List of political parties in Republika Srpska

This article is a list of political parties in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Republika Srpska has a multi-party system with numerous political 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.[1]

The parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	MPs
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Савез независних социјалдемократа Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata	SNSD	Serbian nationalism Social democracy	Milorad Dodik	30 / 83
	Serb Democratic Party Српска демократска Странка Srpska Demokratska Stranka	SDS	National conservatism Serbian nationalism	Mirko Šarović	12 / 83
	Party of Democratic Progress Партија демократског прогреса Partija demokratskog progresa	PDP	National conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Branislav Borenović	8 / 83
	Democratic People's Alliance Демократски народни савез Demokratski Narodni Savez	DNS	National conservatism Serbian nationalism	Nenad Nešić	8 / 83
	Democratic Union Демократски савез Demokratski savez	DEMOS	Social democracy Serbian nationalism	Nedeljko Čubrilović	4 / 83
	United Srpska Уједињена Српска United Srpska	US	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	Nenad Stevandić	4 / 83
	Socialist party of Srpska Социјалистичка партија Српске Socijalistička partija Srpske	SPS	Democratic socialism Social democracy	Collective presidency	4 / 83
	National Democratic Movement Народни демократски покрет Narodni Demokratiski Pokret	NDP	National conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Dragan Čavić	3 / 83
	Party of Democratic Action Stranka demokratske akcije Странка демократске акције	SDA	National conservatism Bosniak nationalism	Edin Ramić	3 / 83
	Socialist Party Социјалистичка Партија Socijalistička Partija	SP	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Petar Đokić	2 / 83
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 Хрватска демократска заједница 1990 Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990	HDZ 1990	Croatian minority interests Conservativism	Ilija Cvitanović	1 / 83

Defunct and historical parliamentary parties

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	Years	Note
	Serb National Alliance Српски народни савез Srpski narodni savez	SNS	Serbian nationalism Populism	Biljana Plavšić	1997–2004	Abolished in 2004
	National Democratic Party Народна демократска странка Narodna Demokratska Stranka	NDS	National Conservatism	Krsto Jandrić	2003–2013	Merged into the NDP
	Democratic Party Демократска партија Demokratska partija	DP	Conservatism Europeanism	Dragan Čavić	2009–2013	Merged into the NDP
	Serbian Radical Party RS Српска радикална странка PC Srpska radikalna stranka RS	SRS RS	Serbian nationalism National conservatism	Nikola Poplašen	1996–2018	Merged with PDP

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)