Social Democratic Union Socijaldemokratska Unija | |
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| 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 |
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TheSocial Democratic Union (Bosnian:Socijaldemokratska Unija,SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representingBosniaks. It was founded byDuda Balje, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of theVakat Coalition in the2019 parliamentary election, who then later moved to theLDK 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 the2021 parliamentary election getting 2,549 votes, initially failing to get any representation in theAssembly. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by theVakat Coalition and the United Community led byAdrijana Hodžić. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes[1] fromSerb-majority municipalities. This meant that the United Community did not receive enough votes to enter theparliament, while SDU gained representation in theAssembly winning 1 seat. This decision was later confirmed by theSupreme Court of Kosovo.[2]
The party currently has aconfidence and supply agreement with theLëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV)-ledgovernment, and the party voted for the LVV-backed candidateVjosa Osmani in the2021 Kosovan presidential election.
| Year | Popular vote | % of vote | Overall seats won | Bosniak seats | Seat change |
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| 2021 | 2,549 | 0.29 | 1 / 120 | 1 / 3 |  1 |
| Feb 2025 | 2,514 | 0.30 | 1 / 120 | 1 / 3 |  0 |
