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{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Serbian Radical Party
| native_name      = Српска радикална странка
| native_name_lang = sr
| abbreviation     = SRS
| colorcode        = {{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}
| logo             = Srpska radikalna stranka logo.svg
| logo_size        = 300px
| merger            = {{ubl|[[Serbian Chetnik Movement (1990)|Serbian Chetnik Movement]]|[[People's Radical Party (1990)|People's Radical Party]]}}
| president        = [[Vojislav Šešelj]]
| leader2_title    = Deputy President
| leader2_name     = [[Aleksandar Šešelj]]
| leader3_title    = Vice-Presidents
| leader3_name     = {{ubl|[[Vjerica Radeta]]|[[Milorad Mirčić]]|[[Miljan Damjanović]]}}
| founders         = {{ubl|Vojislav Šešelj|[[Tomislav Nikolić]]}}
| foundation       = 23 February 1991<br>({{age in years and days|1991|02|23}})
| headquarters     = Magistratski trg 3, [[Belgrade]]
| wing1_title      = [[Paramilitary|Armed wing]]
| wing1            = [[White Eagles (paramilitary)|White Eagles]]<br>(1991–1995)
| newspaper        = ''Velika Srbija''
| ideology         = {{ubl|[[Ultranationalism]]|[[Serbian irredentism]]|[[Right-wing populism]]|[[Russophilia]]}}
| position         = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]
| affiliation1     = [[Party of Serb Radicals]]<br>(1992–2021)
| affiliation1_title = Montenegrin counterpart
| slogan           = ''Srbija je večna dok su joj deca verna''<br />("Serbia is eternal as long as its children are loyal")
| anthem           = "Sprem'te se sprem'te"
| colours          = {{colorbox|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}|border=silver}} Blue
| seats1_title     = [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[City Assembly of Belgrade]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|2|110|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| seats4_title           =[[Parliament of Montenegro]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|81|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| flag             = Srpska radikalna stranka flag.svg
| website          = {{URL|srpskaradikalnastranka.org.rs}}
| country          = Serbia
}}

The '''Serbian Radical Party''' ({{langx|sr|Српска радикална странка|Srpska radikalna stranka}}, abbr. '''SRS''') is a [[Far-right politics in Serbia|far-right]],<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book |editor=Reinhard Heinisch |editor2=Emanuele Massetti |editor3=Oscar Mazzoleni |title=The People and the Nation: Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics in Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=00i8DwAAQBAJ&q=Serbian+right-wing+SRS&pg=PT240 |quote=The program of the radical right-wing SRS was founded upon the same principles. |date=2019 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781351265546}}|{{cite book |first1=Pål |last1=Kolstø |title=Media Discourse and the Yugoslav Conflicts : Representations of Self and Other|publisher=Ashgate| year=2009| page=106|isbn=978-0754676294}}|{{cite book |author1=Collective |title=Serbia since 1989: politics and society under Milošević and after|publisher=University of Washington Press |year=2005 |page=372 |isbn=978-0295986500}}|{{cite book|author=Michael Minkenberg|title=Historical Legacies and the Radical Right in Post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eA3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192|date=15 April 2014|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-3-8382-6124-9|page=192}}|{{cite book |last1=Džuverović |first1=Nemanja |last2=Stojarová |first2=Věra |title=Peace and Security in the Western Balkans: A Local Perspective |date=2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781000628722 |quote=Although far-right parties are numerous throughout the region, they can boast no real successes, with the exception the far-right Serbian Radical Party (Srpska Radikalna Stranka, SRS)}}|{{cite book |last1=Sōtēropulos |first1=Dēmētrēs A. |title=The irregular pendulum of democracy: populism, clientelism and corruption in post-Yugoslav successor states |date=2023 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783031256097 |page=146}}|{{cite book |last1=Levitsky |first1=Steven |last2=Way |first2=Lucan A. |title=Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781139491488 |page=108}}}}</ref> [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]]<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite web |year=2008 |title=Serbs 'desperate for change' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2008/02/200852518524530650.html |access-date=23 December 2018 |website=Al Jazeera}}|{{cite book |last1=Dragojević |first1=Mila |title=The Politics of Social Ties: Immigrants in an Ethnic Homeland |date=2014 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=9781472426949 |page=90}}|{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Peter |year=2018 |title=Serbian Radical Party surge may complicate reform |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1230/p07s01-woeu.html |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=Christian Science Monitor}}|{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Evil tweet by Serbia's official on Srebrenica woman death |url=http://rs.n1info.com/a406658/English/NEWS/Appalling-tweet-by-Serb-ultra-nationalist-and-deputy-parliament-speaker.html |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=N1 |archive-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725105819/http://rs.n1info.com/a406658/English/NEWS/Appalling-tweet-by-Serb-ultra-nationalist-and-deputy-parliament-speaker.html |url-status=dead}}|{{cite news |last=Traynor |first=Ian |date=8 May 2007 |title=Extreme nationalist elected speaker of Serbian parliament |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/serbia/article/0,,2075091,00.html |access-date=25 March 2010}}|{{cite web |year=2003 |title=Ultranationalists top Serb poll |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3353335.stm |access-date=21 December 2018 |publisher=BBC News}}|{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Party claims ultranationalist leader trampled Croatian flag |url=https://rs.n1info.com/english/news/a380849-ultranationalist-party-claims-leader-caused-incident-in-parliament/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015154843/https://rs.n1info.com/english/news/a380849-ultranationalist-party-claims-leader-caused-incident-in-parliament/ |archive-date=15 October 2021 |access-date=21 December 2018 |website=N1 }}|{{cite book |last1=Grand |first1=Stephen R. |title=Understanding Tahrir Square: What Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us about the Prospects for Arab Democracy |date=2014 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |location=2014 |isbn=9780815725176 |page=54}}}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]]. Founded in 1991, its co-founder, first and only leader is [[Vojislav Šešelj]].{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=193}}

