The Muslim Bosniak Organisation (Bosnian: Muslimanska bošnjačka organizacija; abbr. MBO) was a mainly liberal political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by former Party of Democratic Action members Adil Zulfikarpašić and Muhamed Filipović.
Muslim Bosniak Organisation Muslimanska bošnjačka organizacija | |
|---|---|
| Founders | Adil Zulfikarpašić Muhamed Filipović |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | 28 December 2009 |
| Headquarters | Sarajevo |
| Ideology | Liberalism Secularism Anti-nationalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
History
editThe Muslim Bosniak Organisation (MBO) was founded in 1990 by Adil Zulfikarpašić and Muhamed Filipović. The party was established shortly after Zulfikarpašić's and Filipović's political disagreements with Alija Izetbegović, the founder of the Party of Democratic Action.[1] The MBO advocated the affirmation of the national name Bosniak instead of Muslim, liberalism, secularism and anti-nationalism.
The party first contested the 1990 general elections, receiving 1.15% of the national vote and winning two seats.[2] In the 1996 general election it joined the Joint List alliance alongside the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party and the Republican Party.[3] Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected.[4] In the election for the national House of Representatives, the Joint List received 5.68% of the vote and won two of the 42 seats.
The MBO did not contest any further elections.[5] The party was officially dissolved in December 2009.[6]
Elections
editParliamentary elections
edit| Year | # | Popular vote | % | Seats won | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7th | 25,975 | 1.15 | 2 / 240
|
Opposition |
| Year | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996[a] | 4th | 136,203 | 5.68 | 0 / 42
|
New | 0 / 15
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Presidency elections
edit| Election year | # | Candidate | Votes | % | Representing | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996[a] | 2nd | Ivo Komšić[b] | 37,684 | 10.1% | Croats | No |
| 4th | Sead Avdić[c] | 21,254 | 2.3% | Bosniaks | No |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mr. Milosevic's examination-in-chief in relation to Bosnia". ICTY. 7 February 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p339 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p332
- ^ "Izbori u BiH 1996. godine" (in Bosnian). N1. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p333
- ^ "Informacije o brisanju stranaka" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.