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.
Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт | |
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| President | Željko Komšić |
| Founded | 7 April 2013 |
| Split from | Social Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Saliha Udžvarlića 10, Sarajevo |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-left[3] |
| HoR BiH | 3 / 42 |
| HoP BiH | 1 / 15 |
| HoR FBiH | 12 / 98 |
| HoP FBiH | 8 / 80 |
| NA RS | 0 / 83 |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
editThe 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
edit| # | Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Željko Komšić (b. 1964) |
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7 April 2013 | present |
Elections
editParliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
edit| 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
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 2
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1 / 15
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 0
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Coalition | |
| 2022[a] | 6th | 101,713 | 6.41 | 3 / 42
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0
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1 / 15
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0
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Opposition |
Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
edit| 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
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4
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2 / 58
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3
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Opposition | |
| 2022[a] | 4th | 107,735 | 11.04 | 12 / 98
|
 2
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7 / 80
|
5
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Opposition |
Presidency elections
edit| 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
edit| 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 | ||||
| 2014 | 4 / 30 |
0 / 21 |
4 / 35 |
5 / 35 |
2 / 25 |
3 / 30 |
2 / 30 |
0 / 23 |
7 / 35 |
0 / 25 |
27 / 289
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| 2018 | 2 / 30 |
0 / 21 |
3 / 35 |
3 / 35 |
2 / 25 |
2 / 30 |
1 / 30 |
0 / 23 |
3 / 35 |
0 / 25 |
16 / 289
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| 2022[a] | 3 / 30 |
0 / 21 |
4 / 35 |
3 / 35 |
1 / 25 |
2 / 30 |
2 / 30 |
0 / 23 |
4 / 35 |
0 / 25 |
19 / 289
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ https://china-cee.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018p1041%EF%BC%8813%EF%BC%89Bosnia-Herzegovina.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Serb, Bosniak nationalists, Croat center-left win Bosnia Herzegovina election". EFE. 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Željko Komšić osnovao Demokratsku frontu BiH". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ T. Sekulić (23 July 2012). "Željko Komšić napustio SDP BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 July 2012.