The Serb Democratic Party, or SDS, says that it hopes to form a majority coalition in Republika Srpska despite coming in second behind the governing SNSD in last month’s elections. SNSD’s margin of victory was slim, so both the governing party and opposition need the support of smaller parties–most importantly the Socialist Party–to secure a mandate.
The SNSD won 29 seats in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska at last month’s polls, while the SDS got 24 seats.
Its confirmed ally, the DNS, won eight, while the SP took five.
The SDS meanwhile has the backing of the Party of Democratic Progress, PDP, which took seven seats, and the National Democratic Movement, NDP, which took five.
The Domovina [Homeland] coalition, which is comprised of non-Serb parties and won five seats in the assembly, has not yet declared which party it will support.
The SDS held power in Republika Srpska until 2006, when Dodik and the SNSD took over and governed for two terms.
