Parties and Elections in Europe

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Legislative elections: House of Represantatives, 4-year-term, 3% threshold (constituency-based), party-list proportional representation system

· High Representative (UN): Valentin Inzko · Presidency: Željko Komšić (SDP), Nebojša Radmanović (SNSD), Bakir Izetbegović (SDA)

· Prime Minister: Vjekoslav Bevanda (HDZ) · Government: SDP, SNSD, SDA, HDZ, SBiH, HDZ1990, PDP

Party		Ideology, Affiliation, Founding		2010	Seats	2006	Seats
	Socijaldemokratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP) Social Democratic Party of BiH	Social democracy	PESa, SI 1999 (hist. 1909)	20,0%	8	10,1%	5
	Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata (SNSD) Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	Social democracy; Serbian nationalism, Separatism	SI (susp.) 1996	19,5%	8	19,1%	7
	Stranka Demokratski Akcije (SDA) Party of Democratic Action	Conservatism; Social conservatism, Bosnian nationalism	EPPo, IDU 1990	15,1%	7	16,9%	9
	Srpska Demokratska Stranka (SDS) Serbian Democratic Party	Serbian nationalism; Far-right politics, Separatism	- 1992	9,7%	4	7,7%	3
	Savez za Bolju Budućnost (SBB) Union for a Better Future	TBA	- 2009	9,2%	4	-	-
	Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica BiH (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union of BiH	National conservatism; Christian democracy, Croatian nationalism	EPPo (susp.) 1991	8,0%	3	4,9%	3
	Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu (SBiH) Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	Centrism	- 1996	6,1%	2	15,5%	8
	Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica 1990 (HDZ1990) Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (2006: Croats Together)	Conservatism; Christian democracy, Croatian nationalism	- 2006	3,5%	2	3,7%	2
	Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak (NS) People's Party Working for Prosperity	Centrism	- 2001	3,0%	1	2,3%	1
	Partija Demokratskog Progresa (PDP) Party for Democratic Progress	Conservatism; Serbian nationalism	EPPo, IDUo 1999	2,8%	1	2,0%	1
	Demokratski Narodni Savez (DNS) Democratic People's Alliance	National conservatism; Serbian nationalism	- 2000	2,1%	1	1,4%	1
	Demokratska Narodna Zajednica (DNZ) Democratic People's Union	Regionalism; Bosnian nationalism	- 1996	1,0%	1	1,2%	1
	Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka (BPS) Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	Bosnian nationalism	- 1996	-	-	2,7%	1
Others		-	-	-	-	12,5%	-
Total		-	-	-	42	-	42
Turnout				56,5%		54,5%