Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Democratic Front (Serbo-Croatian: Demokratska fronta, DF / Демократски фронт, ДФ) is an multi-ethnic social-democratic[4] and social-liberal political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current leader and founder of DF is Željko Komšić, the incumbent Croat member of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт
President	Željko Komšić
Founded	7 April 2013
Split from	Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Ideology	Social democracy Social corporatism Bosnian unitarism[1] Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre[2] to centre‑left[3]
Colours	Orange
HoR BiH	3 / 42
HoP BiH	0 / 15
HoR FBiH	9 / 98
HoP FBiH	2 / 58
NA RS	0 / 83
Website
www.fronta.ba
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History

The Democratic Front was founded by Željko Komšić on 7 April 2013,[5] the current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who left the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2012.

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year	#	Popular vote	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
2014	4th	150,767	5 / 42		1 / 15		government (until 2016)
							opposition (from 2016)
2018	6th	96,180	3 / 42	2	1 / 15		government

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Election year	#	Candidate	Representing	Votes	%	Elected?
2014	3rd	Emir Suljagić	Bosniaks	114,334	15.2%	No
	4th	Anto Popović	Croats	7,179	2.9%	No
2018	1st	Željko Komšić	Croats	225,500	52.6%	Yes

References

1. https://china-cee.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018p1041（13）Bosnia-Herzegovina.pdf
2. 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.
3. "Serb, Bosniak nationalists, Croat center-left win Bosnia Herzegovina election". EFE. 8 October 2018.
4. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
5. "Željko Komšić osnovao Demokratsku frontu BiH". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.