The Serb Democratic Party (Serbian: Српска демократска странка, romanized: Srpska Demokratska Stranka, abbr.
SDS), alternately known as the Serb Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian: Српска демократска странка Србије, romanized: Srpska Demokratska Stranka Srbije, abbr.
[7] The election took place under a system of mixed proportional representation; the leader of the party's electoral list was Jovan Rašković, who had by this time relocated to Serbia.
[9] For the December 1992 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, held under a system of full proportional representation, the SDS formed an alliance with Milan Paroški's People's Party called Srpska Opozicija (English: Serbian Opposition).
[10] In the concurrent 1992 Serbian parliamentary election, also held under a system of full proportional representation, the SDS ran on its own and won 9,771 votes and no seats.
Although the SDS was not formally aligned with any of these groups, Kojčić was appointed as deputy minister of relations with Serbs outside Serbia, a role he held until a new government was formed in January 2001.
[16][17] In November 2003, the Democratic Party of Serbia announced that Kojčić would appear on its electoral list for the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election as a candidate of the SDS.