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 FEDERATION (BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA)

President: Marinko Cavara (HDZ) · Prime Minister: Nermin Nikšic (SDP) · Governing parties: SDP, HDZ, NiP, NS, HDZ1990
Legislative elections: House of Representatives, 4-year-term, 98 seats, party-list PR:

  2022 2018 2014 2010
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Stranka Demokratske Akcije (SDA)
Party of Democratic Action		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 24,4 26 25,3 27 27,9 29 20,2 23
Socijaldemokratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Social democracy 13,5 15 14,5 16 10,1 12 24,5 28
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica BiH (HDZ BiH)
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Croatian nationalism
National conservatism
Christian democracy		 13,4 15 14,4 16 11,9 12 10,6 12
Demokratska Fronta (DF)
Democratic Front (a)		 Social democracy
Centrism   		 11,0 12 9,4 10 12,9 14 - -
Narod i Pravda (NiP)
People and Justice (b)		 Bosnian nationalism          
Conservatism 		 6,9 7 2,3 2 - - - -
Naša Stranka (NS)
Our Party		 Liberalism 5,2 6 5,1 6 1,5 1 1,3 -
Narodni Evropski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (NES)
People's European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 4,3 5 2,7 2 2,3 2 1,9 1
Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu (SBiH)
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Centrism   3,7 4 2,3 - 3,3 3 7,6 9
Savez za Bolju Budućnost (SBB)
Alliance for a Better Future		 Conservatism 2,8 - 7,1 8 14,7 16 11,9 13
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica 1990 (HDZ1990)
Croatian Democratic Union 1990		 Croatian nationalism
Conservatism
Christian democracy		 2,7 3 2,6 2 4,0 4 HK (3)
Pokret Demokratske Akcije (PDA)
Movement of Democratic Action		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 1,9 1 3,8 4 - - - -
Bosanskohercegovača Inicijativa (BHI)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative		 Centrism 1,9 1 - - - - - -
Nezavisni Blok (NB)
Independent Bloc		 Bosnian nationalism
Conservatism 		 1,6 - 3,5 4 - - - -
Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka (BPS)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party		 Bosnian nationalism 1,4 - 1,4 - 3,7 4 2,7 -
Hrvatska Republikanska Stranka (HRS)
Croatian Republican Party		 Croatian nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism		 1,3 1 0,7 - - - - -
Laburisticka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (LS)
Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Regionalism 0,4 - 0,8 1 0,6 1 - -
Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata (SNSD)
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (c)		 Serbian nationalism
Social democracy		 0,3 - 0,5 - 0,7 - 0,9 1
Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak (NSRZB)
People's Party Work for Prosperity (d)		 Liberalism 0,1 - 0,2 - 1,5 - 4,7 5
Hrvatska Kršcanska Demokratska Unija BiH (HKDU BiH)
Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Christian democracy
National conservatism		 HDZ - HDZ (1) HDZ (1) HDZ (1)
Hrvatska Stranka Prava Bosne i Hercegovine (HSP BiH)
Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Croatian nationalism
Far-right politics		 HDZ - HDZ - 0,7 - HK (2)
Demokratska Narodna Zajednica (DNZ)
Democratic People's Union (e)		 Regionalism - - 0,2 - 1,4 - 1,5 1
Hrvatska Koalicija (HK)
Croatian Coalition		 Croatian nationalism
Conservatism		 - - - - - - 4,7 5
Others 5,1 2 3,2 - 3,8 - 7,5 -
Total - 98 - 98 - 98 - 98
Turnout 50,1 51,8 53,0 56,7

© 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Sources: Centralna Izborna Komisija (www.izbori.ba). Notes: (a) 2018/2022: Democratic Front-Civic Alliance (DF-GS); (b) 2018: People and Justice-Party of Pensioners of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NiP-SPU); (c) 2018: Serbian List (SL); (d) 2018: LDS for Prosperity (LDSZB); (e) 2014: Together for Change (ZZP).