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Collective Head of State: Presidency · Prime Minister: Borjana Krišto (HDZ) · Governing parties: SNSD, SDP, HDZ, NiP, DNS, NS
Legislative elections: House of Representatives, 4-year-term, 42 seats, 3% threshold (constituency-based), party-list PR:

   2022 2018 2014 2010
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Stranka Demokratske Akcije (SDA)
Party of Democratic Action		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 17,2 9 17,0 9 18,7 10 13,1 7
Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata (SNSD)
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats		 Serbian nationalism
Social democracy		 16,3 6 15,9 6 15,6 6 16,9 8
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica BiH (HDZ)
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Croatian nationalism
National conservatism
Christian democracy		 8,8 4 8,7 5 7,5 4 7,0 3
Socijaldemokratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Social democracy    8,2 5 9,1 5 6,7 3 17,3 8
Srpska Demokratska Stranka (SDS)
Serbian Democratic Party (a)		 Serbian nationalism    7,1 2 9,9 3 13,0 5 8,4 4
Demokratska Fronta (DF)
Democratic Front (b)		 Social democracy
Centrism   		 6,4 3 5,9 3 9,2 5 - -
Narod i Pravda (NiP)
People and Justice		 Serbian nationalism        
Conservatism 		 5,0 3 1,4 - - - - -
Partija Demokratskog Progresa (PDP)
Party of Democratic Progress		 Serbian nationalism
Conservatism 		 4,6 2 5,1 2 3,1 1 2,4 1
Naša Stranka (NS)
Our Party		 Liberalism   3,1 2 3,0 2 0,7 - 1,2 -
Narodni Evropski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (NES)
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (c)		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 3,0 2 1,8 1 1,4 1 1,1 -
Za Pravdu i Red (ZPR)
For Justice and Order		 Anti-corruption politics   2,1 1 - - - - - -
Demokratski Savez (DEMOS)
Democratic Alliance		 Serbian nationalism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism		 1,9 1 - - - - - -
Ujedinjena Srpska (US)
United Serbian		 Serbian nationalism      1,6 1 - - - - - -
Savez za Bolju Budućnost (SBB)
Alliance for a Better Future		 Conservatism   1,6 - 4,2 2 8,7 4 8,0 4
Nezavisni Blok (NB)
Independent Bloc		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 1,6 - 2,6 1 - - - -
Socijalisticka Partija (SP)
Socialist Party		 Social democracy   1,5 - 1,9 1 1,2 - 0,9 -
Demokratski Narodni Savez (DNS)
Democratic People's Alliance (d)		 Serbian nationalism
National conservatism       		 1,4 - 4,2 1 2,3 1 1,8 1
Bosanskohercegovača Inicijativa (BHI)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative		 Centrism  1,3 1 - - - - - -
Pokret Demokratske Akcije (PDA)
Movement of Democratic Action		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 0,9 - 2,4 1 - - - -
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica 1990 (HDZ1990)
Croatian Democratic Union 1990		 Croatian nationalism
National conservatism
Christian democracy		 1,6 - 1,7 - 2,5 1 HK (1)
Bosanskohercegovacka Patriotska Stranka (BPS)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party		 Nationalism   0,0 - 1,0 - 2,4 1 - -
Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu (SBiH)
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Centrism   1,7 - 1,1 - 1,6 - 5,3 2
Hrvatska Stranka Prava Bosne i Hercegovine (HSP BiH)
Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Croatian nationalism
Far-right politics		 HDZ - HDZ - 0,3 - HK (1)
Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak (NSRZB)
People's Party Work for Prosperity (e)		 Liberalism - - 0,1 - 0,8 - 2,6 1
Demokratska Narodna Zajednica (DNZ)
Democratic People's Union		 Regionalism - - - - 1,0 - 0,9 1
Hrvatska Koalicija (HK)
Croatian Coalition		 Croatian nationalism
Conservatism		 - - - - - - 3,1 2
Others 3,1 - 3,0 - 3,3 - 10,0 -
Total - 42 - 42 - 42 - 42
Turnout 51,5 53,4 59,3 56,5

© 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Sources: Centralna Izborna Komisija (www.izbori.ba).  For full coverage, click here (1990-present). Notes: (a) 2018: Serbian Democratic Party-People's Democratic Movement-Progressive Serbian-Serbian Radical Party Dr. Vojislav Šešelj (SDS-NDP-NS-SRSVS); 2022: Serbian Democratic Party-People's Democratic Party-Progressive Serbian (SDS-NDP-NS); (b) 2018/2022: Democratic Front-Civic Alliance (DF-GS); (c) 2010/2014/2018: Party of Democratic Activity (ASDA); (d) 2014: Democratic People's Alliance-Progressive Serbian-Serbian Radical Party (DNS-NS-SRS); (e) 2018: LDS for Prosperity (LDSZB).