The SRS was founded in 1991 as a merger of the [[Serbian Chetnik Movement (1990)|Serbian Chetnik Movement]], led by Šešelj, and the [[People's Radical Party (1990)|People's Radical Party]], led by [[Tomislav Nikolić]]. Upon formation, they became the president and deputy president of SRS respectively. During the first half of the 1990s the SRS supported the ruling [[Socialist Party of Serbia]] regime, which had contributed greatly to the rise of SRS through the use of media.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=193}} The party had strong support until the [[2000 Serbian parliamentary election|2000 election]], when SRS suffered a major defeat, but through [[Populism|populist]] rhetoric it became the most voted party in the early-to-mid 2000s. Šešelj voluntarily surrendered to the ICTY to defend himself against charges of [[war crime]]s and crimes against humanity that he was alleged to have committed during the [[Croatian War of Independence]] and the [[Bosnian War]]. Nikolić assumed ''[[de facto]]'' party leadership until he left the party in 2008.<ref name=bbc3>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7602499.stm|work=BBC News|title=Serb opposition leader resigns|date=7 September 2008|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>

During the years of Nikolić's leadership, SRS blended ultranationalism with brash, populist, and [[anti-corruption]] rhetoric.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ostojić |first=Mladen |title=Between Justice and Stability: The Politics of War Crimes Prosecutions in Post-Miloševic Serbia |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=9781317175001 |pages=12}}</ref> Due to disagreements with Šešelj over European Union integration, Nikolić took many of the high-ranking members of the party to form the [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS), which became the ruling party of Serbia in 2012. After the split, [[Dragan Todorović (politician)|Dragan Todorović]] assumed ''de facto'' leadership, and the party went into a major decline, only pulling 4% of the vote in [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] and 2% in [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]], the first time that SRS was not represented in the parliament. Shortly after Šešelj's return to Serbia in 2014, the party gained back some of its popularity and it placed third with 8% of the vote in the [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016 election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Delauney|first1=Guy|title=Serbia elections: Radical Seselj back in parliament|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36128489|access-date=27 April 2016|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC|date=25 April 2016}}</ref> In late 2019, the party went into decline again, and in the [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020 election]] it ended up only with 2% of the vote and gaining no seats in the parliament again.

A [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] party,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Wodak |first1=Ruth |title=Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse |last2=Mral |first2=Brigitte |publisher=A&C Black |year=2013 |page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Populism in the Balkans. The Case of Serbia |url=http://www.cepsr.com/dwnld/stojarovavykoupilova2008020302.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202013226/http://www.cepsr.com/dwnld/stojarovavykoupilova2008020302.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mootz |first=Lisa |title=Nations in Transit 2010: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2010 |isbn=9780932088727 |pages=457}}</ref> SRS supports the creation of a [[Greater Serbia]].<ref name="ksddvvmsde" /><ref name="sense">{{cite news |date=19 August 2005 |title=Seselj, Greater Serbia and Hoolbroke's shoes |work=SENSE Tribunal |url=http://www.sense-agency.com/icty/seselj-greater-serbia-and-hoolbrokes-shoes.29.html?cat_id=1&news_id=9230 |url-status=dead |access-date=25 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071957/http://www.sense-agency.com/icty/seselj-greater-serbia-and-hoolbrokes-shoes.29.html?cat_id=1&news_id=9230 |archive-date=14 June 2018}}</ref> It is [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]], [[Anti-Western sentiment|anti-Western]] orientated, opposed to the [[accession of Serbia to the European Union]] and supports establishing closer ties with Russia instead.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 June 2020 |title=СРС: Србија да буде у ОДКБ - војном савезу који предводи Русија |publisher=РТВ |agency=Танјуг |url=https://www.rtv.rs/sr_ci/izbori-2020/parlamentarni-izbori/srs-srbija-da-bude-u-odkb-vojnom-savezu-koji-predvodi-rusija_1132340.html |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stojić |first=Marko |title=Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans: Transformation, Opposition or Defiance? |publisher=Springer |year=2017 |isbn=9783319595634 |pages=92}}</ref> Some journalists described SRS as [[Neo-fascism|neofascist]] in the 1990s due to its vocal support of ultranationalism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/10/22/president-of-serbia-dissolves-parliament/b689ff96-158b-4dca-b260-3d145677c911/|title=PRESIDENT OF SERBIA DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT|newspaper=Washington Post|first=David|last=Ottaway|date=22 October 1993|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jun/12/balkans|title=Hardliner looks set to win poll in Serbia|website=The Guardian|first=Ian|last=Traynor|year=2004|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1997/07/yugoslavia-fascism-knocking-on-serbias-door/|title=YUGOSLAVIA: Fascism Knocking On Serbia's Door|website=INTER PRESS SERVICE News Agency|first=Vesna|last=Zimonjic|year=1997|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/may/14/thefarright.race|title=Call this monster by its name|website=The Guardian|first=Faisal|last=Bodi|year=2002|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref> Regarding social issues, SRS is [[Social conservatism|traditionalist]].<ref>Mila Dragojević (2016) [2014]. ''The Politics of Social Ties: Immigrants in an Ethnic Homeland'', Routledge, p. 90</ref> It also holds local branches in some of the neighbouring states.

