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{{Short description|Bosniak political party}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox political party
| country          = Bosnia and Herzegovina
| colorcode        = {{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}
| name             = Party of Democratic Action
| native_name      = Stranka demokratske akcije
| logo             = Party of Democratic Action.svg
| logo_size        = 
| abbreviation     = SDA
| founder          = [[Alija Izetbegović]]
| leader1_title    = [[List of chairpersons of the Party of Democratic Action |President]]
| leader1_name     = [[Bakir Izetbegović]]
| leader2_title    = Secretary General
| leader2_name     = [[Halid Genjac]]
| leader3_title    = Vice Presidents
| leader3_name     = {{list collapsed|title=''See list''|[[Fadil Novalić]]<br>[[Edin Ramić]]<br>[[Muamer Zukić]]<br>[[Haris Zahiragić]]<br>[[Aida Obuća]]<br>[[Ramiz Salkić]]<br>[[Šerif Špago]]<br>[[Mirsad Zaimović]]<br>[[Mirsad Mujić]]}}
| foundation       = {{Nowrap|{{start date and age|1990|5|26|df=yes}}}}
| headquarters     = Mehmeda Spahe 14, [[Sarajevo]]
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Bosniak nationalism]]{{sfn|Šedo|2013|p=31}}<ref name="PEE">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/bosnia-herzegovina.html|title=Bosnia-Herzegovina|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2018|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
 |[[Conservatism]]{{refn|<ref name="PEE"/>{{sfn|Eralp|2012|p=28}}{{sfn|Babić|2014|p=128}}{{sfn|Farmer|2010|p=126}}{{sfn|Krieger|2012|p=102}}{{sfn|Tottoli|2014|p=81}}{{sfn|Filipović|28 July 2000}}}}
 |[[Islamism]]{{refn|{{sfn|Perica|2004|p=87}}<ref>Babić 2014, p. 128.</ref><ref>Farmer 2010, p. 126.</ref><ref>Krieger 2012, p. 102.</ref><ref>Tottoli 2014, p. 81.</ref><ref>Filipović 28 July 2000</ref>}}
 |[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ba.n1info.com/vijesti/a408825-stav-sda-o-novoj-metodologiji-prosirenja-evropske-unije/|title=Stav SDA o novoj metodologiji proširenja Evropske unije|date=7 February 2020|publisher=N1|website=ba.n1info.com|language=Bosnian}}</ref>
 |[[Catch-all party]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmaBAgAAQBAJ&q=sda+catch-all&pg=PA72|first=Tom|last=Gallagher|title=The Balkans After the Cold War: From Tyranny to Tragedy|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134472406}}</ref><ref name="partypolitics2" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flmPBAAAQBAJ&q=sda+catch-all&pg=PA96|title=Yugoslavia and After: A Study in Fragmentation, Despair and Rebirth|last1=Dyker|first1=David|last2=Vejvoda|first2=Ivan|date=19 September 2014|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317891352}}</ref>}}
| youth_wing       = Youth Association SDA
| position         = {{nowrap|[[Right-wing]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnautović|first=Suad|date=2018|chapter=The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism|editor-last=Passarelli|editor-first=Gianluca|title=The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YsFqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 87]|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-3-319-97352-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nardelli|first1=Alberto|last2=Dzidic|first2=Denis|last3=Jukic|first3=Elvira|date=8 October 2014|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world's most complicated system of government?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/08/bosnia-herzegovina-elections-the-worlds-most-complicated-system-of-government|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>}}
| international    = 
| european         = [[European People's Party]] (observer){{sfn|Šedo|2013|p=92}}
| presidium        = 
| newspaper        = 
| national         = 
| slogan           = "Snaga naroda!"<br>"Power of the people!"
| anthem           = "Ja sin sam tvoj, zemljo"<br>"I am your son, oh land"
| seats1_title     = [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoP BiH]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|2|15|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoR BiH]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|8|42|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoP FBiH]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|15|80|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoR FBiH]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|25|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats6_title     = [[National Assembly (Republika Srpska)|NA RS]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|1|83|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[List of premiers of cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Cantonal Premiers]]
| seats7           = {{Composition bar|4|10|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| seats8_title     = [[List of mayors in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Mayors]]
| seats8           = {{Composition bar|32|145|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| colours          = {{ubl|{{colorbox|#00A859|border=darkgray}} Green}}
| flag             = [[File:Stranka Demokratske Akcije flag.gif|250px|border|Flag of the Party of Democratic Action]]
| website          = [https://www.sda.ba www.sda.ba]
}}

