List of political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.

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.

The parties

Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina

	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	House of Representatives/ House of Peoples	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" |	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine	SDP BiH	Nermin Nikšić	Social democracy	3	Multi-ethnic party
style="background-color: Template:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats/meta/color" |	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Савез независних социјалдемократа	SNSD	Milorad Dodik	Serbian nationalism and social democracy	5	Serb party
style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" |	Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	Bakir Izetbegović	Bosniak nationalism, social conservatism and Islamic democracy	10	Bosniak party
style="background-color: Template:Serbian Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)/meta/color" |	Serbian Democratic Party Српска демократска странка	SDS	Mladen Bosić	Serbian nationalism and national conservatism	5	Serb party
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Better Future of BiH/meta/color" |	Union for a Better Future of BiH Savez za bolju budućnost BiH	SBB BiH	Fahrudin Radončić	Bosniak nationalism and Conservativism	4	Bosniak party
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina/meta/color" |	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine	HDZ BiH	Dragan Čović	Croatian nationalism and national conservatism	4	Croat party
style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Action/meta/color" |	Party of democratic action no.2 of Bosnia and Herzegovina Stranka demokratske aktivnosti	A-SDA BiH	Nermin Ogrešević	Bosnian nationalism, neoconservatism	1	Bosniak party
style="background-color: Template:Democratic People's Alliance/meta/color" |	Democratic People's Alliance Демократски народни савез	DNS	Marko Pavić	Serbian nationalism and national conservatism	1	Serb party
style="background-color: Template:Party of Democratic Progress/meta/color" |	Party of Democratic Progress Партија демократског прогреса	PDP	Mladen Ivanić	Conservativism	1	Serb party
	Democratic Front Demokratska fronta	DF	Željko Komšić	Social democracy	5	Multi-ethnic party
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union 1990/meta/color" |	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990	HDZ 1990	Ilija Cvitanović	Croatian nationalism and national conservatism	1	Croat party
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union 1990/meta/color" |	Bosnian patriotic party Bosanska patriotska stranka	BPS	Sefer Halilović	Social liberalism	1	Bosniak party

See also

• List of political parties