Union of Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Union of Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Unija bosansko-hercegovačkih socijaldemokrata; abbr. UBSD) was a social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1992, it merged into the Social Democratic Party in 1999.

History

The UBSD was formed by the Bosnian section of the Union of Reform Forces after the breakup of Yugoslavia.[1] It contested the 1996 general election as part of the Joint List alliance alongside the Social Democratic Party, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.[2] Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected.[3] In the election for the national House of Representatives, the Joint List received 5.68% of the vote and won two of the 42 seats.

In the 1998 general election, the party did not put forward a presidential candidate, but won two seats in the national House of Representatives.[4] It merged into the Social Democratic Party in February 1999.[5]

Election results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Election # Vote % HoR +/– HoP +/– Status
1996 Part of the Joint List
0 / 42
 New
0 / 15
 New Extra-parliamentary
1998 8th 28,740 1.66
2 / 42
 Increase 2
0 / 15
 Steady 0 Opposition

References

  1. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina Parties and Elections
  2. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p332 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ "Izbori u BiH 1996. godine" (in Bosnian). N1. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p340
  5. ^ Alan John Day (2004) A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, p537