Party for Democratic Action

For political parties with similar names, see Party of Democratic Action (disambiguation).

The Party for Democratic Action^[2] or Democratic Action Party^[3] (Albanian: Partia për veprim demokratik, abbr. PVD; Serbian: Партија за демократско деловање, romanized: Partija za demokratsko delovanje, abbr. PDD) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Albanian ethnic minority. It is currently led by Shaip Kamberi.

Party for Democratic Action Partia për veprim demokratik Партија за демократско деловање
Abbreviation	PVD, PDD
Leader	Shaip Kamberi
Founder	Riza Halimi
Founded	19 August 1990 (1990-08-19)
Headquarters	Ramiza Sadiku 3, Preševo
Ideology	Albanian minority interests[1]
National affiliation	KShLP
Parliamentary group	PSG–SDA of Sandžak–PDD
Colors	Blue   Yellow
National Assembly	1 / 250
Website
pvd-pbm.org
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History

At the latest legislative election in 2016, the party received one seat in parliament, a drop from its peak of two seats in 2014 election. It raised to 3 seats in 2020, following a campaign by Albania's foreign service to increase the political participation of Albanian ethnic minority from the Presevo Valley in Serbia's political elections.^[4][5]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
1990	Riza Halimi	21,998	0.46%	17th	1 / 250	1	–	Opposition
1992		17,172	0.39%	17th	0 / 250	1	–	Extra-parliamentary
1993		29,342	0.71%	12th	1 / 250	1	PVD–PDS	Opposition
1997		14,179	0.36%	14th	1 / 250	0	PVD–DPB	Opposition
2000		Did not participate			0 / 250	1	–	Extra-parliamentary
2003		Did not participate			0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary
2007		16,973	0.43%	13th	1 / 250	1	KSLP	Opposition
2008		16,801	0.41%	9th	1 / 250	0	KSLP	Opposition
2012		13,384	0.36%	16th	1 / 250	0	KSLP	Opposition
2014		24,301	0.70%	13th	2 / 250	1	–	Support
2016		16,262	0.44%	15th	1 / 250	1	–	Support
2020	Shaip Kamberi	26,437	0.85%	14th	3 / 250	1	PVD–APN–PD–LR–LPD	Opposition
2022		10,165	0.28%	16th	1 / 250	1	KSLP	Opposition
2023		13,486	0.37%	13th	1 / 250	0	BPSV	Opposition