{{Short description|Bosnian Serb political party}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox political party | name = Democratic People's Alliance | logo = Democratic People's Alliance logo.svg | logo_size = 220px | colorcode = #401F9D | leader = Nenad Nešić | foundation = 17 June 2000 | ideology = {{UBL|class=nowrap | Serbian nationalism<ref name="Nordsieck"/> | National conservatism<ref name="Nordsieck">{{Cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/bosnia-herzegovina.html|title=Bosnia-Herzegovina|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> | Euroscepticism<ref name="Europe Elects">{{cite web |title=Bosnia and Herzegovina |url=https://europeelects.eu/bosnia-and-herzegovina/ |website=europeelects.eu}}</ref> }} | headquarters = Banja Luka | website = [https://www.dnsrs.org www.dnsrs.org] | country = Bosnia and Herzegovina | national = | native_name = Демократски народни савез<br />Demokratski narodni savez | position = Centre-right<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsFqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87| title=The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans| isbn=9783319973524| last1=Passarelli| first1=Gianluca| date=January 2018}}</ref> to right-wing<ref name="Europe Elects" /> | split = Serb National Alliance | seats1_title = HoR BiH | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|42|#2B0E72}} | seats2_title = HoP BiH | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|15|#2B0E72}} | seats3_title = NA RS | seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|83|#2B0E72}} }}

The '''Democratic National Alliance''' or '''Democratic People's Alliance''' ({{langx|sr|Демократски народни савез/Demokratski narodni savez}} or '''DNS''') is a centre-right political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The head of the DNS is Nenad Nešić.

==Electoral results==

===Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ! Year ! Popular vote ! % ! HoR ! Seat change ! HoP ! Seat change ! Government |- ! 2000 | align=center| 20,427 | 1.37 | {{Composition bar|0|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | New | {{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | New | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2002 | align=center| 17,432 | 1.42 | {{Composition bar|0|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! 2006 | align=center| 20,100 | 1.42 | {{Composition bar|1|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{partial2|Support}} |- ! 2010 | align=center| 29,658 | 1.81 | {{Composition bar|1|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{partial2|Support}} |- ! 2014 | align=center| 37,052 | 2.27 | {{Composition bar|1|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2018 | align=center| 69,289 | 4.18 | {{Composition bar|1|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! 2022 | align=center| 21,832 | 1.37 | {{Composition bar|0|42|{{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Democratic People's Alliance}}}} | {{steady}} | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |}

===National Assembly of Republika Srpska=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ National Assembly of Republika Srpska ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Government |- ! 2000 | 22,083 | 3.5% | {{Composition bar|3|83|hex=Darkblue}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2002 | 20,375 | 4% | {{Composition bar|3|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2006 | 22,780 | 4.4% | {{Composition bar|4|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! 2010 | 38,547 | 6.9% | {{Composition bar|6|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! 2014 | 61,016 | 9.22% | {{Composition bar|5|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{yes2|Coalition}} |- ! rowspan="2"| 2018 | rowspan="2"| 98,851 | rowspan="2"| 14.44% | rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|12|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{yes2|Coalition (until 2020)}} |- | {{no2|Opposition (from 2020)}} |- ! 2022 | 28,502 | 4.46 % | {{Composition bar|4|83|hex=darkblue}} | {{partial2|Support}} |}

===Presidential elections=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ! Election year ! # ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Note ! Elected? |- !2002 |{{nochange}} 9th |''Milorad Đokić'' |''16,129'' |''3.18%'' |''—'' |{{no}} |- style="background:#dfdfdf;" !2014 |{{increase}} 2nd |''Željka Cvijanović'' |''310,658'' |''47.56%'' |''Support'' |{{no}} |- !2022 |{{decrease}} 3rd |''Nenad Nešić'' |''34,955'' |''5.51%'' |''—'' |{{no}} |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ President of Republika Srpska ! Election year ! # ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Note ! Elected? |- !2002 |{{nochange}} 5th |''Dragan Kostić'' |''31,401'' |''6.15%'' |''—'' |{{no}} |- style="background:#dfdfdf;" !2014 |{{increase}} 1st |''Milorad Dodik'' |''303,496'' |''45.40%'' |''Support'' |{{yes}} |- !2022 |{{decrease}} 6th |''Radislav Jovičević'' |''5,613'' |''0.89%'' |''—'' |{{no}} |}

==Mergers== *The ''Alliance of National Rebirth'' or ''League of People's Rebirth''{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} (Савез Народног Препорода, ''Savez Narodnog Preporoda'') was a conservative party led by Mirko Banjac, established in 2002, and merged into DNS in the fall of 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnsrs.org/program.aspx?programCode=1&%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%82 |title=Оснивање и развој Демократског народног савеза |access-date=2014-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509033402/http://dnsrs.org/program.aspx?programCode=1&%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%82 |archive-date=2015-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In its last legislative elections, 5 October 2002, the party won no seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it won 1 out of 83 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska.

==Positions held== Major positions held by Democratic People's Alliance members:

{| class=wikitable ! