List of political parties in Yugoslavia

This article lists political parties in Yugoslavia (1918–1991). Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a multi-party state (1918–1929, 1931–1941) and a one-party state under a royal dictatorship (1929–1931). Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state (1945–1948), a Titoist one-party state (1948-1990), and also a multi-party state for short period before the state dissolution (1990–1991).

List

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

	Ideology	Position	Activity
Agrarian Party Земљорадничка странка Zemljoradnička stranka	Agrarianism Parliamentarism	Centre-right	1919 - 1945
Bunjevac-Šokac Party Буњевачко-шокачка странка Bunjevačko-šokačka stranka	Agrarianism Conservatism	Centre-right	1920 - 1926
Communist Party of Yugoslavia Komunistička partija Jugoslavije Комунистичка партија Југославије	Communism Marxism-Leninism	Left-wing to far-left	1919 - 1921
Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	Agrarianism Liberalism Regionalism	Centre-right	1918 - 1945
Croatian Popular Party Hrvatska pučka stranka	Political Catholicism National conservatism Social conservatism	Right-wing	1919 - 1929
Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka	Liberalism Yugoslavism^[1]	Centre	1918 - 1945
Džemijet Џемијет	Islamism Albanian nationalism Social conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1918 - 1924
German Party Немачка странка Nemačka stranka	German minority interests Parliamentarism	Centre-right	1922 - 1929
Independent Agrarian Party Samostojna kmetijska stranka	Agrarianism Regionalism Liberalism	Centre-left	1919 - 1926
Independent Democratic Party Самостална демократска странка Samostalna demokratska stranka	Liberalism Decentralization	Centre	1924 - 1946
Montenegrin Federalist Party Црногорска федералистичка странка	Montenegrin nationalism National conservatism Agrarianism	Right-wing to far-right	1923 - 1945
Party of Rights Stranka prava	Croatian ultranationalism Republicanism National conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	1918 - 1929
People's Radical Party Народна радикална странка	Serbian nationalism Yugoslavism Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	1918 - 1945
Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka	Social democracy	Centre-left	1918 - 1921
Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia Socijaldemokratska stranka Jugoslavije	Social democracy	Centre-left	1920 - 1921
People's Socialist Party Народно-социјалистичка странка Narodno-socijalistička stranka	Social democracy Social liberalism	Centre to centre-left	1919 - 1945
Slovene People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka	Conservatism Christian democracy Regionalism	Centre-right	1918 - 1945
Slovene Peasant Party Slovenska kmetska stranka	Agrarianism Liberalism Regionalism	Centre	1926 - 1929
Socialist Party of Yugoslavia Социјалистичка партија Југославије Socijalistička partija Jugoslavije	Socialism Republicanism	Left-wing	1921 - 1941
Yugoslav Radical Union Југословенска радикална заједница Jugoslovenska radikalna zajednica	Yugoslav fascism Anti-communism	Far-right	1934 - 1941
Yugoslav National Party Jugoslavenska nacionalna partija Југословенска национална партија	Royalism^[2] Anti-liberalism	Right-wing	1929 - 1941
Yugoslav Republican Party Југословенска републиканска странка Jugoslovenska republikanska stranka	Republicanism Liberalism	Centre	1920 - 1929
Yugoslav National Movement Југословенски народни покрет	Fascism Christian nationalism National conservatism	Far-right	1935 - 1945
Yugoslav Muslim Organization Jugoslavenska muslimanska organizacija	Muslim nationalism Islamism Conservatism	Right-wing	1919 - 1941

SFR Yugoslavia

Name		Abbreviation	Ideology	Position
Federal-level parties
	League of Communists Савез комуниста Југославије Savez komunista Jugoslavije	SKJ	Titoism Yugoslav federalism	Left-wing^[3] to far-left
	Union of Reform Forces Savez reformskih snaga Савез реформских снага	SRSJ	Yugoslavism Social democracy Social liberalism	Centre-left
In SR Bosnia-Herzegovina only (1990)
	Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism Islamism	Right-wing
	Serb Democratic Party Српска демократска странка Srpska demokratska stranka	SDS	Ultranationalism Serbian irredentism Right-wing populism	Far-right
	Croatian Democratic Union of BiH Hrvatska demokratska zajednica BiH	HDZ BiH	Croatian nationalism National conservatism Christian democracy	Right-wing
	Social Democratic Party of BiH Socijaldemokratska partija BiH	SKBiH - SDP BiH	Anti-nationalism Democratic socialism Social democracy	Left-wing
In SR Croatia only (1990)
	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Ultranationalism Croatian irredentism Anti-liberalism	Right-wing
	Party of Democratic Reform Stranka demokratskih promjena	SKH- SDP	Democratic socialism Anti-nationalism Social democracy	Left-wing
	Coalition of People's Accord Koalicija narodnog sporazuma	KNS	Civic nationalism Social liberalism Liberalism	Centre
In SR Macedonia only (1990)
	VMRO–DPMNE ВМРО–ДПМНЕ	VMRO- DPMNE	Macedonian nationalism National conservatism^[4] Anti-communism	Right-wing
In SR Slovenia only (1990)
	Democratic Opposition of Slovenia Demokratična opozicija Slovenije	DEMOS	Christian democracy Liberalism Slovenian nationalism	Centre-right
	United List of Social Democrats Združena lista socialnih demokratov	ZLSD	Social democracy Slovenian statism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left
	Slovene People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka	SLS	Conservatism Christian democracy Agrarianism	Centre-right
	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberalna demokracija Slovenije	LDS	Liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Centre
In SR Serbia only (1990)
	Socialist Party of Serbia Социјалистичка партија Србије Socijalistička partija Srbije	SPS	Populism Serbian nationalism^[5] Communism	Left-wing
	Serbian Renewal Movement Српски покрет обнове Srpski pokret obnove	SPO	Serbian nationalism Serbian irredentism Monarchism	Right-wing
	Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka	DS	Liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Centre

References

^ Dragan Subotić (1998). Srpske političke stranke i pokreti u 19. i 20. veku: Političke stranke i pokreti u političkom životu međuratne Srbije (i Jugoslavije) (1918.-1941.). Primeri iz političke istorije, kulture i sociologije političkih partija. In-t za političke studije. ISBN 9788674190289.
^ Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784
^ Silvio Pons; Robert Service (2012). A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15429-9.
^ Janusz Bugajski (1995). Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 463–. ISBN 978-0-7656-1911-2.
^ Stojarová, Věra (2007). "Party politics in the Western Balkans". Bochsler, Center for Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich. p. 16.

[1] Dragan Subotić (1998). Srpske političke stranke i pokreti u 19. i 20. veku: Političke stranke i pokreti u političkom životu međuratne Srbije (i Jugoslavije) (1918.-1941.). Primeri iz političke istorije, kulture i sociologije političkih partija. In-t za političke studije. ISBN 9788674190289.

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente und andere Staatsorgane, Walter de Gruyter, p784

[3] Silvio Pons; Robert Service (2012). A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15429-9.

[Bugajski1995-4] Janusz Bugajski (1995). Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 463–. ISBN 978-0-7656-1911-2.

[5] Stojarová, Věra (2007). "Party politics in the Western Balkans". Bochsler, Center for Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich. p. 16.

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List of political parties in Yugoslavia

Contents

List

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

See also

References