Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)

Kosovar political party

Social Democratic Union Socijaldemokratska Unija

Leader	Duda Balje
Founder	Duda Balje
Founded	13 January 2020 (2020-01-13)
Split from	Vakat Coalition
Headquarters	Prizren
Ideology	Bosniak minority interests Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Assembly	1 / 120
Party flag

Website
sdu-ks.org
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Executive President Vjosa Osmani Prime Minister Albin Kurti Second Kurti cabinet Government
Legislature Assembly Chairman: Glauk Konjufca
Judiciary Constitutional Court Kosovo Judicial Council
Administrative divisions Districts Municipalities
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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 parliamentary election, who then later moved to the LDK parliamentary group.

The party participated in the 2021 parliamentary elections and won one of the three guaranteed seats for Bosniaks in the Assembly of Kosovo with 2,549 votes.

The party ran in the 2021 parliamentary election 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 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.

The party currently has a confidence and supply agreement with the Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (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.

Political parties in Kosovo

Parliamentary parties

Albanian	Alternativa Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Democratic League of Kosovo Democratic Party of Kosovo Guxo New Kosovo Alliance Vetëvendosje
Serbian	Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival Serb List
Minority	Ashkali Party for Integration New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo New Democratic Party Progressive Movement of Kosovar Roma Romani Initiative Social Democratic Union Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo Unique Gorani Party Vakat Coalition

Non-parliamentary parties

Albanian	Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo Fjala Justice Party Liberal Party of Kosovo Movement for Unification Social Democratic Initiative Social Democratic Party of Kosovo
Serbian	New Democracy Party of Kosovo Serbs Progressive Democratic Party Serb Civic Initiative Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party Serb People's Party Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija Serbian Social Democratic Party Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija United Serbian List
Minority	Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo Bosnian League of Kosovo Civic Initiative National Wing Civic Initiative of Gora Coalition for Gora Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo Democratic Party of the Macedonians Egyptian Liberal Party Kosovar New Romani Party Kosovo Turkish Union League of Egyptians of Kosovo Montenegrin Democratic Party Party of Democratic Action Social Democratic Party of Gora Turkish Justice Party of Kosovo United Roma Party of Kosovo

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 Parliamentary Party of Kosovo Partia e Fortë People's Movement of Kosovo Reformist Party ORA
Alliances	Coalition Party LA Coalition PANA coalition

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