- Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Infobox_BA_Political_Party
party_name = Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati Социјалдемократска Партија БиХ - Социјалдемократи
party_articletitle = Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
party_
leader =Zlatko Lagumdžija
foundation = 1909 (original SDP)
ideology =Social Democracy
international =Socialist International
european =Party of European Socialists
ethnicgroup = multi-ethnic
colours = red
headquarters = Alipašina 41,
71000Sarajevo
website = [http://www.sdp-bih.org.ba/ www.sdp-bih.org.ba] The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Socialdemocrats ("Socijaldemokratska Partija BiH - Socijaldemokrati" / "Социјалдемократска Партија БиХ - Социјалдемократи"), is acentre-left political party inBosnia 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 theHouse of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
* 17 out of 98 seats in the House of Representatives of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 1 out 83 seats in theNational Assembly of the Republic of Srpska .
* 11 out of 35 seats in the assembly of theTuzla Canton
* 6 out of 30 seats in the assembly of theUna-Sana Canton
* 7 out of 35 seats in the assembly of theSarajevo Canton
* 6 out of 25 seats in the assembly of theBosnian Podrinje Canton
* 5 out of 35 seats in the assembly of theZenica-Doboj Canton
* 3 out of 30 seats in the assembly of theCentral Bosnia Canton
* 2 out of 30 seats in the assembly of theHerzegovina-Neretva Canton
* 2 out of 21 seats in the assembly of thePosavina Canton
* 1 out of 10 seats in the assembly ofCanton 10
* The party won none of the 23 seats in the assembly ofWest Herzegovina Canton In local (mayoral and city council) elections held on
6 October ,2008 the party exceeded their own expectations. [ [http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50325&Itemid=44 SDP Exceeds Expectations] ] Also inBosanska Krupa an independent candidate,Armin Halitović , that the party supported won in the mayoral race. The SDP holds 9 mayoral seats currently. [ [http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50337&Itemid=44 SDP has 9 mayoral seats] ]References
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