The Economic Bloc "Croat Democratic Union for Prosperity" () was a
political alliance in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
.
History
The alliance was formed for the
2002 general elections by the
People's Party for Work and Betterment and the
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (, HDZ BiH) is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic Croatian nationalism, Croatian nationalist List of political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, political party in Bosnia and He ...
.
[Tom Lansford (2013) ''Political Handbook of the World 2013'', CQ Press, p170] It received 1.3% of the vote in the national parliamentary elections, winning a single seat in the national
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
, taken by
Mladen Potočnik.
[ Its candidate for the Croat member of the Presidency, Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović, finished second with 17% of the Croat vote.][ The alliance also won two seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
]
References
Defunct political party alliances in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croat political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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