The '''Party of Democratic Action''' ({{langx|bs|Stranka demokratske akcije}}; abbr. '''SDA''') is a [[Bosniak nationalism|Bosniak nationalist]], [[Conservatism|conservative]] political party in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite book |last= James|first=Ron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WysT_YXvi0kC&pg=PA218|title=Frontiers and ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel. | access-date=2009-06-18|page=218 |year=2003 |publisher= University of California Press|isbn=9780520236578}}</ref><ref name="PEE" />{{sfn|Eralp|2012|p=28}}{{sfn|Babić|2014|p=128}}{{sfn|Farmer|2010|p=126}}{{sfn|Krieger|2012|p=102}}{{sfn|Tottoli|2014|p=81}}{{sfn|Filipović|28 July 2000}}

==History==
The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) was founded on 26 May 1990 in [[Sarajevo]], as a "party of Muslim cultural-historic circle". It was a realisation of [[Alija Izetbegović]]'s idea of an Islamic religious and national party in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].{{Cn|date=September 2023}} Many members of the [[Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina]], including [[imam]]s, took part in the party's foundation. Alija, who was chosen as its chairman, tried to resolve disputes between the Muslim nationalist Islamists led by [[Omer Behmen]] and the left-wing Muslims led by [[Adil Zulfikarpašić]].{{sfn|Perica|2004|p=87}} The party has its roots in the old [[Yugoslav Muslim Organization]], a conservative Muslim party in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. [[Yugoslav Muslim Organization]] was a successor of Muslimanska Narodna Organizacija (Muslim National Organization), a conservative Muslim party founded in 1906 during the Austro-Hungarian era. The Muslim National Organization was itself a successor of the conservative Muslim "Movement for [[waqf]] and educational autonomy" (Pokret za vakufsko-mearifsku autonomiju) that goes back to 1887.

The SDA achieved considerable success in elections after the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]] in the early 1990s. It founded the newspaper ''[[Ljiljan]]''. The party remains the strongest political party among the Bosniak population in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In November 2000, the party was defeated by the [[Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Social Democratic Party]] and other parties gathered into the "Alliance for Change", and found itself in opposition for the first time since its creation.<ref>{{cite book |last= Al-Azmeh |first= Aziz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uoSUovCrjLwC&pg=PA117|title=Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity, and Influence| access-date=2009-06-18|page=118 |year=2007 |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=9780521860116}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Defeated at what level?|date=February 2015}} After the [[2022 Bosnian general election|2022 general election]], the SDA became once again the largest party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The party has branches in [[Slovenia]], [[Kosovo]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Croatia]] and the [[Sandžak]] region of [[Serbia]]. One of the goals of the party, outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, is to represent and defend the interests of Bosniaks and other Muslim [[South Slavs]] in the entire [[Balkans|Balkan]] region. In [[Montenegro]], the SDA merged with smaller Bosniak and Slavic Muslim parties to create the [[Bosniak Party]].

The party is an observer member of the [[European People's Party]] (EPP).

==Ideology==
The Party of Democratic Action is the primary stronghold for right-orientated [[Bosniaks]], especially for [[Bosniak nationalism|nationalists]], and [[Conservatism|conservatives]], and thus they have been described as [[National conservatism|national-conservative]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 November 2018 |title=A State of Division |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2018/11/bosnia-herzegovina-elections-nationalism |work=Jacobin}}</ref> The party has been also described as [[Secularism|secularist]] by some researchers.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vfnPAQAAQBAJ&dq=sda+secular&pg=PA35 "Innocence and Victimhood: Gender, Nation, and Women’s Activism in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina", Elizabeth Helms, University of Wisconsin Press]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=e93Pj_HB5fQC&dq=sda+bosnia+secular&pg=PA14 "Islam and Bosnia: Conflict Resolution and Foreign Policy in Multi-ethnic States"], edited by [[Maya Shatzmiller]], McGill-Queen's University Press</ref> [[Islamism|Islamist]] ideologies exist in the party but tends to represent itself mainly among the elite apparatus of the party.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=auA3DwAAQBAJ&dq=sda+Pan-Islamism&pg=PA105 Xavier Bougarel, "Islam and Nationhood in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Surviving Empires", Bloomsbury]</ref><ref name="Xavier2">[https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00220516/document Xavier Bougarel. "Bosnian Islam since 1990: Cultural Identity or Political Ideology?", Convention annuelle de l’Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), p. 3]</ref>  The party supports the centralization of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2019 |title=Bosnia-Herzegovina political briefing: BIH's Troyka Agreement – ambitious or premature plan to exit from 10 months-long government crisis? – China-CEE Institute |url=https://china-cee.eu/2019/10/11/bosnia-herzegovina-political-briefing-bihs-troyka-agreement-ambitious-or-premature-plan-to-exit-from-10-months-long-government-crisis/}}</ref> On foreign stances they also tend to be [[Atlanticism|atlanticist]] and supportive of the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to [[NATO]] and the [[European Union]].<ref name="Xavier2" /><ref name="partypolitics2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=mfMiAQAAQBAJ&dq=sda+western+democracy&pg=PA92 "Party Politics in the Western Balkans" edited by Vera Stojarová, Peter Emerson]</ref>

