Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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

Democratic Front Demokratska fronta Демократски фронт
President	Željko Komšić
Founded	7 April 2013 (2013-04-07)
Split from	Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	Saliha Udžvarlića 10, Sarajevo
Ideology	Unitarism[1] Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre[2] to centre-left[3]
HoR BiH	3 / 42
HoP BiH	1 / 15
HoR FBiH	12 / 98
HoP FBiH	8 / 80
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,^[4] the current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who left the Social Democratic Party in July 2012.^[5]

List of presidents

#	Name (Born–Died)	Portrait	Term of Office
1	Željko Komšić (b. 1964)		7 April 2013	present

Elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year	Leader	#	Popular vote	%	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
2014	Željko Komšić	4th	150,767	9.24	5 / 42	New	1 / 15	New	Coalition (2014–2016)
									Opposition (2016–2018)
2018[a]		6th	96,174	5.81	3 / 42	2	1 / 15	0	Coalition
2022[a]		6th	101,713	6.41	3 / 42	0	1 / 15	0	Opposition

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year	Leader	#	Popular vote	%	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
2014	Željko Komšić	3rd	128,058	12.90	14 / 98	New	5 / 58	New	Coalition (2014–2015)
									Opposition (2015–2018)
2018[a]		4th	93,708	9.36	10 / 98	4	2 / 58	3	Opposition
2022[a]		4th	107,735	11.04	12 / 98	2	7 / 80	5	Opposition

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
2022	1st	Željko Komšić	Croats	227,540	55.8%	Yes

Cantonal elections

Cantonal election	Cantonal Assembly
	Una-Sana	Posavina	Tuzla	Zenica-Doboj	Bosnian Podrinje Goražde	Central Bosnia	Herzegovina-Neretva	West Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Canton 10	Total won / Total contested
2014	4 / 30	0 / 21	4 / 35	5 / 35	2 / 25	3 / 30	2 / 30	0 / 23	7 / 35	0 / 25	27 / 289
2018	2 / 30	0 / 21	3 / 35	3 / 35	2 / 25	2 / 30	1 / 30	0 / 23	3 / 35	0 / 25	16 / 289
2022[a]	3 / 30	0 / 21	4 / 35	3 / 35	1 / 25	2 / 30	2 / 30	0 / 23	4 / 35	0 / 25	19 / 289

Notes

1. Run in coalition with GS.

References

1. https://china-cee.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018p1041%EF%BC%8813%EF%BC%89Bosnia-Herzegovina.pdf ^{[bare URL 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. "Željko Komšić osnovao Demokratsku frontu BiH". novilist.hr (in Croatian). 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
5. T. Sekulić (23 July 2012). "Željko Komšić napustio SDP BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 July 2012.

External links

• Official website