List of political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

List

Represented in the Parliamentary Assembly

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	HoR	HoP	Ethnic group
	Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	Bakir Izetbegović	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism[2] Islamic democracy	9	3	Bosniak
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Савез независних социјалдемократа Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata	SNSD	Milorad Dodik	Serbian nationalism Social democracy Populism	6	4	Serb
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine	HDZ BiH	Dragan Čović	Croatian nationalism Conservatism Christian democracy	5	4	Croat
	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине	SDP BiH	Nermin Nikšić	Social democracy[3] Pro-Europeanism	4	1	Multi-ethnic
	Serb Democratic Party Српска демократска странка Srpska demokratska stranka	SDS	Mirko Šarović	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	3	1	Serb
	Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт	DF	Željko Komšić	Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	3	1	Mainly Bosniak
	Union for a Better Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina Savez za bolju budućnost Bosne i Hercegovine	SBB BiH	Fahrudin Radončić	Liberal conservatism Populism Pro-Europeanism	2	1	Bosniak
	Party of Democratic Progress Партија демократског прогреса Partija demokratskog progresa	PDP	Branislav Borenović	Conservatism Pro-Europeanism	2	0	Serb
	Our Party Naša stranka Наша странка	NS	Predrag Kojović	Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	3	0	Multi-ethnic
	Democratic People's Alliance Демократски народни савез Demokratski narodni savez	DNS	Nenad Nešić	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	1	0	Serb
	Party of Democratic Activity Stranka demokratske aktivnosti	A-SDA	Nermin Ogrešević	Bosnian nationalism Islamic democracy National conservatism	1	0	Bosniak
	Independent Bloc Nezavisni Blok	NB	Senad Šepić	Liberal nationalism Centrism Pro-Europeanism	1	0	Bosniak
	Socialist Party Социјалистичка партија Socijalistička partija	SP	Petar Đokić	Social democracy Democratic socialism	1	0	Serb
	Movement of Democratic Action Pokret demokratske akcije	PDA	Mirsad Kukić	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism Regionalism	1	0	Bosniak

Represented in Entity Parliaments

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	HoR FBiH	HoP FBiH	NA RS	Ethnic group
	People and Justice Narod i Pravda	NiP	Elmedin Konaković	Centrism Pro-Europeanism Conservatism	2	1	0	Bosniak
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990	HDZ 1990	Ilija Cvitanović	Christian democracy Conservatism Croatian nationalism	2	0	1	Croat
	Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Laburistička stranka Bosne i Hercegovine	LS BiH	Elvira Abdić-Jelenović	Labourism Regionalism Pro-Europeanism	1	2	0	Bosniak
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu	SBiH	Amer Jerlagić	Bosniak nationalism Bosnian centralism Pro-Europeanism	0	1	1	Bosniak
	National Democratic Movement Народни демократски покрет Narodni demokratski pokret	NDP	Dragan Čavić	Conservatism Pro-Europeanism	0	0	4	Serb
	Democratic Union Демократски савез Demokratski savez	DEMOS	Nedeljko Čubrilović	Conservatism	0	0	4	Serb
	United Srpska Уједињена Српска Ujedinjena Srpska	US	Nenad Stevandić	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	0	0	4	Serb
	Liberal Democratic Party Liberalno demokratska stranka Bosne i Hercegovine Либерално Демократска странка БиХ	LDS	Hariz Redžić	Liberalism	0	2	0	Multi-ethnic
	People's Party for Work and Betterment Narodna Stranka Radom za Boljitak	NSRzB	Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović	Liberalism Social liberalism Secularism	0	1	0	Multi-ethnic