== Ideology ==
{{Far-right politics in Serbia}}
[[File:Izbori 2012 - plakati Vojislav Šešelj (1).JPG|thumb|250px|[[Vojislav Šešelj]], president of the Serbian Radical Party, is one of the staunchest advocates of Greater Serbia.]]
The party's core ideology is based on [[Serbian nationalism]] and the goal of creating a [[Greater Serbia]].<ref name="ksddvvmsde">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6296601.stm|work=BBC News|title=Europe diary: Serbian Radicals|date=26 January 2007|access-date=23 May 2010|first=Mark|last=Mardell}}</ref><ref name=sense/> The party is also strongly opposed to [[European integration]] ([[euroscepticism]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web| title = The changing nature of Serbian political parties' attitudes towards Serbian EU membership |url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=epern-working-paper-24.pdf&site=266| website = Sussex European Institute| date = August 2011| access-date = 18 April 2016}}</ref>) and [[Globalization|globalisation]],<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012401340.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Serbian Radical Party Riding High|first=Dusan|last=Stojanovic|access-date=23 May 2010|date=24 January 2007}}</ref><ref name=mr/><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/serbia/article/0,,2075091,00.html|title=Extreme nationalist elected speaker of Serbian parliament|work=The Guardian|first=Ian|last=Traynor|date=8 May 2007|access-date=25 March 2010}}</ref> advocating closer ties with [[Russia]] instead.<ref name="washingtonpost"/><ref name="guardian"/> The SRS is extremely critical of the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY), where Šešelj was incarcerated from 2003 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/3225/serbia-rising-nationalism-imperils-mladic-karadzic.html|work=cafebabel.com|title=Serbia: rising nationalism imperils Mladic, Karadzic hunt |first=Mira|last=Galanova|access-date=24 April 2011|date=8 May 2008}}</ref> The party regards former general [[Ratko Mladić]] and former Republika Srpska president [[Radovan Karadžić]] as "Serbian heroes".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7518607.stm|title=Karadzic arrest: Reaction in quotes |date=22 July 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/05/20115276283221873.html|work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|date=27 May 2011|title=Court finds Ratko Mladic fit for extradition |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref>

In 2007, the party advocated the use of [[military force]] to prevent the [[independence of Kosovo]].<ref name="washingtonpost"/>

Due to [[Tomislav Nikolić]]'s support for the [[accession of Serbia to the European Union]] conflicting with the party's original hardline policy, Nikolić was expelled in 2008. With his supporters breaking apart from the SRS, he founded the [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS)<ref name=bbc3/> which succeeded the SRS as one of the country's leading parties.

In the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], SRS was briefly associated with the [[Free Democrats Group]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Aleksandar ŠEŠELJ (Serbia, NR) |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/members/7803/seselj |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Foundation ===
[[File:Srpska radikalna stranka symbol.svg|thumb|The symbol of the Serbian Radical Party]]
The Serbian Radical Party (SRS) was formed on 23 February 1991 by the merger of [[Vojislav Šešelj]]'s [[Serbian Chetnik Movement (1990)|Serbian Chetnik Movement]] (SČP) and the [[People's Radical Party (1990)|People's Radical Party]] (NRS).<ref name=ram>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTw3lEqi2-oC&pg=PA358|first=Sabrina P.|last=Ramet|title=The three Yugoslavias: state-building and legitimation, 1918–2005|year=2006|publisher=Indiana University|isbn=978-0-253-34656-8|pages=358–359|access-date=15 June 2012}}</ref> The SČP had been formed in 1990, although it was denied official registration due to its overt identification with the historical [[Chetniks]]. Formation of the new party followed Šešelj's breakaway from the [[Serbian Renewal Movement]] (SPO) due to internal quarrels with [[Vuk Drašković]]; the SPO having been founded by the merger of Šešelj's former Serbian Freedom Movement and Drašković's faction from the [[Serbian National Renewal]].<ref name=ram/> Šešelj was chosen as the first president of the SRS while [[Tomislav Nikolić]], a member of the NRS, became deputy president.<ref name=ram/>

