The Civic Democratic Party ( bs, Građanska demokratska stranka, GDS) is a political party in

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History

The party was founded in 1990 as the Democratic Socialist Alliance (''Demokratski socijalistički savez'', DSS) after the transformation of the previously largest political alliance Socialist Association of United Labour into political party. It contested the 1990 general elections both alone and in a coalition with the

League of Socialist Youth The League of Socialist Youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, Savez Socijalističke Omladine Bosne i Hercegovine, abbreviated SSOBiH or SSO BiH) was a youth organization in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. SSOBiH traced its roots ...

and the

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p335 winning one seat in the

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. In 1993 it was renamed the Civic Democratic Party. It lost its seat in the 1996 elections, receiving just 0.1% of the vote in the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

and 0.2% of the vote in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

. The party was part of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy in the 1998 elections. The

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saw the party's vote share fall below 0.5% in both sections of the country, as it remained seatless. It failed to win seats in the national parliament in

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, but won a single seat in the

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and

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References

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