidate	1st round votes	%	2nd round votes	%	Notes
2008	6th	István Pásztor	93,039	2.26	—	—	Hungarian Coalition
2012	9th	István Pásztor	63,420	1.62%	—	—

Provincial elections

At the 2004 provincial election in Vojvodina, the party won 8.50% of votes in the one-round voting system, and was part of the ruling coalition in the Vojvodina provincial parliament.

At the 2008 provincial election in Vojvodina, the party was part of the Hungarian Coalition, which won 7% of votes in the first election round.

At the 2012 provincial election in Vojvodina, the party won 6.15% of votes in the first election round.

Local elections

In the 2004 local elections, the party won the largest number of seats in the municipal parliaments of Subotica, Senta, Bačka Topola, Mali Iđoš, Kanjiža (where Reformists of Vojvodina won same number of seats) and Čoka.

In the 2008 local elections, the party was part of the Hungarian Coalition, which also included two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia, and which won the majority of votes in Kanjiža (50.91%), as well as plurality of votes in Senta (31.87%), Bačka Topola (46.25%), Mali Iđoš (37.18%), and Bečej (29.63%).

Since the introduction of the multi-party system in Serbia, the mayor of Subotica was often from the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians. That has changed after local elections 2008, when Democratic Party won the largest number of votes in this city.

In the 2012 local elections, the party won the largest number of seats in the municipal parliaments of Kanjiža, Senta, Bačka Topola, Mali Iđoš, and Čoka. Democratic Party won more votes than the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians in Subotica, Bečej, and Ada, in which largest part of population was of Hungarian ethnicity, according to 2002 census.

See also

• Hungarian Coalition
• Hungarian Regional Autonomy

External links

• Official website

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  Hungarian regional autonomy in northern Vojvodina proposed by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians

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  Municipalities in Vojvodina in which the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won largest number of seats in 2004 local elections

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  Municipalities in Vojvodina in which the Hungarian Coalition (of which Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was part) won largest number of seats in 2008 local elections

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  Municipalities in Vojvodina in which the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won largest number of seats in 2012 local elections