==List of presidents==
{{details|List of chairpersons of the Party of Democratic Action}}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Name
!Term of Office
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}; color:white;" |1 
|style="width:200px;"|[[Alija Izetbegović]]
|style="width:125px;"|1990–2001
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}; color:white;" |2 
|style="width:200px;"|[[Sulejman Tihić]]
|style="width:125px;"|2001–2014
|-
!style="background:{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}; color:white;" |3 
|style="width:200px;"|[[Bakir Izetbegović]]
|style="width:125px;"|2014–present
|}

==Elections==
===Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ [[People's Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
! Year
! Leader
! #
! Popular vote
! %
! Seats won
! Government
|-
! [[1990 Bosnian general election|1990]]
| align=center| [[Alija Izetbegović]]
| 1st	
| align=center| 711,075
| 31.48
| {{Composition bar|86|240|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ [[Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
! Year
! Leader
! #
! Popular vote
! %
! [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoR]]
! Seat change
! [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoP]]
! Seat change
! Government
|-
! [[1996 Bosnian general election|1996]]
| rowspan=3|[[Alija Izetbegović]]
| 1st
| 909,970
| 37.92
| {{Composition bar|19|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| New
| {{Composition bar|5|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| New
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1998 Bosnian general election|1998]]{{efn|name=Coalition|Run as part of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA, [[Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina|SBiH]], [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|LS]] and [[Civic Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|GDS]]).}}
| 1st
| 583,895 
| 33.83
| {{Composition bar|13|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2000 Bosnian parliamentary election|2000]]
| 1st
| 279,548 
| 18.76
| {{Composition bar|8|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2002 Bosnian general election|2002]]
| rowspan=4|[[Sulejman Tihić]]
| 1st
| 269,427
| 21.92
| {{Composition bar|10|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{Composition bar|4|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2006 Bosnian general election|2006]]
| 2nd
| 238,475 
| 16.89
| {{Composition bar|9|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! rowspan=2|[[2010 Bosnian general election|2010]]
| rowspan=2|3rd
| rowspan=2|214,300 
| rowspan=2|13.05
| rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|7|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| rowspan=2|{{decrease}} 2
| rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| rowspan=2|{{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(2010–2012)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2012–2014)}}}}
|-
! [[2014 Bosnian general election|2014]]
| rowspan=3|[[Bakir Izetbegović]]
| 1st
| 305,715
| 18.73
| {{Composition bar|10|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2018 Bosnian general election|2018]]
| 1st
| 281,754
| 17.01
| {{Composition bar|9|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{Composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2022 Bosnian general election|2022]]
| 1st
| 273,545
| 17.23
| {{Composition bar|9|42|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}
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===Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ [[Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
! Year
! Leader
! #
! Popular vote
! %
! [[House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoR]]
! Seat change
! [[House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|HoP]]
! Seat change
! Government
|-
! [[1996 Bosnian general election|1996]]
| rowspan=3|[[Alija Izetbegović]]
| 1st
| align=center| 725,810
| 54.34
| {{Composition bar|78|140|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| New
| {{Composition bar|27|65|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| New
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1998 Bosnian general election|1998]]{{efn|name=Coalition}}
| 1st
| align=center| 456,458
| 49.20
| {{Composition bar|68|140|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 10
| {{Composition bar|26|72|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2000 Bosnian parliamentary election|2000]]
| 1st
| align=center| 232,674
| 26.81
| {{Composition bar|38|140|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 30
| {{Composition bar|11|81|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 15
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2002 Bosnian general election|2002]]
| rowspan=3|[[Sulejman Tihić]]
| 1st
| align=center| 234,923
| 33.57
| {{Composition bar|32|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{Composition bar|11|58|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{steady}} 
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2006 Bosnian general election|2006]]
| 1st
| align=center| 218,365
| 25.45
| {{Composition bar|28|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{Composition bar|9|58|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2010 Bosnian general election|2010]]
| 2nd	
| align=center| 206,926
| 20.22
| {{Composition bar|23|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{Composition bar|9|58|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{steady}} 
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election|2014]]
| rowspan=3|[[Bakir Izetbegović]]
| 1st	
| align=center| 275,728
| 27.79
| {{Composition bar|29|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{Composition bar|10|58|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2018 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election|2018]]
| 1st	
| align=center| 252,817
| 25.25
| {{Composition bar|27|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{Composition bar|9|58|hex={{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2022 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election|2022]]
| 1st
| align=center| 238,111
| 24.40
| {{Composition bar|26|98|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{Composition bar|13|80|{{party color|Party of Democratic Action}}}}
| {{increase}} 4 
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|}
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===Presidency elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
! Election year
! #
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Representing
! Elected?
|- 
! [[1996 Bosnian general election|1996]]
|1st
|''[[Alija Izetbegović]]''
|''730,592''
|''80.0%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
|- 
! [[1998 Bosnian general election|1998]]{{efn|name=Coalition}}
|1st
|''[[Alija Izetbegović]]''
|''511,541''
|''86.8%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
! [[2002 Bosnian general election|2002]]
|1st
|''[[Sulejman Tihić]]''
|''192,661''
|''37.2%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
! [[2006 Bosnian general election|2006]]
|2nd
|''[[Sulejman Tihić]]''
|''153,683''
|''27.5%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{no}}
|-
! [[2010 Bosnian general election|2010]]
|1st
|''[[Bakir Izetbegović]]''
|''162,831''
|''34.8%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
! [[2014 Bosnian general election|2014]]
|1st
|''[[Bakir Izetbegović]]''
|''247,235''
|''32.8%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
! [[2018 Bosnian general election|2018]]
|1st
|''[[Šefik Džaferović]]''
|''212,581''
|''36.6%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{yes}}
|-
! [[2022 Bosnian general election|2022]]
|2nd
|''[[Bakir Izetbegović]]''
|''214,412''
|''37.3%''
| [[Bosniaks]]
|{{no}}
|}

