Party of Democratic Action
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Template:Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije) is a Bosniak nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1990 by Alija Izetbegović, Muhamed Filipović and Fikret Abdić. The party was the first Bosniak party of nationalist orientation in Yugoslavia since the banning of the multiparty system in 1945 by the Communist Yugoslav Leadership.
It achieved considerable success in elections after the fall of Communism in the early 1990s. It founded the newspaper Ljiljan. The party remains the strongest political party among the Bosniak population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it has branches in Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro (Sandžak region). At the last legislative elections, 5 october 2002, the party won 21.9 % of the popular vote and 10 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It won 32 out of 140 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 6 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska.
See also
- Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (Stranka Demokratske Akcije Hrvatske)
- Party of Democratic Action (Kosovo) (Kosovo: Stranka Demokratske Akcije)
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Template:BosniaHerzegovina-stub Template:Euro-party-stubhr:Stranka demokratske akcije ja:民主行動党_(ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ) nl:SDA sr:Странка демократске акције