The Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu, abbreviated SBiH) is a centrist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party is one of the most prominent centrist and the most prominent unitarianist party in the country as it staunchly opposes federalism and devolution of political power along ethnic lines by the means of federal entities – i.e. Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.[1][2][3]
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu | |
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| Leader | Semir Efendić |
| Founder | Haris Silajdžić |
| Founded | 13 April 1996 |
| Split from | Party of Democratic Action |
| Headquarters | Maršala Tita 9a, 71000 Sarajevo |
| Ideology | Social conservatism[1][2] Bosnian unitarism[3][4] Pro-Europeanism Atlanticism |
| Political position | Centre[5] |
| HoR BiH | 0 / 42 |
| HoP BiH | 1 / 15 |
| HoR FBiH | 4 / 98 |
| HoP FBiH | 2 / 80 |
| NA RS | 0 / 83 |
| Website | |
| www.zabih.ba | |
List of presidents
| # | Name (Born–Died) | Portrait | Term of Office | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haris Silajdžić (b. 1945) | .jpg) | 13 April 1996 | 6 March 2012 | 15 years, 328 days |
| 2 | Amer Jerlagić (b. 1967) |  | 6 March 2012 | 23 April 2021 | 9 years, 48 days |
| 3 | Semir Efendić (b. 1983) | | 23 April 2021 | present | 3 years, 78 days |
Elections
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Haris Silajdžić | 5th | 93,816 | 3.91 | 2 / 42 | New | 0 / 15 | New | Coalition |
| 1998[a] | 1st | 583,945 | 33.83 | 3 / 42 |  1 | 1 / 15 | 1 | Coalition | |
| 2000 | 5th | 168,995 | 11.34 | 5 / 42 | 2 | 1 / 15 |  0 | Coalition | |
| 2002 | 3rd | 136,090 | 11.07 | 6 / 42 | 1 | 1 / 15 | 0 | Coalition | |
| 2006 | 3rd | 219,487 | 15.54 | 8 / 42 | 2 | 1 / 15 | 0 | Coalition | |
| 2010 | 7th | 86,669 | 5.28 | 2 / 42 |  6 | 0 / 15 | 1 | Opposition | |
| 2014 | Amer Jerlagić | 12th | 25,677 | 1.57 | 0 / 42 | 2 | 0 / 15 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2018 | 17th | 17,830 | 1.08 | 0 / 42 | 0 | 0 / 15 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2022 | Semir Efendić | 13th | 26,480 | 1.67 | 0 / 42 | 0 | 1 / 15 | 1 | Opposition |
Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Haris Silajdžić | 4th | 98,207 | 7.35 | 10 / 140 | New | 4 / 65 | New | Coalition |
| 1998[a] | 1st | 456,458 | 49.20 | 68 / 140 | 58 | 26 / 72 | 22 | Coalition | |
| 2000 | 4th | 128,833 | 14.85 | 21 / 140 | 47 | 10 / 81 | 16 | Coalition | |
| 2002 | 4th | 109,843 | 15.70 | 15 / 98 | 6 | 9 / 58 | 1 | Coalition | |
| 2006 | 2nd | 190,148 | 22.16 | 24 / 98 | 9 | 9 / 58 | | Coalition | |
| 2010 | 5th | 78,086 | 7.63 | 9 / 98 | 15 | 0 / 58 | 9 | Opposition | |
| 2014 | Amer Jerlagić | 8th | 32,790 | 3.30 | 3 / 98 | 6 | 0 / 58 | | Opposition |
| 2018 | 12th | 23,007 | 2.30 | 0 / 98 | 3 | 1 / 58 | 1 | Opposition | |
| 2022 | Semir Efendić | 8th | 36,465 | 3.74 | 4 / 98 | 4 | 1 / 80 | | Opposition |
Presidency elections
| Election year | # | Candidate | Votes | % | Representing | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2nd | Haris Silajdžić | 124,396 | 13.6% | Bosniaks | No |
| 1998[a] | 1st | Alija Izetbegović[b] | 511,541 | 86.8% | Bosniaks | Yes |
| 2002 | 2nd | Haris Silajdžić | 179,726 | 34.8% | Bosniaks | No |
| 2006 | 1st | Haris Silajdžić | 350,520 | 62.8% | Bosniaks | Yes |
| 2010 | 3rd | Haris Silajdžić | 117,240 | 25.10% | Bosniaks | No |
| 2018 | 6th | Amer Jerlagić | 9,655 | 1.66% | Bosniaks | No |
| 2022 | 1st | Željko Komšić[c] | 227,540 | 55.80% | Croats | Yes |
Cantonal elections
| Cantonal election | Cantonal Assembly | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Una-Sana | Posavina | Tuzla | Zenica-Doboj | Bosnian Podrinje Goražde | Central Bosnia | Herzegovina-Neretva | West Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Canton 10 | Total won / Total contested | ||||
| 1996 | 3 / 50 | 0 / 20 | 5 / 50 | 6 / 59 | 4 / 31 | 1 / 55 | 2 / 50 | 0 / 31 | 6 / 45 | 0 / 15 | 27 / 406 | |||
| 1998 | 33 / 50 | 5 / 30 | 26 / 50 | 29 / 50 | 21 / 31 | 22 / 50 | 18 / 50 | 0 / 31 | 25 / 45 | 4 / 30 | 182 / 417 | |||
| 2000 | 5 / 30 | 1 / 19 | 4 / 35 | 6 / 35 | 8 / 25 | 4 / 28 | 4 / 28 | 0 / 21 | 10 / 35 | 1 / 23 | 43 / 279 | |||
| 2002 | 5 / 30 | 1 / 21 | 6 / 35 | 6 / 35 | 8 / 25 | 5 / 30 | 5 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 10 / 35 | 1 / 25 | 47 / 289 | |||
| 2006 | 6 / 30 | 1 / 21 | 7 / 35 | 11 / 35 | 8 / 25 | 7 / 30 | 5 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 13 / 35 | 1 / 25 | 59 / 289 | |||
| 2010 | 3 / 30 | 1 / 21 | 3 / 35 | 4 / 35 | 4 / 25 | 2 / 30 | 2 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 4 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 23 / 289 | |||
| 2014 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 21 | 3 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 2 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 7 / 289 | |||
| 2018 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 21 | 2 / 35 | 1 / 35 | 2 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 5 / 289 | |||
| 2022 | 1 / 30 | 0 / 21 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 35 | 2 / 25 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 5 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 10 / 289 | |||
Notes
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Hudson, Robert; Bowman, Glenn (2011). After Yugoslavia: Identities and Politics Within the Successor States. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230201316.
- Shields, Vanessa E.; Baldwin, Nicholas (2008). Beyond Settlement: Making Peace Last After Civil Conflict. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780838641835.
- Van Willigen, Niels (2013). Peacebuilding and International Administration: The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781134117185.