=== Rise under SPS ===
Led by Milošević, the [[Socialist Party of Serbia|Socialist Party]] (SPS) contributed greatly to the rise of the SRS through its use of the media.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=193}} With the SRS allowed to promulgate its ultranationalist views on state television, the SPS could present itself as a comparatively moderate, yet still patriotic party.{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=416}} Šešelj promoted popular notions of an "international conspiracy against the Serbs," the foremost of which involved Germany, the [[Holy See|Vatican]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], Italy, [[Turkey]], as well as the centrist Serbian political parties. Such conspiracy theories were also promoted by Milošević-controlled media.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=200}} In 1991, Šešelj became a Member of Parliament as an independent candidate,{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=415}} and created a belligerent image by engaging in physical fights with opponents of the government.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=200}}
[[File:Beograd Zemun SRS-building.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The Serbian Radical Party headquarters in [[Zemun]], Belgrade]]
The 22.6% of the vote won by the SRS in the [[1992 Serbian parliamentary election|1992 parliamentary election]] confirmed the party's rapid rise and made it the second largest parliamentary party.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=201}} Šešelj campaigned for the election on issues such as driving [[Albanians]] out of [[Kosovo]] to [[Albania]], expelling Muslims from [[Sandžak]], and forcing the [[Croats]] out of Vojvodina.{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=415–416}} Having helped engineer the party's election to parliament,{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=416}} the SPS formed an informal coalition with the SRS,{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|pp=201–202}} and collaborated on ousting moderate politicians from public office.{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=416}}<ref name=bbc2>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/03/99/kosovo_strikes/316198.stm|work=BBC News |title=Vojislav Seselj: Milosevic's hard-line ally |date=10 April 1999|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=202}}

=== Milošević breaks with SRS ===
By late 1993 the parties had turned against each other.{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=416}}<ref name=bbc2/>{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=203}} Milošević saw it necessary to change his policies and distance himself from the SRS in order for his new peacemaking orientation to be taken seriously by the West, as well as to counter the effects of United Nations sanctions against the country.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=203}} Many socialists also feared competition from the party based on its strong growth record.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=203}} As discord erupted among the opposition including the SRS, Milošević called new [[1993 Serbian parliamentary election|elections in 1993]]. These cut SRS support almost in half, while the SPS increased its share of the vote from 28% to 38%.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=204}} Although most people had grown tired of the wars, UN sanctions and the catastrophic economic situation, the SRS had also been subjected to powerful state propaganda and exclusion by the media.<ref>Pribićević, 1999, pp. 204–205.</ref> Following Milošević's agreement to the [[Dayton accords]] in 1995 to bring peace to Bosnia, Šešelj denounced Milošević as "the worst traitor in Serbian history", and likened the event to Serbia's greatest defeat since the [[Battle of Kosovo]] fought against the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1389.<ref name=bbc2/>

In 1995, Šešelj and the SRS joined in a technical coalition with the centrist [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] (DS) and the conservative [[Democratic Party of Serbia]] (DSS).{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=208}} This gave Šešelj a degree of democratic legitimacy, although the coalition withered away by the end of the same year.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=208}}

=== Kosovo war and Milošević's overthrow ===
When Šešelj beat the SPS candidate for the [[Serbian presidential election, September–October 1997|1997 presidential election]], despite the contest being declared invalid due to low turnout, he was again brought into the Serbian government.<ref name=bbc2/> In 1998 the SRS and SPO entered the so-called "war" government, and as Deputy Prime Minister, Šešelj passed new information laws and helped launch propaganda offensives against [[Albanians in Kosovo|Kosovo Albanians]].<ref name=b417>{{harvnb|Bugajski|2002|p=417}}</ref> U.S. officials in turn branded him a "fascist", while the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]] declared that they would never deal with him.<ref name=bbc2/> Following the 1999 [[NATO]] occupation of [[Kosovo]], Šešelj resigned from government until his party was enticed to re-enter the administration by the SPS.<ref name=b417/> As the party had held posts under Milošević's regime, it was excluded from the [[Democratic Opposition of Serbia]] (DOS), and suffered a major defeat in the [[2000 Serbian parliamentary election|2000 parliamentary election]] when Milošević was ousted.<ref name=b417/><ref name=urn/>

=== Indictment of Šešelj ===
During the [[Yugoslav Wars]] some SRS supporters including Šešelj were active in paramilitary units loyal to the federal government, serving as his "iron fist" during military campaigns.<ref name="washingtonpost"/>{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|pp=193–194}} Milošević's regime at times supported Šešelj and provided him with arms, whilst at others it accused him of war crimes.{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=194}} The SRS was also provided with resources to establish paramilitary volunteer forces such as the [[White Eagles (paramilitary)|White Eagles]].{{sfn|Bugajski|2002|p=416}} As the SRS protested against Milošević's extradition to the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) in 2001, Milošević urged his supporters to vote for the SRS rather than his own SPS.<ref name="washingtonpost"/> The ICTY also indicted Šešelj, who has been on trial since 2007 following his surrender in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2317765.stm|title= Profile: Vojislav Seselj |work=BBC News | date=7 November 2007 | access-date=25 March 2010 | location=London}}</ref> Deputy President Nikolić became the new ''de facto'' SRS leader and presented a more moderate face, with a new approach to international cooperation and a vision of Serbia acting as a "link between the West and the East."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3341231.stm|title=Serbia vote: Parties and players|work=BBC News|date=24 December 2003|access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Kosovo demo 21 Feb 2008 Belgrade Image 18.jpg|thumb|right|200px|SRS supporters demonstrating against Kosovo's declaration of independence, [[Belgrade]], 2008]]

