National Democratic Movement (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The National Democratic Movement (Serbian: Народни демократски покрет/Narodni demokratski pokret, NDP) is a political party founded in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Bojan Šapurić.^[2]

National Democratic Movement Народни демократски покрет Narodni demokratski pokret
President	Bojan Šapurić
General Secretary	Aleksandar Lukić
Founder	Dragan Čavić
Founded	9 June 2013
Ideology	Conservatism[1] Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
House of Representatives	0 / 42
House of Peoples	1 / 15
National Assembly of Republika Srpska	0 / 83
Website
www.ndprs.org
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History

The party was established on 9 June 2013 as a merger of the Democratic Party and the National Democratic Party. In April 2014 the New Socialist Party merged into the NDP. In the 2014 elections the party contested the national elections in an alliance with the Party of Democratic Progress, with the alliance winning a single seat in the national House of Representatives.^[3] The NDP contested the elections in Republika Srpska alone, winning five seats in the National Assembly.^[4]

Presidents

#	President		Born-Died	Start date	End date
1.	Dragan Čavić		1958–	9 June 2013.	10 June 2023.
2.	Bojan Šapurić		1994–	10 June 2023.	present

Election results

From the SP-NDP-SNP coalition, five candidates secured seats in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska^[5] in the elections held in 2022.

Election	Votes	%	Seats	Status
2014	33,977	5.13%	5 / 83	Opposition
2018	28,183	4.12%	4 / 83	Government
2022	33,977	5.13%	5 / 83	Government

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Serbian Republic/Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe.
2. "Bojan Šapurić was elected president of the NDP".
3. Parliamentary Assembly, Republika Srpska Central Elections Commission
4. Republika Srpska National Assembly Central Elections Commission
5. "National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska".