Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati Социјалдемократска Партија БиХ - Социјалдемократи




Leader	Zlatko Lagumdžija

Founded	1909 (original SDP)
Headquarters	Alipašina 41, 71000 Sarajevo

Political Ideology	Social Democracy
International Affiliation	Socialist International
European Affiliation	none
Ethnic Group	multi-ethnic
Colours	red

Website	www.sdp-bih.org.ba

See also	Politics of BiH Political parties Elections

The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Socialdemocrats (Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati / Социјалдемократска Партија БиХ - Социјалдемократи), is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The party is a successor of the Communist league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was enlarged by the inclusion of the Socijaldemokrati BiH party to the original SDP.

The current president of the party is Zlatko Lagumdžija, former Bosnian foreign minister.

At the last legislative elections, 1 october 2006, the party won

5 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
17 out of 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 out 83 seats in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska.
11 out of 35 seats in the assembly of the Tuzla Canton
6 out of 30 seats in the assembly of the Una-Sana Canton
7 out of 35 seats in the assembly of the Sarajevo Canton
6 out of 25 seats in the assembly of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton
5 out of 35 seats in the assembly of the Zenica-Doboj Canton
3 out of 30 seats in the assembly of the Central Bosnia Canton
2 out of 30 seats in the assembly of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
2 out of 21 seats in the assembly of the Posavina Canton
1 out of 10 seats in the assembly of Canton 10
The party won none of the 23 seats in the assembly of West Herzegovina Canton