Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

For the historical political party, see Social Democratic Party of Bosnia–Herzegovina (1909).

Political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine
Социјалдемократска партија Боснe и Херцеговинe

President| Nermin Nikšić
General Secretary| Elvir Karajbić
Vice Presidents|

See list

* Denis Bećirović
Benjamina Karić
Zukan Helez
Vojin Mijatović
Lana Prlić
Ivan Boban

Founder| Nijaz Duraković
Founded| 27 December 1992
Preceded by| SK BiH
Headquarters| Alipašina 41, Sarajevo
Youth wing| Forum Mladih SDP
Membership| 43,000
Ideology| Social democracy[1]
Pro-Europeanism
Political position| Centre-left[2][3]
National affiliation| Troika
European affiliation| Party of European Socialists (associate)
International affiliation| Socialist International
Progressive Alliance
HoR BiH|

5 / 42

HoP BiH|

0 / 15

HoR FBiH|

15 / 98

HoP FBiH|

13 / 80

NA RS|

3 / 83

Website
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The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP BiH) / Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине), also simply known as the Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija (SDP) / Социјалдемократска партија) is a social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

It is officially multi-ethnic, although it lost most of its former support among Croat and Serb voters in the decade following the 2000 parliamentary election, when it began to lean more towards Bosnian populism,[4] and now gathers most of its support from Bosniaks.[5][6][7]

## History

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### Origin

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Former party logo

The SDP BiH has its roots in the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 1909. The party was founded by workers to defend and represent their rights and interests, and consisted of members of all ethnic groups. On 20 April 1920, the Social Democratic Party became part of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.[8]

The SDP BiH was reestablished on 27 December 1992. The party was enlarged by the inclusion of the Social Democrats of BiH party to the original SDP.

### Timeline

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In the first post-war election in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996, the SDP BiH appeared in a coalition with five other parties within the Joint List. Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected.

On 6 April 1997, Zlatko Lagumdžija was elected as the SDP BiH's new president. In the 2000 parliamentary election, the SDP BiH won the most seats in the House of Representatives. On 22 February 2001, Božidar Matić was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

In the 2006 general election, Željko Komšić was elected Croat member of the Presidency. He was re-elected in the 2010 general election.

On 7 December 2014, Nermin Nikšić was elected president of the party, succeeding Lagumdžija.[9] On the eve of the 2020 municipal elections, the SDP BiH entered into a four-party liberal coalition alongside the parties People and Justice (NiP), Our Party (NS) and the Independent Bosnian-Herzegovinian List, colloquially known as the Four.

The coalition, also supported by the Union for a Better Future and the People's European Union, announced Denis Bećirović's candidacy in the Bosnian general election on 21 May 2022, running for Presidency member and representing the Bosniaks.[10] In the general election, held on 2 October 2022, Bećirović was elected to the Presidency, having obtained 57.37% of the vote.[11] Following the election, the SDP BiH reached an agreement on the formation of a new government supported by the coalition of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, the Croatian Democratic Union, NiP, NS and the Democratic People's Alliance.[12]

## Ideology

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The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left democratic party. The program vision corresponds to values and ideas of social democracy in Europe and the world. The SDP BiH is a civic party that is particularly interested in improving the social status of workers, rural population, students, youth, veterans, women, pensioners and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the diaspora.

## List of presidents

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#  | Name
(Born–Died) | Portrait  | Term of Office  | Days

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|
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1  | Nijaz Duraković
(1949–2012) |  | 27 December 1992 | 6 April 1997  | 4 years, 100 days
2  | Zlatko Lagumdžija
(b. 1955) |  | 6 April 1997 | 7 December 2014  | 17 years, 245 days
3  | Nermin Nikšić
(b. 1960) |  | 7 December 2014 | present | 9 years, 300 days

## Elections

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### Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year  | Leader  | #  | Popular vote  | %  | HoR | Seat change  | HoP | Seat change  | Government

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1996[a] | Nijaz Duraković | 4th  | 136,203  | 5.68  |

2 / 42

| New  |

0 / 15

| New  | Opposition
1998 | Zlatko Lagumdžija | 5th  | 159,876  | 9.26  |

4 / 42

|  2  |

1 / 15

|  1  | Opposition
2000 | 1st  | 268,270  | 18.00  |

9 / 42

|  5  |

3 / 15

|  2  | Coalition
2002 | 4th  | 128,212  | 10.43  |

4 / 42

|  5  |

1 / 15

|  2  | Opposition
2006 | 4th  | 143,272  | 10.15  |

5 / 42

|  1  |

1 / 15

|  0  | Opposition
2010 | 1st  | 284,435  | 17.33  |

8 / 42

|  3  |

4 / 15

|  3  | Coalition
2014 | 7th  | 108,501  | 6.65  |

3 / 42

|  5  |

0 / 15

|  4  | Opposition
2018 | Nermin Nikšić | 4th  | 150,453  | 9.08  |

5 / 42

|  2  |

1 / 15

|  1  | Opposition
2022 | 4th  | 129,499  | 8.15  |

5 / 42

|  0  |

0 / 15

|  1  | Coalition

### Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year  | Leader  | #  | Popular vote  | %  | HoR | Seat change  | HoP | Seat change  | Government

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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1996[a] | Nijaz Duraković | 3rd  | 105,897  | 7.93  |