===Cantonal elections===
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; width:72%; line-height:126%; margin-bottom:0"
|-
!rowspan=2| Cantonal election !!colspan=14|Cantonal Assembly
|-
! [[Una-Sana Canton|Una-Sana]] !! [[Posavina Canton|Posavina]] !! [[Tuzla Canton|Tuzla]] !! [[Zenica-Doboj Canton|Zenica-Doboj]] !! [[Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde|Bosnian Podrinje Goražde]] !! [[Central Bosnia Canton|Central Bosnia]] !! [[Herzegovina-Neretva Canton|Herzegovina-Neretva]] !! [[West Herzegovina Canton|West Herzegovina]] !! [[Sarajevo Canton|Sarajevo]] !! [[Canton 10]] !! Total won / Total contested
|-
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==See also==
*[[Elections in the Party of Democratic Action]]
*[[List of Islamic political parties]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last=Babić |first=Marko |editor-first1=Marko |editor-last1=Milosevic |editor-last2=Rekawek |editor-first2=Kacper |title=Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders |location=Amsterdam |publisher=IOS Press |year=2014 |isbn=9781614993872}}
*{{cite book|last=Eralp |first=Doğa Ulaş |year=2012 |title=Politics of the European Union in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Between Conflict and Democracy |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739149478 }}
*{{cite book|last=Farmer |first=Brian R. |title=Radical Islam in the West: Ideology and Challenge |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland |year=2010 |isbn=9780786462100}}
*{{cite book|last=Krieger |first=Joel |year= 2012 |title=The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199738595 }}
*{{cite book|last=Perica |first=Vjekoslav |year=2004 |title=Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195174298 }}
*{{cite book|last=Šedo |first=Jakub |year=2013 |chapter=The party system of Bosnia and Herzegovina |editor-last1=Stojarová |editor-first1=Vera |editor-last2=Emerson |editor-first2=Peter |title=Party Politics in the Western Balkans |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135235857 }}
*{{cite book|last=Tottoli |first=Roberto |year=2014 |title=Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317744023 }}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite web|last=Filipović |first=Muhamed |author-link=Muhamed Filipović |title=Kako su se razišli Alija i Adil |url=https://www.bhdani.ba/portal/arhiva-67-281/165/t16511.htm |newspaper=BH Dani |date=28 July 2000 |access-date=1 March 2015 |language=sh |ref={{harvid|Filipović|28 July 2000}}}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|bs}}

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