=== Nikolić leadership ===
During the [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|2003 parliamentary election]], the SRS condemned cooperation with the war crimes tribunal, corruption scandals in government, poor living standards, and slightly moderated its formerly aggressive rhetoric.<ref name=urn>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8CzZkOwCNIC&pg=PA239|title=Focus on politics and economics of Russia and Eastern Europe|first=Ulric R.|last=Nichol|year=2007|publisher=Nova|isbn=978-1-60021-317-5|page=239|access-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> While it won a clear [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] with 28% of the vote and 82 seats, the party was still viewed as a pariah by its democratic rivals and was thus left in opposition.<ref name=urn/> In the [[2007 Serbian parliamentary election|2007 parliamentary election]] it won 29% of the vote and 81 seats. The SRS caucus in parliament elected Nikolić as its president and [[Aleksandar Vučić]] vice-president. Nikolić was later chosen as parliamentary speaker, supported by the DSS amidst a deadlock in coalition talks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6633801.stm|work=BBC News |title=Hardliner elected Serbia speaker|date=8 May 2007|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> He stepped down just five days later, as the DS and DSS agreed to form a coalition government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6652211.stm|work=BBC News |title=Radical Serbia speaker steps down|date=13 May 2007|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref>

At the National Assembly's first session on 14 February 2007, politicians voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposal by UN Special Envoy [[Martti Ahtisaari]] on the preliminary resolution of the status of [[Kosovo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2007-02-14-voa50-66766957/564125.html|title=Serbian Parliament Rejects UN Plan for Kosovo's Autonomy|work=[[Voice of America]]|date=14 February 2007|access-date=22 April 2011|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> New elections were called in 2008 as the DS-DSS coalition collapsed due to EU recognition of [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Kosovo's declaration of independence]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7285322.stm|work=BBC News |title=Serbia ruling coalition collapses|date=8 March 2008|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7285817.stm|work=BBC News |title=Kosovo sparks early Serb election|date=8 March 2008|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> In the [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008 parliamentary election]] the SRS again won 29% of the vote, and 78 seats, leading to the formation of a DS-SPS-led government coalition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7494534.stm|work=BBC News |title=New Serbian cabinet focuses on EU|date=7 July 2008|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7496028.stm|first=Paulin|last=Kola|work=BBC News |title=Unlikely Serb allies put to the test|date=8 July 2008|access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> The party also won 17 seats in the [[Kosovska Mitrovica]]-based [[Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija]] consisting of Kosovan Serb municipalities who defied Kosovo's declaration of independence.<ref name=assembly>{{Cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/06/30/feature-01|title=Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object|publisher=[[Southeast European Times]]|date=30 June 2008|access-date=19 April 2011|first1=Jovanovic|last1=Jovanovic|first2=Blerta|last2=Foniqi-Kabashi}}</ref>

=== 2008 split ===
After disagreements with Šešelj, on 8 September 2008, Nikolić formed the new parliamentary group ''Napred Srbijo!'' ("Forward Serbia!") along with a number of other SRS members.<ref name=mr/> Šešelj responded with a letter on 11 September addressed to SRS members, in which he condemned the Nikolić group as "traitors" and "Western puppets", while calling on SRS members to remain loyal to the ideologies of "Serbian nationalism, anti-globalism, and [[Russophilia]]."<ref name=mr>{{cite thesis |page=12 |date=October 2009 |first=Michael |last=Rossi |title=Resurrecting The Past: Democracy, National Identity and Historical Memory in Modern Serbia |degree=PhD |location=[[New Brunswick, New Jersey]] |publisher=[[Rutgers University]]}}</ref> Nikolić and his group were officially expelled from the SRS the next day,<ref name=mr/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/vesti/text.php?vest=109274|work=Mondo|title=Nikolić i klub isključeni, Vučić odsutan|language=sr|date=12 September 2008|access-date=19 April 2011|archive-date=27 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927035707/http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/vesti/text.php?vest=109274|url-status=dead}}</ref> in response to which Nikolić announced that he would form his own party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2008/09/12/nb-05|work=[[Southeast European Times]]|title=Former SRS deputy leader Nikolic to form own party in Serbia|location=[[Belgrade]]|date=12 September 2008|access-date=19 April 2011}}</ref> On 14 September, SRS general secretary [[Aleksandar Vučić]] also resigned from the SRS.<ref name=mr/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/vesti/text.php?vest=109484|work=Mondo|title=Nikolić: I Vučić napustio radikale|language=sr|date=14 September 2008|access-date=19 April 2011|archive-date=15 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915040105/http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/vesti/text.php?vest=109484|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nikolić and Vučić then launched the [[Serbian Progressive Party]] (SNS) on 21 October of the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2008/09/17/nb-04|title=Nikolic's new party to hold founding session next month in Belgrade|work=[[Southeast European Times]]| date=17 September 2008 | access-date=23 April 2011|location=[[Belgrade]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dalje.com/en-world/nikolic-is-president-of-serbian-progressive-party/194798|title=Nikolic Is President of Serbian Progressive Party|work=Dalje.com|date=21 October 2008|access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref>