11 / 140

| New  |

4 / 65

| New  | Opposition
1998 | Zlatko Lagumdžija | 3rd  | 126,635  | 13.65  |

19 / 140

|  8  |

10 / 72

|  6  | Opposition
2000 | 2nd  | 226,440  | 26.09  |

37 / 140

|  18  |

37 / 81

|  27  | Coalition
2002 | 3rd  | 111,668  | 15.96  |

15 / 98

|  22  |

9 / 58

|  28  | Opposition
2006 | 3rd  | 130,204  | 15.17  |

17 / 98

|  2  |

12 / 58

|  3  | Opposition
2010 | 1st  | 251,053  | 24.53  |

28 / 98

|  11  |

21 / 58

|  9  | Coalition
2014 | 5th  | 100,626  | 10.14  |

12 / 98

|  16  |

10 / 58

|  11  | Opposition
2018 | Nermin Nikšić | 2nd  | 145,458  | 14.53  |

16 / 98

|  4  |

12 / 58

|  2  | Opposition
2022 | 2nd  | 131,323  | 13.46  |

15 / 98

|  1  |

15 / 80

|  3  | Coalition

### Presidency elections

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Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Election year  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | Representing  | Note  | Elected?

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1996[a] | 2nd  | Ivo Komšić[b] | 37,684 | 10.1% | Croats | Support | No
4th  | Sead Avdić | 21,254 | 2.3% | Bosniaks | — | No
1998 | 2nd  | Gradimir Gojer | 113,961 | 31.8% | Croats | — | No
2002 | 3rd  | Alija Behmen | 90,434 | 17.5% | Bosniaks | — | No
7th  | Mladen Grahovac | 22,852 | 4.5% | Serbs | — | No
2006 | 1st  | Željko Komšić | 116,062 | 40.0% | Croats | — | Yes
4th  | Jugoslav Jovičić | 22,245 | 4.1% | Serbs | — | No
2010 | 1st  | Željko Komšić | 337,065 | 60.6% | Croats | — | Yes
2014 | 4th  | Bakir Hadžiomerović | 75,369 | 10.0% | Bosniaks | — | No
2018 | 2nd  | Denis Bećirović | 194,688 | 33.5% | Bosniaks | — | No
2022 | 1st  | Denis Bećirović | 330,238 | 57.37% | Bosniaks | — | Yes
3rd  | Vojin Mijatović | 38,655 | 6.1% | Serbs | — | No

### Cantonal elections

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Cantonal election | Cantonal Assembly

|

Una-Sana | Posavina | Tuzla | Zenica-Doboj | Bosnian Podrinje Goražde | Central Bosnia | Herzegovina-Neretva | West Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Canton 10 | Total won / Total contested
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1996  |

1 / 50

0 / 20

9 / 50

4 / 59

1 / 31

2 / 55

1 / 50

0 / 31

8 / 45

0 / 15

26 / 406

1998  |

3 / 50

1 / 30

10 / 50

11 / 50

5 / 31

5 / 50

3 / 50

0 / 31

11 / 45

1 / 30

50 / 417

2000  |

6 / 30

4 / 19

16 / 35

11 / 35

8 / 25

6 / 28

4 / 28

0 / 21

14 / 35

1 / 23

70 / 279

2002  |

4 / 30

3 / 21

11 / 35

6 / 35

5 / 25

3 / 30

3 / 30

0 / 23

10 / 35

1 / 25

46 / 289

2006  |

6 / 30

2 / 21

11 / 35

5 / 35

6 / 25

3 / 30

2 / 30

0 / 23

7 / 35

1 / 25

43 / 289

2010  |

8 / 30

1 / 21

13 / 35

10 / 35

7 / 25

6 / 30

5 / 30

0 / 23

10 / 35

1 / 25

61 / 289

2014  |

4 / 30

1 / 21

6 / 35

4 / 35

2 / 25

4 / 30

3 / 30

0 / 23

4 / 35

1 / 25

29 / 289

2018  |

4 / 30

1 / 21

10 / 35

6 / 35

2 / 25

5 / 30

3 / 30

0 / 23

4 / 35

1 / 25

36 / 289

2022  |

3 / 30

1 / 21

8 / 35

5 / 35

2 / 25

4 / 30

3 / 30

0 / 23

6 / 35

2 / 25

34 / 289

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Run as part of the Joint List.
2. ^ Member of the HSS.

## References

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1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
2. ^ Nardelli, Alberto; Dzidic, Denis; Jukic, Elvira (8 October 2014). "Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world's most complicated system of government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
3. ^ SDP statute (page 2.)
4. ^ "Key political parties and profiles of the main political parties running in the 2018 general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina". balkaninsight.com. BIRN. 24 September 2018.
5. ^ Woehrel, Steven (24 January 2013). "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Current Issues and U.S. Policy" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
6. ^ Farrand, Robert William (2011), Reconstruction and Peace Building in the Balkans: The Brčko Experience, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 62
7. ^ Bideleux, Robert; Jeffries, Ian (2007), The Balkans: A Post-Communist History, Routledge, pp. 376–377
8. ^ "Historija SDP BiH". SDP BiH (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. ^ E. Gorinjac (7 December 2014). "Nermin Nikšić je novi predsjednik SDP-a" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
10. ^ G.M. (21 May 2022). "Denis Bećirović zvanično kandidat opozicije za člana Predsjedništva BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
11. ^ D.Be. (23 October 2022). "Bećirović dobio 116 hiljada glasova više od Izetbegovića, a Cvijanović sama više od svojih protukandidata skupa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
12. ^ N.V. (25 January 2023). "BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

### Sources

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* SDP sada broji 40.000 članova, svakog mjeseca broj se poveća za 464 člana at sdp.ba

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