| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Савез независних социјалдемократа Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata |
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| Leader | Milorad Dodik |
| Headquarters | Petra Kočića 5, 78000 Banja Luka |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| European affiliation | None |
| Official colours | Red |
| Ethnic group | Bosnian Serb |
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The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (Serbian: Савез независних социјалдемократа (СНСД) or Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata, SNSD) is a parliamentary party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its president, Milorad Dodik, is the Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska.
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History
The party grew out of the Independent Members of Parliament Caucus of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska to become the Party of Independent Social Democrats. In December 1999 Social Liberal Party of Republic of Srpska merged into the Party of Independent Social Democrats. After local elections 2000 Nikola Špirić's Democratic party for Banjaluka and Krajina merged into it too. In December 2001, it united with the Democratic Socialist Party, a splinter party of the Socialist Party of the Republika Srpska. After the unification, the party changed its name to Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, retaining its Serbian language acronym. In August 2002 New Labor Party of Republic of Srpska merged into Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.
Election results
2006
The party swept to success at all levels of government at the October 1, 2006 general elections.
- Nebojša Radmanović (287,675, 53.26% in the Republika Srpska) was elected to the tripartite Bosnian presidency as the Serb member.
- The party won the most votes (269,468) on the state level for the House of Representatives, ahead of the SDA (238,474) and SBiH (219,477). However, due to Bosnia and Herzegovina's complicated electoral system, the SNSD received only 7 seats in the 42-member House of Representatives, behind the SDA (9 seats) and SBiH (8 seats).[1]
- Milan Jelić (271,022 votes, 48.87%) secured the post of President of Republika Srpska.
- The party won 41 of 83 seats (244,251 votes, 43.29%) in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, securing the post of Prime Minister of Republika Srpska for Milorad Dodik.
- The party won 12,564 votes (1.46%) in the elections to the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, securing 1 of 98 seats.
- The party won 5 seats (3,779 votes, 16.16%) in the 25-member Assembly of Canton 10 (in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
2002
In the legislative elections of 5 October 2002, the party won 9.8% of the popular vote and 3 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 out of 140 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 19 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska.
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