Following their departure, [[Dragan Todorović (politician)|Dragan Todorović]] took over as the party's acting leader from Nikolić;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.europeanforum.net/news/490/tomislav_nikolic_resigns_as_deputy_leader_of_serbian_radical_party_saa_ratified|work=European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity|title=Tomislav Nikolic resigns as deputy leader of Serbian Radical Party, SAA ratified|date=8 September 2008|access-date=24 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=09&dd=12&nav_id=53415|title=Nikolić quits Radicals|work=[[B92]]|date=12 September 2008|access-date=24 June 2011|location=Belgrade|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005073222/http://b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=09&dd=12&nav_id=53415|archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> however the office of deputy chairman was officially abolished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=12&dd=03&nav_id=55474|work=[[B92]]|title=SRS ringing personnel changes|date=3 December 2008|access-date=24 June 2011|location=Belgrade|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105063645/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=12&dd=03&nav_id=55474|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> By April 2011 the SRS had about 7% of support in opinion polls, while the SNS and its coalition partners held about 40%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=06&nav_id=73645|title=New poll gives opposition parties lead|work=[[B92]]|date=6 April 2011|access-date=20 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407154134/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=06&nav_id=73645|archive-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=11&nav_id=73744|title=West would like to see Nikolić in power|work=[[B92]]|date=11 April 2011|access-date=20 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420025047/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=11&nav_id=73744|archive-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> In the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012 parliamentary election]] the Radical Party received only 4.63% of the popular vote, thus failing to cross the 5% threshold to enter parliament for the first time in the party's history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.316.html:378726-Debakl-sokirao-Seselja|title=Debakl šokirao Šešelja|publisher=Vecernije novosti|language=sr|date=7 May 2012|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref>

=== Šešelj's return ===
{{Update|date=January 2017}}

With their leader back in Serbia in 2014, the party campaigned for the [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|parliamentary election of 2016]] aiming to restore its presence prior to 2008. They received 8.34% of the popular vote and gained back 22 seats. In the [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election]], the SRS received 2.22% of the votes, thus failing to get above the new lowered 3% threshold and lost all their seats.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=10 February 2020 |title=Parliament agrees to 3% electoral threshold |url=https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/parliament-agrees-to-3-electoral-threshold/ |access-date=5 March 2020 |website=Serbian Monitor |language=en-US}}</ref> In the following elections, they did not receive enough votes to cross the electoral threshold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cvetković |first=Ljudmila |date=2022-04-05 |title=Dobitnici i gubitnici izbora u Srbiji |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/srbija-izbori-dobitnici-gubitnici/31785231.html |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=Radio Slobodna Evropa |language=sh}}</ref>

The party formed an alliance with the ruling [[Serbian Progressive Party]] to contest the [[2023 Belgrade City Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-snap-elections-vucic-belgrade-opposition/32733410.html | title=With Vucic Allies Poised to Dominate Serbian Elections, the Battle for Belgrade Takes on Extra Significance | newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | date=17 December 2023 | last1=Krstic | first1=Jovana | last2=Manojlovic | first2=Mila | last3=Heil | first3=Andy }}</ref> This announcement caused attention in national media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2023 |title=Ponovo zajedno: Šešelj najavio koaliciju SNS i SRS |trans-title=Together again: Šešelj announced the SNS and SRS coalition |url=https://www.vreme.com/vesti/ponovo-zajedno-seselj-najavio-koaliciju-sns-i-srs/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=Vreme |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2023 |title=Profesorka emerita: Saradnja SNS i SRS na lokalnim izborima radikalni oblik pokazivanja moći |trans-title=Professor emerita: SNS and SRS cooperation in local elections is a radical form of showing power |url=https://insajder.net/teme/profesorka-emerita-saradnja-sns-i-srs-na-lokalnim-izborima-radikalni-oblik-pokazivanja-moci-video |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=Insajder |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikolić |first=Maja |date=1 November 2023 |title=Kumovi ponovo na okupu: U borbi za Beograd, bivšim radikalima se priključuju originalni |trans-title=Godfathers together again: In the fight for Belgrade, former radicals are joined by original ones |url=https://n1info.rs/vesti/izbori-2023/kumovi-ponovo-na-okupu-u-borbi-za-beograd-bivsim-radikalima-se-prikljucuju-originalni/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=N1 |language=sr}}</ref> In the [[2024 Belgrade City Assembly election]], the party gained 2 seats whilst being with the ruling SNS coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за одборнике Скупштине града Београда |url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/2704f91c5fe52728b98f535fd2381b46_6148398695.pdf |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Градска изборна комисија}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Izborne LISTE |url=https://www.beograd.rs/lat/gradska-vlast/1808114-izborne-liste/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=beograd.rs}}</ref> During the [[2024 Serbian local elections|2024 local election]], the SRS cooperated with the SNS coalition.

