Citizen Option for Macedonia

Citizen Option for Macedonia Граѓанска опција за Македонија

Leader	Stevčo Jakimovski
Secretary-General	Krste Petrevski
Founded	2013
Split from	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
Headquarters	Skopje
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre^[1]
National affiliation	Brave for Macedonia
Colours	Cyan (customary)
Parliament	0 / 123
Mayors	1 / 81
Local councils	2 / 1,333
Skopje city council	0 / 45
Website
www.grom.mk
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The Citizen Option for Macedonia (Macedonian: Граѓанска опција за Македонија, Gragjanska оpcija za Makedonija), abbr. ГРОМ/GROM (lit. 'thunder'), is a political party in North Macedonia led by Stevčo Jakimovski, mayor of Karpoš.

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History

The party was established by Stevčo Jakimovski in May 2013 after he left the Social Democratic Union in protest at its planned boycott of the 2013 local elections.^[2] It nominated Zoran T. Popovski as its presidential candidate for the 2014 general elections, with Popovski finishing fourth out of four candidates with 3.61% of the vote.

In the parliamentary elections GROM led an alliance under its own name, including the Liberal Party, the Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia, the Union of Tito's Left Forces, and the Party of Free Democrats.^[3] The alliance received 2.8% of the vote, winning one seat in the Assembly.^[4]

In the presidential elections in 2024, participated candidate Stevčo Jakimovski, who won 8,121 votes, i.e. 0.91% of the votes, in a coalition with Integra and PCER.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
2024	Stevčo Jakimovski	8,121	0.92%	—	—	Lost N

References

^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Macedonia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ Citizens Option for Macedonia, GROM Balkan Insight, 21 March 2014
^ The Republic of Macedonia's 2014 Parliamentary Elections Handbook Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
^ Macedonia IFES

External links

Official website

Political parties in North Macedonia

We Can
(39 seats)

MPs	SDSM (31) Serbian Party in Macedonia (1) New Social Democratic Party (2) Liberal Democratic Party (2) POPGM (1) Independent (2)
Without MPs	Democratic Renewal of Macedonia Party for a European Future New Alternative Party for Economic Changes 21 Social and Economic Progress Party Party of Pensioners United Party for Roma Equality Union of Roma in Macedonia Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Roma Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia VMRO – People's Party

Renewal
(43 seats)

MPs

VMRO-DPMNE (37)
Socialist Party of Macedonia (2)
Democratic Union (1)
Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (1)
Roma United by Macedonia (1)
Party of United Democrats of Macedonia (1)

Without MPs

Dignity
Macedonian Concept
Macedonian Action
Union of Tito's Left Forces
New Liberal Party
Workers-Peasant Party from Macedonia
Democratic Bosniak Party
Party of the Democratic Action of Macedonia
Roma Democratic Forces
Roma Integration Party
Democratic Party of Roma
Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia
Movement for National Unity of the Turks in Macedonia
Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia
United for Macedonia
Voice for Macedonia

European Front
(19 seats)

MPs	Democratic Union for Integration (13) Democratic Party of Turks (1) Party for the Movement of the Turks in Macedonia (1) Democratic Party of Albanians (1) Alliance for Albanians-Sela (2)

VLEN
(13 seats)

MPs	Alliance for Albanians (6) Alternativa (4) Besa Movement (2)

Other parties

The Left (6)
For Our Macedonia (ZNAM) (5)