Bosniak Democratic Union

Not to be confused with Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak.

Bosniak Democratic Union (Serbian: Бошњачка демократска заједница, romanized: Bošnjačka demokratska stranka, BDZ) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority. It is led by Emir Elfić.^[1]

Bosniak Democratic Union Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica Бошњачка демократска заједница
Abbreviation	BDZ
Leader	Emir Elfić
Founder	Emir Elfić
Founded	25 December 2010
Headquarters	Novi Pazar
Ideology	Bosniak minority interests
Colours	Green
Website
bdz.rs
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History

It was founded on 25 December 2010 in Novi Pazar.^[2] Its founder and leader is economist Emir Elfić^[2] (as of 2016).^[3] The party led the All Together ethnic minority political alliance that participated in the 2012 parliamentary election.^[4] The alliance received 24,993 votes (0.63%) and 1 seat in the parliament.^[5] In the 2014 elections, the alliance received 3,983 votes (0.11%) and lost its seat.^[6] The alliance was dissolved. In March 2016, the BDZ and the Sandžak Democratic Party agreed on a coalition.^[3] It did not participate in the 2016 elections.^[7]

References

1. "Mediji: Emir Elfić opozvan sa dužnosti ambasadora Srbije u Libanu - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
2. BDZ & 25 December 2010.
3. Večernje novosti & 6 March 2016.
4. "BDZ PREDALA LISTE U SVIM SANDŽAČKIM GRADOVIMA I PODRŽALA MUFTIJU ZA PREDSJEDNIKA — Bosnjaci.Net". Bošnjaci. 2012.
5. Vukmirović, Dragan (2012). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije i za predsednika Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. ISBN 978-86-6161-021-9. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
6. Vukmirović, Dragan (2014). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-108-7. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. "Изборне листе". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-19.

Sources

• BDZ (25 December 2010). "Osnivački akt". BDZ.
• Večernje novosti (6 March 2016). "Sporazum BDZ i SDP: Zajedno na sve izbore". B92.