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,
71000 Sarajevo
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 a centre-left 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

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 in Bosanska 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] ]

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