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 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Legislative elections: House of Represantatives, 4-year-term, 3% threshold (constituency-based), party-list proportional representation system
           · Presidency (Chairman): Zeljko Komsić (SDP) · Prime Minister: Nikola Spirić (SNSD) · Government: SNSD, SDA, SBiH, HDZ, HZ, PDP, NS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata (SNSD)
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Social democracy; Serbian interests
 
SI
1996
19,1% 7
Stranka Demokratski Akcije (SDA)
Party of Democratic Action
Conservatism; Bosnian interests
 
EPPo
1990
16,9% 9
Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu (SBiH)
Party for Bosnia and Hercegovina
Centrism
 
-
1996
15,5% 8
Socijaldemokratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of BiH
Social democracy
 
PESa, SI
1999
(orig. 1909)
10,1% 5
Srpska Demokratska Stranka (SDS)
Serbian Democratic Party
Nationalism; Radical right, Serbian interests -
1992
7,7% 3
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica BiH (HDZ)
Croatian Democratic Union of BiH
National conservatism; Christian democracy, Croatian interests EPPo (susp.)
1991
4,9% 3
Hrvatsko Zajedništvo (HZ)
Croats Together
(alliance led by HDZ1990)
Conservatism; Christian democracy, Croatian interests -
2006
3,7% 2
Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka (BPS)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party
Nationalism; Radical right, Bosnian interests -
1996
2,7% 1
Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak (NS)
People's Party Working for Prosperity
Centrism
 
-
2001
2,3% 1
Partija Demokratskog Progresa (PDP)
Party for Democratic Progress
Conservatism; Serbian interests
 
EPPo, IDUo
1999
2,0% 1
Demokratski Narodni Savez (DNS)
Democratic People's Alliance
National conservatism; Serbian interests -
2000
1,4% 1
Demokratska Narodna Zajednica (DNZ)
Democratic People's Union
Regionalism; Bosnian interests
 
-
1996
1,2% 1
Others - -     12,5% -
Total - -     - 42
Turnout - -   54,5%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Centralna Izborna Komisija (http://www.izbori.ba). Archive: Elections 1990-2002.