List of political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.^[1]

List

Represented in the Parliamentary Assembly

See also: Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Party			Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Representatives	Delegates	Political position	European affiliation
		Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	Bakir Izetbegović	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism Islamism Pro-Europeanism			Centre-right to right-wing
		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Савез независних социјалдемократа	SNSD СНСД	Milorad Dodik	Serbian nationalism Populism^[2] Entity interests^[3] Social democracy^[4]			Big tent Centre-left	–
		Social Democratic Party Socijaldemokratska partija Социјалдемократска партија	SDP СДП	Nermin Nikšić	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism			Centre-left
		Croation Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica		Dragan Čović	Conservatism Christian democracy Croatian nationalism Pro-Europeanism			Centre-right to right-wing
		Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт	DF ДФ	Željko Komšić	Unitarism Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism			Centre to centre-left	–
		People and Justice Narod i Pravda	NiP	Elmedin Konaković	Liberal conservatism Social conservatism Pro-Europeanism			Centre-right	–
		Serb Democratic Party Српска демократска странка	SDS СДС	Milan Miličević	Serbian nationalism Conservatism Pro-Europeanism			Centre-right to right-wing	–
		Party of Democratic Progress Партија демократског прогреса	PDP ПДП	Branislav Borenović	Serb ethnic interests Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism			Centre to centre-right
		Our Party Naša stranka Наша странка	NS НС	Edin Forto	Social liberalism Secularism Anti-nationalism Pro-Europeanism			Centre to centre-left	ALDE Party
		People's European Union Narodni evropski savez	NES	Nermin Ogrešević	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism Pro-Europeanism			Centre to centre-right	–
		For Justice and Order За правду и ред	ZPR ЗПР	Nebojša Vukanović	Anti-corruption Anti-nationalism Pro-Europeanism			Big tent	–
		Democratic Union Демократски савез	DEMOS ДЕМОС	Nedeljko Čubrilović	Conservatism			Centre-right	–
		United Srpska Уједињена Српска	US УС	Nenad Stevandić	Serbian nationalism Ultranationalism National conservatism			Centre-right to far-right	–
		Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative Bosanskohercegovačka Inicijativa	BHI	Fuad Kasumović	Pro-Europeanism Atlanticism			Centre-left	–
		Forward Naprijed	NPD	Šemsudin Mehmedović	Social conservatism Pro-Europeanism			Centre
		For New Generations Za Nove Generacije	ZNG	Damir Marjanović	Social liberalism Green liberalism Pro-Europeanism Secularism			Centre to centre-left	–
		Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu	SBiH	Semir Efendić	Bosniak nationalism Bosnian unitarism Pro-Europeanism			Centre	–
		Croatian Democratic Union 1990 Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990		Ilija Cvitanović	Christian democracy Conservatism Croatian nationalism Federalism Pro-Europeanism			Centre-right

Represented in Entity Parliaments

Name			Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	HoR FBiH	HoP FBiH	NA RS	Political position	European
		Movement of Democratic Action Pokret demokratske akcije	PDA	Elzina Pirić	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism Regionalism				Centre-right	–
		Croatian National Shift Hrvatski nacionalni pomak	HNP	Ivan Vukadin	Conservatism Regionalism				Centre-right	–
		Croatian Republican Party Hrvatska republikanska stranka	HRS	Slaven Raguž	Conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism Decentralization Federalism				Centre-right	–
		Movement for a Modern and Active Krajina Pokret za Modernu i Aktivnu Krajinu	POMAK	Šuhret Fazlić	Regionalism				Centre	–
		People's Power Snaga naroda	SN	Ramo Isak	Populism Anti-corruption Pro-Europeanism				Centre to centre-right	–
		Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Mario Karamatić	Agrarianism Croatian nationalism				Centre-right	–
		Socialist Party Социјалистичка Партија	SP СП	Petar Đokić	Social democracy Democratic socialism Euroscepticism				Centre-left	–
		People's Party of Srpska Народна партија Српске	NPS НПС	Darko Banjac	Serbian nationalism Conservatism Christian democracy Atlanticism Pro-Europeanism				Right-wing	–
		Socialist Party of Srpska Социјалистичка партија Српске	SPS СПС	Goran Selak	Social democracy				Centre-left	–
		People's Front Народни Фронт	NF НФ	Jelena Trivić	Anti-corruption Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism				Centre to centre-right	–
		Democratic People's Alliance Демократски народни савез	DNS ДNС	Nenad Nešić	Serbian nationalism Conservatism National conservatism				Centre-right	–

