Democratic_Front_(Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)
Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Bosnian political party
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.
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Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт | |
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President | Željko Komšić |
Founded | 7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) |
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 | |
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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]
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# | Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | |
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1 | Željko Komšić (b. 1964) | 7 April 2013 | present |
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Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
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2014 | Željko Komšić | 4th | 150,767 | 9.24 | 5 / 42 |
New | 1 / 15 |
New | Coalition (2014–2016) |
Opposition (2016–2018) | |||||||||
2018[lower-alpha 1] | 6th | 96,174 | 5.81 | 3 / 42 |
2 | 1 / 15 |
0 | Coalition | |
2022[lower-alpha 1] | 6th | 101,713 | 6.41 | 3 / 42 |
0 | 1 / 15 |
0 | Opposition |
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Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
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2014 | Željko Komšić | 3rd | 128,058 | 12.90 | 14 / 98 |
New | 5 / 58 |
New | Coalition (2014–2015) |
Opposition (2015–2018) | |||||||||
2018[lower-alpha 1] | 4th | 93,708 | 9.36 | 10 / 98 |
4 | 2 / 58 |
3 | Opposition | |
2022[lower-alpha 1] | 4th | 107,735 | 11.04 | 12 / 98 |
2 | 7 / 80 |
5 | Opposition |
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Presidency elections
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Election year | # | Candidate | Representing | Votes | % | Elected? |
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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 |
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Cantonal elections
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Cantonal election | Cantonal Assembly | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||
2018 | 2 / 30 | 0 / 21 | 3 / 35 | 3 / 35 | 2 / 25 | 2 / 30 | 1 / 30 | 0 / 23 | 3 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 16 / 289 | |||
2022 | 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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- Run in coalition with GS.
- 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.
- "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.