Joint List (Bosnia and Herzegovina) explained

Joint List
Native Name:Združena lista
Здружена листа
Leader:Collective leadership
Foundation:1996
Dissolution:1997
Headquarters:Sarajevo
Ideology:Liberalism
Secularism
Anti-nationalism
Pro-Europeanism
Position:Big tent
Country:Bosnia and Herzegovina

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
19964th136,2035.68NewNew

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
19963rd105,8977.93NewNew

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina! Election year! #! Candidate! Votes! %! Representing! Elected?
19962ndIvo Komšić37,68410.1%Croats
4thSead Avdić21,2542.3%Bosniaks

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Web site: Kako se glasalo na općim izborima u BiH 1990. i 1996. godine. 5 October 2018. 9 August 2023. bs. radiosarajevo.ba.
  3. Web site: Izbori u BiH 1996. godine. 16 September 2016. 9 August 2023. bs. N1.
  4. http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/bosnia2.html Bosnia and Herzegovina