Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)

Social Democratic Union

Socijaldemokratska Unija
Social Democratic Union Socijaldemokratska Unija
	File:Social Democratic Union (Kosovo) logo.svg
Leader	Duda Balje
Founder	Duda Balje
Founded	13 January 2020
Split from	Vakat Coalition
Headquarters	Prizren
Ideology	Bosniak minority interests; Social democracy
Political position	Center-left
Assembly	1 / 120
Website
	sdu-ks.org
	Politics of Kosovo; Political parties; Elections;

The Social Democratic Union (Bosnian: Socijaldemokratska Unija, SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks. It was founded by Duda Balje, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of the Vakat Coalition 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 Assembly. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by the Vakat Coalition and the United Community led by Adrijana Hodžić. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes^[1] 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 Assembly winning 1 seat. This decision was later confirmed by the Supreme Court of Kosovo.^[2]

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.

Electoral performance

Assembly of Kosovo
Year	Popular vote	% of vote	Overall seats won	Bosniak seats	Seat change
2021	2,549	0.29	1 / 120	1 / 3	1

References

^ "PZAP ia prish "matematikat" Listës serbe". Tipografi (in Albanian). 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ "Pasi Supremja ia refuzoi ankesën, Adrijana Hoxhiq përfundimisht mbetet jashtë Kuvendit". Telegrafi. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

This article about a political party from Kosovo is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it.

[1] "PZAP ia prish "matematikat" Listës serbe". Tipografi (in Albanian). 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[2] "Pasi Supremja ia refuzoi ankesën, Adrijana Hoxhiq përfundimisht mbetet jashtë Kuvendit". Telegrafi. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[1]

[2]

v t e Political parties in Kosovo
Albanian parties	Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Alternativa Democratic League of Kosovo Democratic Party of Kosovo Guxo Justice Party Liberal Party of Kosovo Movement for Unification New Kosovo Alliance Social Democratic Party of Kosovo Social Democratic Initiative Vetëvendosje
Serbian parties	Serb List Civic Initiative Serbia New Democracy Progressive Democratic Party Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party Serb People's Party Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija
Minority parties	Ashkali Party for Integration Civic Initiative of Gora Coalition for Gora Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo Democratic Party of the Macedonians Egyptian Liberal Party Kosovar New Romani Party New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo Party of Democratic Action Social Democratic Union Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo United Roma Party of Kosovo Unique Gorani Party (JGP) Vakat Coalition
Defunct parties	Democratic League of Dardania Džemijet Green Party of Kosovo Independent Liberal Party Movement for Integration and Unification National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo New Spirit Party Partia e Fortë (Strong Party) Parliamentary Party of Kosovo People's Movement of Kosovo Reformist Party ORA
Related topics	List of ruling political parties by country Politics of Kosovo

Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)

Electoral performance

References

Navigation menu