Bosniak Democratic Union ( sr-cyrl, Бошњачка демократска заједница, Bošnjačka demokratska stranka, BDZ) is a
political party
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in
Serbia
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, representing the
Bosniak ethnic minority. It is led by
Emir Elfić.
History
It was founded on 25 December 2010 in
Novi Pazar. Its founder and leader is economist Emir Elfić (as of 2016). The party led the
All Together ethnic minority political alliance that participated in the
2012 parliamentary election. The alliance received 24,993 votes (0.63%) and 1 seat in the parliament.
In the
2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014.
* 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014
Africa
* 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014
* 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014
* 2014 Comorian presi ...
, the alliance received 3,983 votes (0.11%) and lost its seat. The alliance was dissolved. In March 2016, the BDZ and the
Sandžak Democratic Party agreed on a coalition. It did not participate in the
2016 elections.
References
Sources
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*{{cite web, author=Večernje novosti, title=Sporazum BDZ i SDP: Zajedno na sve izbore, date=6 March 2016, publisher=B92, url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2016&mm=03&dd=06&nav_category=11&nav_id=1104564, ref=CITEREFVečernje_novosti6_March_2016
Bosniak political parties in Serbia
Political parties established in 2010
Novi Pazar
2010 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina