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(Top) 1 History 2 List of presidents 3 Elections 3.1 Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2 Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3 Presidency elections 3.4 Cantonal elections 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт

President	Željko Komšić
Founded	7 April 2013 (2013-04-07)
Split from	Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	Saliha Udžvarlića 10, Sarajevo
Ideology	Unitarism^[1] Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre^[2]tocentre-left^[3]
HoR BiH	3 / 42
HoP BiH	1 / 15
HoR FBiH	12 / 98
HoP FBiH	8 / 80
NA RS	0 / 83
Website
www.fronta.ba
Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Political parties Elections

The Democratic Front (Bosnian: Demokratska fronta, DF / Демократски фронт, ДФ) is a multi-ethnic social-liberal political partyinBosnia and Herzegovina. Its founder and current leader is Željko Komšić, the incumbent Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History[edit]

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]

List of presidents[edit]

#	Name (Born–Died)	Portrait	Term of Office
1	Željko Komšić (b. 1964)		7 April 2013	present

Elections[edit]

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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)
2014		4th	150,767	9.24	5 / 42	New	1 / 15	New	Opposition (2016–2018)
2018^[a]		6th	96,174	5.81	3 / 42	2	1 / 15	0	Coalition
2022^[a]		6th	101,713	6.41	3 / 42	0	1 / 15	0	Opposition

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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)
2014		3rd	128,058	12.90	14 / 98	New	5 / 58	New	Opposition (2015–2018)
2018^[a]		4th	93,708	9.36	10 / 98	4	2 / 58	3	Opposition
2022^[a]		4th	107,735	11.04	12 / 98	2	7 / 80	5	Opposition

Presidency elections[edit]

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year	#	Candidate	Representing	Votes	%	Elected?
2014	3rd	Emir Suljagić	Bosniaks	114,334	15.2%	No
2014	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
Cantonal election	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

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Run in coalition with GS.

References[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.

External links[edit]

Official website

Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly

of Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Representatives

Party of Democratic Action (8)
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (6)
Social Democratic Party (5)
Croatian Democratic Union (4)
Democratic Front (3)
People and Justice (3)
Serb Democratic Party (2)
Party of Democratic Progress (2)
Our Party (2)
People's European Union (2)
For Justice and Order (1)
Democratic Union (1)
United Srpska (1)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative (1)
Forward (1)

House of Peoples

Bosniaks

Croats

Serbs

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (3)
Serb Democratic Party (1)
Party of Democratic Progress (1)

Parliament of the

Federation

of Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Representatives

Party of Democratic Action (26)
Social Democratic Party (15)
Croatian Democratic Union (15)
Democratic Front (12)
People and Justice (7)
Our Party (6)
People's European Union (4)
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (3)
People's Power (1)
Movement of Democratic Action (1)
Croatian Republican Party (1)
Croatian National Shift (1)
Movement for a Modern and Active Krajina (1)
Independent (1)

House of Peoples

Bosniaks	Party of Democratic Action (12) People and Justice (5) People's European Union (2) Social Democratic Party (1) Democratic Front (1) Our Party (1) Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Croats	Croatian Democratic Union (13) Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (3) Social Democratic Party (1) People and Justice (1) People's European Union (1) Croatian National Shift (1) For New Generations (1) Bosnian People's Party (1) Croatian Democratic Alliance (1)
Serbs	Social Democratic Party (7) Party of Democratic Action (3) Croatian Democratic Union (3) Democratic Front (3) Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (2) Our Party (1) Liberal Party (1) New Beginning (1) Serbian Progressive Party (1) Serb National Movement (1)
Others	Social Democratic Party (4) Democratic Front (4) Our Party (2) Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)

National Assembly

of Republika Srpska

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (29)
Serb Democratic Party (12)
Party of Democratic Progress (7)
Socialist Party (5)
Democratic Union (5)
United Srpska (4)
For Justice and Order (4)
People's Party of Srpska (4)
Social Democratic Party (3)
Socialist Party of Srpska (3)
People's Front (3)
Democratic People's Alliance (2)
Party of Democratic Action (1)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens (1)

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