Economic Bloc

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The Economic Bloc "Croat Democratic Union for Prosperity" (Croatian: Ekonomski Blok HDU – Za Boljitak) was a political alliance in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The alliance was formed for the 2002 general elections by the People's Party for Work and Betterment and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] It received 1.3% of the vote in the national parliamentary elections, winning a single seat in the national House of Representatives, taken by Mladen Potočnik.^[1] Its candidate for the Croat member of the Presidency, Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović, finished second with 17% of the Croat vote.^[1] The alliance also won two seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

1 2 3 Tom Lansford (2013) Political Handbook of the World 2013, CQ Press, p170

Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly

of Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Representatives

Party of Democratic Action (10)
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (6)
Serb Democratic Party (5)
Democratic Front (5)
Union for a Better Future of BiH (4)
HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-AS BiH–HSP HB (4)
Social Democratic Party (3)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (1)
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (1)
Democratic People's Alliance (1)
Party of Democratic Activity (1)
PDP–NDP (1)

House of Peoples

Bosniaks	Party of Democratic Action (3) Union for a Better Future of BiH (1) Democratic Front (1)

Croats	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (4) Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (1)

Serbs	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (2) Serb Democratic Party (2) Democratic People's Alliance (1)

Parliament of the

Federation

of Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Representatives

Party of Democratic Action (29)
Union for a Better Future of BiH (16)
Democratic Front (14)
HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-AS BiH–HSP HB (12)
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (4)
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (4)
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
Party of Democratic Activity (2)
Our Party (1)
Labour Party (1)

House of Peoples

Bosniaks	Party of Democratic Action (10) Union for a Better Future of BiH (3) Democratic Front (3) Party of Democratic Activity (1)

Croats	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (13) Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (1) Union for a Better Future of BiH (1) Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) Diaspora Party (1)

Serbs	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (6) Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (3) Democratic Front (1) Liberal Democratic Party (1) People's Party Work for Betterment (1) Our Party (1)

Others	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (4) Democratic Front (1) Our Party (1) Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)

National Assembly

of the Republika Srpska

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (29)
SDS–SRS RS (23)
DNS–NS–SRS (8)
Party of Democratic Progress (7)
Homeland (5)
Socialist Party (5)
National Democratic Movement (4)
PUP and independents (2)

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