List of political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Every ethnic community has its own dominant political party.

Represented in the Parliamentary Assembly

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology HoR HoP Ethnic group
Party of Democratic Action
Stranka demokratske akcije		 SDA Bakir Izetbegović Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism
Islamic democracy		 9 3 Bosniak
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Савез независних социјалдемократа
Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata		 SNSD Milorad Dodik Serbian nationalism
Social democracy		 5 2 Serb
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine		 HDZ BiH Dragan Čović Croatian nationalism
Conservatism
Christian democracy		 5 3 Croat
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine
Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине		 SDP BiH Nermin Nikšić Social democracy 5 0 Multi-ethnic
Serbian Democratic Party
Српска демократска странка
Srpska demokratska stranka		 SDS Vukota Govedarica Serbian nationalism
National conservatism		 4 2 Serb
Democratic Front
Demokratska fronta
Демократски фронт		 DF Željko Komšić Social democracy
Civic nationalism		 3 1 Multi-ethnic
Union for a Better Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Savez za bolju budućnost Bosne i Herzegovine		 SBB BiH Fahrudin Radončić Liberal conservatism
Populism
Bosniak nationalism		 2 1 Bosniak
Party of Democratic Progress
Партија демократског прогреса
Partija demokratskog progresa		 PDP Branislav Borenović Social democracy 2 0 Serb
Democratic People's Alliance
Демократски народни савез
Demokratski narodni savez		 DNS Marko Pavić Serbian nationalism
National conservatism		 1 1 Serb
Party of Democratic Activity
Stranka demokratske aktivnosti		 A-SDA Nermin Ogrešević Bosnian nationalism
Islamic democracy
National conservatism		 1 0 Bosniak

Represented solely at entity level

Republika Sprska

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology National
Assembly		 Ethnic group
Party of Democratic Progress
Партија демократског прогреса
Partija demokratskog progresa		 PDP Branislav Borenović Serbian nationalism
Conservatism
7
 Serb
Socialist Party
Социјалистичка партија
Socijalistička partija		 SP Petar Đokić Social democracy
Democratic socialism
5
 Multi-ethnic
Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatska stranka prava Bosne i Hercegovine		 HSP BiH Stanko Primorac Croatian nationalism
Conservatism
Neo-fascism
1
 Croat

See also

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References

    Sources

    • Stojarová, Vera; Emerson, Peter (2013). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-23585-7.
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