The Muslim Bosniak Organisation (; abbr. MBO) was a mainly liberal political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by former Party of Democratic Action members Adil Zulfikarpašić and Muhamed Filipović.
History The Muslim Bosniak Organisation (MBO) was founded in 1990 by Adil Zulfikarpašić and Muhamed Filipović. The party was established shortly after Zulfikarpašić's and Filipović's political disagreements with Alija Izetbegović, the founder of the Party of Democratic Action. The MBO advocated the affirmation of the national name Bosniak instead of Muslim, liberalism, secularism and anti-nationalism.
The party first contested the 1990 general elections, receiving 1.15% of the national vote and winning two seats.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p339 In the 1996 general election it joined the Joint List alliance alongside the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party and the Republican Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p332 Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected. In the election for the national House of Representatives, the Joint List received 5.68% of the vote and won two of the 42 seats.
The MBO did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p333 The party was officially dissolved in December 2009.
Elections Parliamentary elections + Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year # Popular vote % Seats won Government 1990 7th 25,975 1.15
+ Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year # Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government 1996 4th 136,203 5.68 New New
Presidency elections + Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Election year # Candidate Votes % Representing Elected?1996 2ndIvo Komšić37,68410.1% Croats 4thSead Avdić21,2542.3% Bosniaks
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