Extra-parliamentary parties

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Ethnic group
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party Bosanskohercegovačka patriotska stranka	BPS	Sefer Halilović	Bosnian nationalism National conservativism	Bosniak
	Bosnian Party Bosanska stranka	BOSS	Mirnes Ajanović	Left-wing populism	Multi-ethnic
	Bosnian Movement of National Pride Bosanski pokret nacionalnog ponosa	BPNP	Position vacant	Neo-Nazism Bosnian nationalism	Bosniak
	Civic Democratic Party Građanska demokratska stranka	GDS	Ibrahim Spahić	Social liberalism	Multi-ethnic
	Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeleni Bosne i Hercegovine	Zeleni BiH	Hasan Delić	Green politics	Multi-ethnic
	Communist Party Komunistička partija	KP	Muhamed Imamović	Communism Democratic socialism	Multi-ethnic
	Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija Bosne i Hercegovine	HKDU BiH	Ivan Musa	Christian democracy	Croat
	Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska seljačka stranka Bosne i Hercegovine	HSS BiH	Mario Karamatić	Agrarianism Croatian nationalism	Croat
	Croatian Peasant Party of Stjepan Radić Hrvatska seljačka stranka Stjepana Radića	HSS SR	Anto Lozančić	Christian democracy Agrarianism	Croat
	Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska stranka prava Bosne i Hercegovine	HSP BiH	Stanko Primorac	Croatian ultranationalism National conservatism	Croat
	Democratic People's Union Demokratska narodna zajednica	DNZ	Admil Mulalić	Regionalism Big tent	Bosniak
	Democratic Party of Federalists Demokratska stranka federalista	DSF	Dragan Đokanović	Federalism Pro-Europeanism	Serb
	Party of United Pensioners Partija ujedinjenih penzionera	PUP	Vinko Pušonja	Centrism Pensioners' interests	Serb
	Party of Justice and Trust Stranka pravde i povjerenja	SPP	Živko Budimir	Social conservatism	Multi-ethnic
	Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka penzionera/umirovljenika BiH	SPU BiH	Dževad Hodžić	Pensioners' interests	Multi-ethnic
	Pirate Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Piratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine	PP BiH	Position vacant	Pirate politics Liquid democracy	Multi-ethnic
	Party of Croatian Right Stranka hrvatskog prava	SHP	Ante Matić	Croatian nationalism Conservativism	Croat
	Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1861 Bosanskohercegovačka stranka prava 1861	BSP 1861	Vlado Musa	Croatian nationalism Conservativism	Croat
	Serbian Radical Party "9th January" Српска радикална странка „9. јануар”	SRS 9J	Dragan Đurđević	Serbian nationalism Conservatism	Serb
	Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Radničko-komunistička partija Bosne i Hercegovine	RKP-BiH	Goran Marković	Communism Luxemburgism	Multi-ethnic
	Croatian Homeland Movement Hrvatski domovinski pokret	HDP	Slavko Andačić	Croatian nationalism Conservativism	Croat

Defunct and historical parties

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Ethnic group
	Croatian Christian Democrats Hrvatski demokršćani	HD	Position vacant	Christian democracy	Croat
	Croat People's Union Hrvatska narodna zajednica	HNZ	Milenko Brkić	Croatian nationalism Conservatism	Croat
	Croatian Right Bloc Hrvatski pravaški blok	HPB	Željko Koroman	Croatian nationalism Conservativism	Croat
	Democratic Alliance of Greens Demokratski savez Zelenih	DSZ	Unknown	Green politics	Multi-ethnic
	Democratic Party of Pensioners Demokratska stranka penzionera	DSP	Alojz Knezović	Pensioners' interests	Bosniak
	Democratic Party of Republika Srpska Demokratska stranka Republike Srpske	DP RS	Dragan Čavić	National conservatism	Serb
	Democratic Socialist Party Demokratska socijalistička partija	DSP	Nebojša Radmanović	Democratic socialism	Serb
	League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina Savez komunista Bosne i Hercegovine	SK BiH	President of the Presidency	Communism Marxism-Leninism	Multi-ethnic
	League of Socialist Youth Savez socijalističke omladine	SSO	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism	Bosniak
	Muslim Bosniak Organisation Muslimanska bošnjačka organizacija	MBO	Adil Zulfikarpašić	Muslim minority politics	Bosniak
	National Democratic Party Narodna demokratska stranka	NDS	Krsto Jandrić	National conservatism	Serb
	New Croatian Initiative Nova hrvatska inicijativa	NHI	Krešimir Zubak	Christian democracy Croatian nationalism	Croat
	Radical Party of Republika Srpska Radikalna stranka Republike Srpske	RSRS	Unknown	Serbian nationalism	Serb
	Republican Party Republikanska stranka	RP	Stjepan Kljuić	Secularism	Bosniak
	Serb National Alliance Srpski narodni savez	SNS RS	Biljana Plavšić	Catch-all party Serbian nationalism	Serb
	Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska Srpska radikalna stranka Republike Srpske	SRS RS	Milanko Mihajlica	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	Serb
	Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Socijaldemokratska unija Bosne i Hercegovine	SDU BiH	Nermin Pećanac	Social democracy Secularism	Multi-ethnic
	Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia Savez reformskih snaga	SRSJ	Ante Marković	Social liberalism Social democracy	Multi-ethnic
	Union of Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Unija bosansko-hercegovačkih socijaldemokrata	UBSD	Sead Avdić	Social democracy	Multi-ethnic

See also

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

References

1. Stojarová, Vera; Emerson, Peter (2013). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-23585-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. "A State of Division". Jacobin. 8 November 2018.
3. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.