Bosniak Democratic Union

Political party in Serbia

Bosniak Democratic Union (Serbian Cyrillic: Бошњачка демократска заједница, romanized: Bošnjačka demokratska stranka, BDZ) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority. It is led by Emir Elfić.[1]

History

It was founded on 25 December 2010 in Novi Pazar.[2] Its founder and leader is economist Emir Elfić[2] (as of 2016).[3] The party led the All Together ethnic minority political alliance that participated in the 2012 parliamentary election.[4] The alliance received 24,993 votes (0.63%) and 1 seat in the parliament.[5] In the 2014 elections, the alliance received 3,983 votes (0.11%) and lost its seat.[6] The alliance was dissolved. In March 2016, the BDZ and the Sandžak Democratic Party agreed on a coalition.[3] It did not participate in the 2016 elections.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Mediji: Emir Elfić opozvan sa dužnosti ambasadora Srbije u Libanu - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. ^ a b BDZ & 25 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b Večernje novosti & 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ "BDZ PREDALA LISTE U SVIM SANDŽAČKIM GRADOVIMA I PODRŽALA MUFTIJU ZA PREDSJEDNIKA — Bosnjaci.Net". Bošnjaci. 2012.
  5. ^ Vukmirović, Dragan (2012). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije i za predsednika Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. ISBN 978-86-6161-021-9. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ Vukmirović, Dragan (2014). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-108-7. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Изборне листе". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-19.

Sources

  • BDZ (25 December 2010). "Osnivački akt". BDZ.
  • Večernje novosti (6 March 2016). "Sporazum BDZ i SDP: Zajedno na sve izbore". B92.