Extra-parliamentary parties

Name			Abbr.	Leader	Ideology
		Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party Bosanskohercegovačka patriotska stranka	BPS	Sefer Halilović	Bosnian nationalism National conservativism
		Bosnian Party Bosanska stranka	BOSS	Mirnes Ajanović	Left-wing populism
		Bosnian Movement of National Pride Bosanski pokret nacionalnog ponosa	BPNP	Position vacant	Neo-Nazism Bosnian nationalism
		Civic Democratic Party Građanska demokratska stranka	GDS	Ibrahim Spahić	Social liberalism
		Croatian Christian Democratic Union Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija	HKDU	Ivanka Barić	Christian democracy
		Croatian Peasant Party of Stjepan Radić Hrvatska seljačka stranka Stjepana Radića	HSS SR	Anto Lozančić	Christian democracy Agrarianism
		Croatian Party of Rights Hrvatska stranka prava	HSP	Stanko Primorac	Croatian ultranationalism National conservatism
		Democratic People's Union Demokratska narodna zajednica	DNZ	Admil Mulalić	Regionalism Big tent
		Democratic Party of Federalists Demokratska stranka federalista	DSF	Dragan Đokanović	Federalism Pro-Europeanism
		Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeleni Bosne i Hercegovine	Zeleni	Hasan Delić	Green politics
		Labour Party Laburistička stranka	LS	Elvira Abdić-Jelenović	Labourism Regionalism
		Party of United Pensioners Partija ujedinjenih penzionera	PUP	Vinko Pušonja	Centrism Pensioners' interests
		Party of Justice and Trust Stranka pravde i povjerenja	SPP	Živko Budimir	Social conservatism
		Pensioners' Party Stranka penzionera/umirovljenika	SPU	Dževad Hodžić	Pensioners' interests
		People's Party Work for Prosperity Narodna stranka Radom za Boljitak	NSRzB	Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović	Social liberalism Secularism
		Pirate Party Piratska partija	PP	Position vacant	Pirate politics Liquid democracy
		Party of Croatian Right Stranka hrvatskog prava	SHP	Ante Matić	Croatian nationalism Conservativism
		Bosnia-Herzegovina Party of Rights 1861 Bosanskohercegovačka stranka prava 1861	BSP 1861	Vlado Musa	Croatian nationalism Conservativism
		Platform for Progress Platforma za progres	PzP	Mirsad Hadžikadić	Centrism Pro-Europeanism Atlanticism
		Serbian Radical Party "9th January" Српска радикална странка „9. јануар”	SRS 9J	Dragan Đurđević	Serbian nationalism Conservatism
		Social Democrats Socijaldemokrate Bosne i Hercegovine	SD	Enver Bijedić	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism
		Union for a Better Future of BiH Savez za bolju budućnost BiH	SBB	Fahrudin Radončić	Conservatism Secularism
		Workers' Communist Party Radničko-komunistička partija	RKP	Goran Marković	Communism Luxemburgism

Defunct and historical parties

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology
	Communist Party Komunistička partija	KP	Muhamed Imamović	Communism Democratic socialism
	Liberal Democratic Party Liberalno demokratska stranka	LDS	Hasib Salkić	Liberalism
	Party of Democratic Activity Stranka demokratske aktivnosti	A-SDA	Nermin Ogrešević	Bosnian nationalism Islamic democracy National conservatism
	Independent Bosnian-Herzegovinian List Nezavisna bosanskohercegovačka lista	NBL	Ibrahim Hadžibajrić	Bosnian nationalism Conservatism
	Croatian Christian Democrats Hrvatski demokršćani	HD	Petar Milić	Christian democracy
	Croat People's Union Hrvatska narodna zajednica	HNZ	Milenko Brkić	Croatian nationalism Conservatism
	Croatian Right Bloc Hrvatski pravaški blok	HPB	Željko Koroman	Croatian nationalism Conservativism
	Democratic Alliance of Greens Demokratski savez Zelenih	DSZ	Unknown	Green politics
	Democratic Party of Pensioners Demokratska stranka penzionera	DSP	Alojz Knezović	Pensioners' interests
	Democratic Party of Republika Srpska Demokratska stranka Republike Srpske	DP RS	Dragan Čavić	National conservatism
	Democratic Socialist Party Demokratska socijalistička partija	DSP	Nebojša Radmanović	Democratic socialism
	League of Communists Savez komunista	SK	President of the Presidency	Communism Marxism-Leninism
	League of Socialist Youth Savez socijalističke omladine	SSO	Rasim Kadić	Liberalism
	Muslim Bosniak Organisation Muslimanska bošnjačka organizacija	MBO	Adil Zulfikarpašić	Muslim minority politics
	National Democratic Party Narodna demokratska stranka	NDS	Krsto Jandrić	National conservatism
	New Croatian Initiative Nova hrvatska inicijativa	NHI	Krešimir Zubak	Christian democracy Croatian nationalism
	Radical Party of Republika Srpska Radikalna stranka Republike Srpske	RSRS	Unknown	Serbian nationalism
	Republican Party Republikanska stranka	RP	Stjepan Kljuić	Secularism
	Serb National Alliance Srpski narodni savez	SNS RS	Biljana Plavšić	Catch-all party Serbian nationalism
	Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska Srpska radikalna stranka Republike Srpske	SRS RS	Milanko Mihajlica	Serbian nationalism National conservatism
	Social Democratic Union Socijaldemokratska unija	SDU	Nermin Pećanac	Social democracy Secularism
	Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia Savez reformskih snaga	SRSJ	Ante Marković	Social liberalism Social democracy
	Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina Social Democrats Unija bosansko-hercegovačkih socijaldemokrata	UBSD	Sead Avdić	Social democracy

See also

• Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of political parties in Republika Srpska

Notes and References

1. Book: Stojarová. Vera. Emerson. Peter. Party Politics in the Western Balkans. 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-23585-7.
2. https://openarchive.tk.mta.hu/424/1/Populist%20Parties%20in%20Contemporary%20Europe_12-06-2020-FINAL.pdf Populist Parties in Contemporary Europe, Publisher: Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe
3. https://snsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/STATUT_SNSD_usvojen_na_VI_Saboru.pdf Statue of the party in Serbian 2019. (One of the program goals of the party: the preservation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Srpska and the preservation, respect and consistent application of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which guarantees the constitutional-legal position of the Republic of Srpska.)
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=7WUxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 Left and Right: The Great Dichotomy Revisited