Joint List (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Joint List
Združena lista
Здружена листа
LeaderCollective leadership
Founded1996
Dissolved1997
HeadquartersSarajevo
IdeologyLiberalism
Secularism
Anti-nationalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionBig tent

The Joint List of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Združena lista Bosne i Hercegovine / Здружена листа Босне и Херцеговине) was a liberal political alliance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed for the 1996 general election.

The alliance consisted of the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.

History

Consisting of the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party, the alliance contested the 1996 general election. It finished fourth with 5.68% of the vote, winning two of the 42 seats in the national House of Representatives.[1] It won eleven of the 140 seats in the Federal House of Representatives.[2] The alliance put forward Sead Avdić as its candidate for Bosniak member of the Presidency, but he finished fourth with just 2.33% of the vote. Its candidate for the Croat member, Ivo Komšić, finished second, but far behind winning candidate Krešimir Zubak.[3]

The alliance was dissolved in 1997 and did not contest any further elections.[4]

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
1996 4th 136,203 5.68
2 / 42
New
0 / 15
New Opposition

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
1996 3rd 105,897 7.93
11 / 140
New
4 / 65
New Opposition

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year # Candidate Votes % Representing Elected?
1996 2nd Ivo Komšić 37,684 10.1% Croats No
4th Sead Avdić 21,254 2.3% Bosniaks No

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp336–340 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Kako se glasalo na općim izborima u BiH 1990. i 1996. godine". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Izbori u BiH 1996. godine" (in Bosnian). N1. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Parties and Elections