Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Democratic Front
Demokratska fronta
Демократски фронт
PresidentŽeljko Komšić
Founded7 April 2013 (2013-04-07)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersSaliha Udžvarlića 10, Sarajevo
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2] to centre-left[3]
HoR BiH
3 / 42
HoP BiH
1 / 15
HoR FBiH
12 / 98
HoP FBiH
7 / 80
NA RS
0 / 83
Website
www.fronta.ba

The Democratic Front (Bosnian: Demokratska fronta, DF / Демократски фронт, ДФ) is a multi-ethnic social-liberal political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its founder and current leader is Željko Komšić, the incumbent Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The Democratic Front was founded by Željko Komšić on 7 April 2013,[4] the current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who left the Social Democratic Party in July 2012.[5]

List of presidents

# Name
(Born–Died) 		Portrait Term of Office
1 Željko Komšić
(b. 1964)		 7 April 2013 present

Elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year Leader # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2014 Željko Komšić 4th 150,767 9.24
5 / 42
 New
1 / 15
 New Coalition (2014–2016)
Opposition (2016–2018)
2018[a] 6th 96,174 5.81
3 / 42
 Decrease 2
1 / 15
 Steady 0 Coalition
2022[a] 6th 101,713 6.41
3 / 42
 Steady 0
1 / 15
 Steady 0 Opposition

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year Leader # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2014 Željko Komšić 3rd 128,058 12.90
14 / 98
 New
5 / 58
 New Coalition (2014–2015)
Opposition (2015–2018)
2018[a] 4th 93,708 9.36
10 / 98
 Decrease 4
2 / 58
 Decrease 3 Opposition
2022[a] 4th 107,735 11.04
12 / 98
 Increase 2
7 / 80
 Increase 5 Opposition

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year # Candidate Representing Votes % Elected?
2014 3rd Emir Suljagić Bosniaks 114,334 15.2% No
4th Anto Popović Croats 7,179 2.9% No
2018 1st Željko Komšić Croats 225,500 52.6% Yes
2022 1st Željko Komšić Croats 227,540 55.8% Yes

Cantonal elections

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Run in coalition with GS.

References

  1. ^ https://china-cee.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018p1041%EF%BC%8813%EF%BC%89Bosnia-Herzegovina.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Arnautović, Suad (2018). "The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism". In Passarelli, Gianluca (ed.). The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-319-97352-4.
  3. ^ "Serb, Bosniak nationalists, Croat center-left win Bosnia Herzegovina election". EFE. 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Željko Komšić osnovao Demokratsku frontu BiH". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. ^ T. Sekulić (23 July 2012). "Željko Komšić napustio SDP BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 July 2012.