== International relations ==
The Serbian Radical Party maintains ties with the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]] and had ties with the French [[National Front (France)|National Front]] party in the 1990s.<ref name="washingtonpost"/>{{sfn|Pribićević|1999|p=208}}{{sfn|Thomas|1999|pp=218–219}} The SRS also has minimal ties with the far-right [[Golden Dawn (political party)|Golden Dawn]] party in Greece, focusing on religious similarities, and the [[New Force (Italy)|Forza Nuova]] party in Italy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://yespasaran.wordpress.com/tag/serbian-radical-party/|title=Massive Serbian protest against NATO & in favor of wartime leader Radovan Karadzic|access-date=18 April 2016|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003160051/https://yespasaran.wordpress.com/tag/serbian-radical-party/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The party counted Iraq's [[Saddam Hussein]] and the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] as one of its political and financial backers until the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], as the parties found common cause in defiance of the United States.<ref name="washingtonpost"/> Similar sentiment led the party to back Libya's [[Muammar Gaddafi]] following the [[2011 military intervention in Libya]] by [[NATO]]. Serbia and Libya had maintained good relations since Gaddafi vocally opposed NATO intervention in Serbia in the 1990s, while he also backed Serbia's opposition to Kosovo's independence.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/in_the_news_james_kirchick_gadhafi_serbs_new_republic/3550823.html|title='Why Right-Wing Serbs Love Qaddafi' – Kirchick in 'The New Republic' |date=8 April 2011|access-date=20 April 2011|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|first=James|last=Kirchick}}</ref> The SRS has also expressed support for Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]] following the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.srpskaradikalnastranka.org.rs/omladina-srs-urucila-ambasadi-sirije-pismo-podrske-u-borbi-protiv-terorizma/|script-title=sr:ОМЛАДИНА СРС УРУЧИЛА АМБАСАДИ СИРИЈЕ ПИСМО ПОДРШКЕ У БОРБИ ПРОТИВ ТЕРОРИЗМА.|publisher=Српска радикална странка|access-date=11 October 2015|language=sr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018150440/http://www.srpskaradikalnastranka.org.rs/omladina-srs-urucila-ambasadi-sirije-pismo-podrske-u-borbi-protiv-terorizma/|archive-date=18 October 2015}}</ref> Šešelj advocates for a neutral position on the [[Israel-Palestine conflict]], balancing Serbia's strong relations with both countries.<ref>{{cite web|work=Vseselj.rs|url=http://www.vseselj.rs/prof-dr-vojislav-seselj-apsolutno-neprihvatljivo-da-srbija-uvede-moratorijum-na-kampanju-povlacenja-priznanja-kosova/|title=Проф. др Војислав Шешељ: Апсолутно неприхватљиво да Србија уведе мораторијум на кампању повлачења признања "Косова"!|date=7 September 2020}}</ref>

On 9 March 2016 Šešelj and [[Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti|Zmago Jelinčič]], president of the [[Slovenian National Party]], signed an agreement with the intention of bringing their parties closer in terms of partnership and political alliance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/2537/Izbori+2016/2238693/Povelja+o+saradnji+SRS-a+i+Slovenačke+nacionalne+stranke.html|title=Повеља о сарадњи СРС-а и Словеначке националне странке|publisher=RTS|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

== List of presidents ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2"| {{No.}}
! colspan="2"| President
! Birth–Death
! Term start
! Term end
|-
! 1
! style="background:{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}"|
| [[Vojislav Šešelj]]<ref group="nb" name="Šešelj">Incarcerated at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|ICTY]] from 24 February 2003 until 12 November 2014</ref> || [[File:Vojislav Šešelj 2020.png|100x100px|alt=A photo of Vojislav Šešelj from 2020]] || 1954– || 23 February 1991 || Incumbent
|}

=== Acting leaders during the incarceration of Šešelj ===
Šešelj was incarcerated at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) from 2003 to 2014.<ref name=rulers>{{cite web|title=Serbian ministries, etc.|url=http://rulers.org/serbgov.html|website=rulers.org|publisher=B. Schemmel|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:41%"
|-
! colspan="2"| {{No.}}
! colspan="2"| Name
! Birth–Death
! Term start
! Term end
|-
! 1
! style="background:{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}"|
| [[Tomislav Nikolić]]<ref group="nb" name="SRS deputy president">Deputy President</ref> || [[File:Tomislav Nikolić 2012 (cropped).jpg|50px|alt=A photo of Tomislav Nikolić from 2012]] || 1952– || 24 February 2003 || 5 September 2008
|-
! 2
! style="background:{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}"|
| [[Dragan Todorović (politician)|Dragan Todorović]]<ref group="nb" name="SRS vice president">Vice President</ref> || [[File:Dragan Todorović crop.jpg|50px|alt=A photo of Dragan Todorović from 2013]] || 1953– || 5 September 2008 || 26 May 2012
|-
! 3
! style="background:{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}"|
| [[Nemanja Šarović]]<ref group="nb" name="SRS deputy president" /> || [[File:Nemanja Šarović Crop.jpg|50px|alt=A photo of Nemanja Šarović from 2011]] || 1974– || 26 May 2012 || 12 November 2014
|}

