The Social Democratic Union ( bs, Socijaldemokratska Unija, SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing

Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...

. It was founded by

Duda Balje Duda Balje (born 16 October 1977) is a Bosniaks in Kosovo, Kosovar Bosniak politician. A member of the Vakat Coalition, she served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Kosovan Assembly from 2001 to 2017. She chaired the Commissio ...

, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of the

Vakat Coalition The Coalition Vakat ( bs, Koalicija Vakat; sometimes translated as the Vakat Coalition) is a Bosniak political coalition in Kosovo founded in June 2004 made up of the Democratic Party of Bosniaks (DSB), Democratic Party Vatan (DSV), and the Bos ...

in the 2019 legislative elections, who then later moved to the LDK parliamentary group. The party ran in the 2021 legislative elections getting 2,549 votes, initially failing to get any representation in the

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. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by the

and the United Community led by

Adrijana Hodžić Adrijana Hodžić (, ; born 1975) is a Kosovar politician of Bosniak ethnicity who is currently serving as the Deputy Mayor of North Mitrovica since 10 December 2020. Prior to this she served as the Minister of Administration and Local Governmen ...

. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes from Serb-majority municipalities. This meant that the United Community did not receive enough votes to enter the parliament, while SDU gained representation in the

winning 1 seat. This decision was later confirmed by the

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. The party currently has a confidence and supply agreement with the LVV-led government, and the party voted for the LVV-backed candidate Vjosa Osmani in the

2021 Kosovan presidential election The parliament of Kosovo held indirect elections for president of Kosovo on and . The elections successfully concluded after three rounds, with Vjosa Osmani winning 71 votes out of a total possible 120. Three political parties boycotted the vote ...

Electoral performance

References

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