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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
1 / 83
Website
www.fronta.ba

The Democratic Front (Template:Lang-bs, DF / Демократски фронт, ДФ) is a multi-ethnic social-democratic[4] and social-liberal political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current leader and founder of DF is Željko Komšić, the incumbent Croat member of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

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

List of presidents

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

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2014 4th 150,767 9.24
5 / 42
New
1 / 15
New Government (2014–2016)
Opposition (2016–2018)
2018[a] 6th 96,174 5.81
3 / 42
Decrease 2
1 / 15
Steady 0 Government
2022[a] 6th 101,713 6.41
3 / 42
Steady 0 TBD TBD Opposition
  1. ^ a b Run in coalition with GS.

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

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. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Željko Komšić osnovao Demokratsku frontu BiH". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.