== Electoral results ==
=== Parliamentary elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[National Assembly of Serbia]]
! Year
! Leader
! Popular vote
! % of popular vote
! {{No.}}
! # of seats
! Seat change
! Status
|-
! [[1992 Serbian general election|1992]]
| rowspan="13" align="center"| [[Vojislav Šešelj]]
| 1,066,765
| 24.04%
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|73|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| New
| {{maybe|Support}}
|-
! [[1993 Serbian parliamentary election|1993]]
| 595,467
| 14.43%
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{Composition bar|39|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 34
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1997 Serbian general election|1997]]
| 1,162,216
| 29.26%
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|82|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 43
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
! [[2000 Serbian parliamentary election|2000]]
| 322,333
| 8.81%
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{Composition bar|23|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 59
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|2003]]
| 1,069,212
| 27.98%
| {{increase}} 1st
| {{Composition bar|82|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 59
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2007 Serbian parliamentary election|2007]]
| 1,153,453
| 29.07%
| {{Steady}} 1st
| {{Composition bar|81|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|2008]]
| 1,219,436
| 30.10%
| {{decrease}} 2nd
| {{Composition bar|78|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]]
| 180,558
| 4.83%
| {{decrease}} 7th
| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 78
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]]
| 72,303
| 2.08%
| {{decrease}} 11th
| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{nochange}} 0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016]]
| 306,052
| 8.34%
| {{increase}} 3rd
| {{Composition bar|22|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 22
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]]
| 65,954
| 2.13%
| {{decrease}} 8th
| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 22
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]]
| 82,066
| 2.22%
| {{decrease}} 9th
| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{nochange}} 0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
! [[2023 Serbian parliamentary election|2023]]
| 55,782
| 1.50%
| {{increase}} 8th
| {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Serbian Radical Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}
|-
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=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[President of Serbia]]
! rowspan=2| Election year
! rowspan=2| Candidate
! colspan=2| 1st Round
! colspan=2| 2nd Round
! rowspan=2| Results
|-
! # Votes
! % Votes
! # Votes
! % Votes
|-
! [[1990 Serbian general election|1990]]{{efn|Supported [[Vojislav Šešelj]] as independent candidate.}}
| [[Vojislav Šešelj]]
| 96,277
| 1.98%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[1992 Serbian general election|1992]]{{efn|Supported [[Socialist Party of Serbia|SPS]] candidate.}}
| [[Slobodan Milošević]]
| 2,515,047
| 57.46%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
! [[1997 Serbian general election|Sep 1997]]{{efn|name=lowturn|Election declared invalid due to low turnout.}}
| rowspan=4 | [[Vojislav Šešelj]]
| 1,126,940
| 28.36%
| 1,733,859
| 50.62%
| '''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
! [[1997 Serbian presidential election|Dec 1997]]
| 1,227,076
| 32.87%
| 1,383,868
| 38.81%
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[September-October 2002 Serbian presidential election|Sep 2002]]{{efn|name=lowturn}}
| 845,308
| 23.74%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[December 2002 Serbian presidential election|Dec 2002]]{{efn|name=lowturn}}
| 1,063,296
| 37.10%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[2003 Serbian presidential election|2003]]{{efn|name=lowturn}}
| rowspan=3 | [[Tomislav Nikolić]]
| 1,166,896
| 47.87%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
! [[2004 Serbian presidential election|2004]]
| 954,339
| 30.97%
| 1,434,068
| 46.03%
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[2008 Serbian presidential election|2008]]
| 1,646,172
| 40.76%
| 2,197,155
| 48.81%
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[2012 Serbian presidential election|2012]]
| [[Jadranka Šešelj]]
| 147,793
| 3.96%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[2017 Serbian presidential election|2017]]
| [[Vojislav Šešelj]]
| 163,802
| 4.56%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
! [[2022 Serbian presidential election|2022]]{{efn|Supported [[Serbian Progressive Party|SNS]] candidate.}}
| [[Aleksandar Vučić]]
| 2,224,914
| 60.01%
| colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| '''Won''' {{Y}}
|}
{{Notelist}}

== Positions held ==
Major positions held by Serbian Radical Party members:

{| class=wikitable
|-
! [[President of the National Assembly of Serbia]] !! Years
|-
| [[Tomislav Nikolić]]
| {{center|2007}}
|-
! [[List of mayors of Novi Sad|Mayor of Novi Sad]] !! Years
|-
| [[Milorad Mirčić]]
| 1993–1994
|-
| [[Maja Gojković]]
| 2004–2008
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Serbia|Politics|Conservatism}}
* [[Serbian nationalism]]
* [[Greater Serbia]]
* [[Party of Serb Radicals]]
* [[Serbian Radical Party "9th January"]]
* [[Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska]]

==References==
; Notes
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; Footnotes
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite journal|last1=Samardzija|first1=Anita|last2=Robertson|first2=Shanthi|title=Contradictory populism online: Nationalist and globalist discourses of the Serbian Radical Party's websites|journal=Communication, Politics & Culture|volume=45|issue=1|year=2012|page=96}}
* {{cite book|last=Stojarová|first=Vera|title=The far right in the Balkans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_SSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44|year=2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-1203-3|pages=5, 22, 35, 40, 48–50, 55–57, 64–65, 73, 82–83, 103–104, 106–112, 119, 152–155}}
* {{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Robert|title=Serbia Under Milošević: Politics in the 1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ih_Is_q4Rz8C|year=1999|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-341-7}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Serbian Radical Party}}
*[http://www.srpskaradikalnastranka.org.rs/ Serbian Radical Party Official website] {{in lang|sr}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/srpskaradikalnastranka.srs/ Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/srpski_radikali Twitter]

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