Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu
Leader	Semir Efendić
Founder	Haris Silajdžić
Founded	13 April 1996;; 30 years ago
Split from	Party of Democratic Action
Headquarters	Reisa Džemaludina Čauševića 2/1, 71000 Sarajevo
Ideology	Social conservatism; Political unitarism; Pro-Europeanism; Atlanticism;
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow;
HoP BiH	1 / 15
HoR BiH	0 / 42
HoP FBiH	2 / 80
HoR FBiH	2 / 98
NA RS	0 / 83
Cantonal Heads	0 / 10
Mayors	1 / 145
Website
	www.zabih.ba
	Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Political parties; Elections;

The Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu, abbreviated SBiH) is a centrist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party is one of the most prominent centrist and the most prominent unitarianist party in the country as it staunchly opposes federalism and devolution of political power along ethnic lines by the means of federal entities – i.e. Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Founded13 April 1996;
30 years ago

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#	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office		Days
1	Haris Silajdžić (b. 1945)	13 April 1996	6 March 2012	15 years, 328 days
2	Amer Jerlagić (b. 1967)	6 March 2012	23 April 2021	9 years, 48 days
3	Semir Efendić (b. 1983)	23 April 2021	present	5 years, 20 days

Year	Leader	#	Popular vote	%	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
1996	Haris Silajdžić	5th	93,816	3.91	2 / 42	New	0 / 15	New	Coalition
1998^[a]		1st	583,945	33.83	3 / 42	1	1 / 15	1	Coalition
2000		5th	168,995	11.34	5 / 42	2	1 / 15	0	Coalition
2002		3rd	136,090	11.07	6 / 42	1	1 / 15	0	Coalition
2006		3rd	219,487	15.54	8 / 42	2	1 / 15	0	Coalition
2010		7th	86,669	5.28	2 / 42	6	0 / 15	1	Opposition
2014	Amer Jerlagić	12th	25,677	1.57	0 / 42	2	0 / 15	0	Extra-parliamentary
2018	Amer Jerlagić	17th	17,830	1.08	0 / 42	0	0 / 15	0	Extra-parliamentary
2022	Semir Efendić	13th	26,480	1.67	0 / 42	0	1 / 15	1	Opposition

Year	Leader	#	Popular vote	%	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
1996	Haris Silajdžić	4th	98,207	7.35	10 / 140	New	4 / 65	New	Coalition
1998^[a]		1st	456,458	49.20	68 / 140	58	26 / 72	22	Coalition
2000		4th	128,833	14.85	21 / 140	47	10 / 81	16	Coalition
2002		4th	109,843	15.70	15 / 98	6	9 / 58	1	Coalition
2006		2nd	190,148	22.16	24 / 98	9	9 / 58		Coalition
2010		5th	78,086	7.63	9 / 98	15	0 / 58	9	Opposition
2014	Amer Jerlagić	8th	32,790	3.30	3 / 98	6	0 / 58		Opposition
2018	Amer Jerlagić	12th	23,007	2.30	0 / 98	3	1 / 58	1	Opposition
2022	Semir Efendić	8th	36,465	3.74	4 / 98	4	1 / 80		Opposition

Election year	#	Candidate	Votes	%	Representing	Elected?
1996	2nd	Haris Silajdžić	124,396	13.6%	Bosniaks	No
1998^[a]	1st	Alija Izetbegović^[b]	511,541	86.8%	Bosniaks	Yes
2002	2nd	Haris Silajdžić	179,726	34.8%	Bosniaks	No
2006	1st	Haris Silajdžić	350,520	62.8%	Bosniaks	Yes
2010	3rd	Haris Silajdžić	117,240	25.10%	Bosniaks	No
2018	6th	Amer Jerlagić	9,655	1.66%	Bosniaks	No
2022	1st	Željko Komšić^[c]	227,540	55.80%	Croats	Yes

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