Coalition Together

Coalition Together

Коалиција Заједно
Koalicija Zajedno
Coalition Together Коалиција Заједно; Koalicija Zajedno
Abbreviation	Zajedno
Leader	Vuk Drašković; Zoran Đinđić; Vojislav Koštunica; Vesna Pešić
Founded	September 2, 1996
Dissolved	1997
Succeeded by	Alliance for Change
Headquarters	Belgrade
Political position	Big tent
	Politics of Serbia; Political parties; Elections;

Coalition Together was a major opposition coalition in Serbia and FR Yugoslavia between 1996 and 1997. Coalition members were Serbian Renewal Movement, Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of Serbia and Democratic Party of Serbia. They participated in 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election finishing second and winning nearly 24% of votes.

Coalition also took part in 1996 Serbian local elections and won most of the largest cities, including Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, and more than 40 municipalities. This was first major blow to Slobodan Milošević's regime since he took power in 1989.^[1] Large protests erupted after Milošević refused to accept electoral defeat.^[2]

Coalition Together eventually fell apart after conflict between the two leaders, Vuk Drašković and Zoran Đinđić.

Zoran Đinđić and Zoran Živković became mayors of Belgrade and Niš after 1996 election dealing biggest blow to the regime of Slobodan Milošević since he took power in 1989

Members[edit]

	Abbr.	Leader	Main ideology	Political position	MPs (Serbia)^[a]
Serbian Renewal Movement Српски покрет обнове Srpski pokret obnove	SPO	Vuk Drašković	Monarchism National liberalism Anti-communism	Centre-right	37 / 250
Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka	DS	Zoran Đinđić	Social liberalism Anti-communism	Centre	29 / 250
Democratic Party of Serbia Демократска странка Србије Demokratska stranka Srbije	DSS	Vojislav Koštunica	National conservatism Christian democracy	Centre-right	7 / 250
Civic Alliance of Serbia Грађански савез Србије Građanski savez Srbije	GSS	Vesna Pešić	Liberalism Anti-nationalism	Center	2 / 250

Federal Assembly
Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Status
1996	969,296	23.77%	22 / 138	22	opposition

^ Based on 1993 election results where SPO and GSS run jointly as part of DEPOS and DS and DSS run separately

^ "Na današnji dan 1996. godine posejana je klica pobede nad Slobodanom Miloševićem | Politika". Direktno (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
^ Online, K.-013. "Četvrt veka od protesta 1996/97: Postoji li energija za novi bunt". K-013 Najnovije vesti | Pančevo | Vojvodina | Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)