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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 the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president. Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians is part of Hungarian Coalition, which also include two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia.

Participation in elections

State elections

At the legislative elections in Serbia on December 28, 2003, the party was part of the Together for Tolerance alliance, that won no seats.

At the parliamentary elections in Serbia on January 21, 2007, the party got enough votes to send 3 of its members to the parliament.

At the 2008 parliamentary elections in Serbia, the party was part of Hungarian Coalition, which won 4 seats in the Serbian parliament.

Provincial elections

On the provincial elections in Vojvodina in 2004, 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.

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

Local elections

In the local elections in Serbia in 2004, the party won 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 local elections in Serbia in 2008, the party was part of Hungarian Coalition, 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%).

See also

• Hungarian Coalition
• Hungarian Regional Autonomy

External links

• Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians official site