The Union of Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; abbr. UBSD) was a social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1992, it merged into the Social Democratic Party in 1999.
History The UBSD was formed by the Bosnian section of the Union of Reform Forces after the breakup of Yugoslavia.Bosnia and Herzegovina Parties and Elections It contested the 1996 general election as part of the Joint List alliance alongside the Social Democratic Party, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p332 Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected. In the election for the national House of Representatives, the Joint List received 5.68% of the vote and won two of the 42 seats.
In the 1998 general election, the party did not put forward a presidential candidate, but won two seats in the national House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p340 It merged into the Social Democratic Party in February 1999.Alan John Day (2004) A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, p537
Election results Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Election # Vote % HoR +/– HoP +/– Status 1996Part of the Joint List New New 1998 8th 28,740 1.66 2 0
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