Party of Democratic Progress
Партија демократског прогреса
Partija demokratskog progresa
AbbreviationPDP
PresidentBranislav Borenović
FounderMladen Ivanić
Founded26 September 1999;
24 years ago (1999-09-26)
HeadquartersBanja Luka
IdeologySerb ethnic interests
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre[1] to centre-right[2]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union (observer)
HoR BiH
2 / 42
HoP BiH
0 / 15
NA RS
7 / 83
Website
www.pdp.rs.ba

The Party of Democratic Progress (Serbian: Партија демократског прогреса, romanized: Partija demokratskog progresa, abbr. ПДП, PDP) is a centre to centre-right Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded on 26 September 1999. It is the third-largest party in the Republika Srpska entity.[3][4]

History

The PDP was established in Banja Luka on 26 September 1999. During the founding assembly, Mladen Ivanić was elected as the president of the party, while Branko Dokić and Zoran Đerić were elected as vice presidents.[5] On 28 November 2015, Ivanić left the position of president after 16 years, after which Branislav Borenović became the new president of PDP.[6]

International Cooperation

The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) and International Democrat Union (IDU).

In terms of bilateral cooperation with other European parties, PDP maintains strong links with the Conservative Party (UK), Moderate Party (Sweden), Christian Democratic Union (Germany), SDKU (Slovakia), Austrian People's Party, New Democracy (Greece) and Democratic Party of Serbia from Serbia.

PDP also has good relations with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Robert Schuman Institute and Democrat Youth Community of Europe.

List of presidents

# Name
(Born–Died) 		Portrait Term of Office
1 Mladen Ivanić
(b. 1958)		 26 September 1999 28 November 2015
2 Branislav Borenović
(b. 1974)		 28 November 2015 present

Electoral results

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year Leader Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government
2000 Mladen Ivanić 95,245 6.39
2 / 42
 New
1 / 15
 New Coalition
2002 56,643 4.61
2 / 42
 Steady 0
2 / 15
 Increase 1 Coalition
2006 28,410 2.01
1 / 42
 Decrease 1
1 / 15
 Decrease 1 Opposition
2010 40,070 2.44
1 / 42
 Steady 0
1 / 15
 Steady 0 Opposition
2014 50,516 3.10
1 / 42
 Steady 0
0 / 15
 Decrease 1 Coalition
2018 Branislav Borenović 83,832 5.06
2 / 42
 Increase 1
0 / 15
 Steady 0 Opposition
2022 73,489 4.63
2 / 42
 Steady 0
0 / 15
 Steady 0 Opposition

National Assembly of Republika Srpska

National Assembly of Republika Srpska
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Government
2000 Mladen Ivanić 76,810 12.3%
11 / 83
 New Coalition
2002 54,756 10.7%
9 / 83
 Decrease 2 Coalition
2006 38,681 6.86%
8 / 83
 Decrease 1 Opposition
2010 47,806 7.55%
7 / 83
 Decrease 1 Opposition
2014 48,845 7.38%
7 / 83
 Steady 0 Opposition
2018 Branislav Borenović 69,948 10.22%
9 / 83
 Increase 2 Opposition
2022 65,872 10.30%
8 / 83
 Decrease 1 Opposition

Presidential elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election year # Candidate Votes % Note Elected?
2002 Steady 5th Branko Dokić 41,667 35.9% — No
2006 Increase 2nd Mladen Bosić 130,824 24.2% Support No
2010 Steady 2nd Mladen Ivanić 285,951 47.31% — No
2014 Increase 1st Mladen Ivanić 318,196 48.71% — Yes
2018 Decrease 2nd Mladen Ivanić 292,065 42.74% — No
2022 Steady 2nd Mirko Šarović 224,912 35.45% Support No
President of Republika Srpska
Election year # Candidate Votes % Note Elected?
2000 Steady 3rd Momčilo Tepić 54,392 8.64% — No
2002 Steady 3rd Dragan Mikerević 39,978 7.83% — No
2006 Decrease 4th Slobodan Nagradić 19,623 3.54% — No
2007 Increase 3rd Mladen Ivanić 69,522 16.91% — No
2010 Increase 2nd Ognjen Tadić 227,239 35.92% Support No
2014 Steady 2nd Ognjen Tadić 296,021 44.28% Support No
2018 Steady 2nd Vukota Govedarica 284,140 41.81% Support No
2022 Steady 2nd Jelena Trivić 273,245 42.84% — No

Positions held

Major positions held by Party of Democratic Progress members:

Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Years
Mladen Ivanić 2014–2018
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Years
Dragan Mikerević
2002
Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Years
Mladen Ivanić 2001–2003
Dragan Mikerević 2003–2005

References

  1. ^ Passarelli, Gianluca (January 2018). The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans. ISBN 9783319973524.
  2. ^ "Serb, Bosniak nationalists, Croat center-left win Bosnia Herzegovina election". EFE. 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ Bakke, Elisabeth (18 February 2010). "Party Systems since 1989". In Ramet, Sabrina P. (ed.). Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9781139487504.
  4. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ Glas Javnosti (Serbian)
  6. ^ "Borenović izabran za novog predsjednika PDP-a, cilj preuzimanje Vlade RS" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

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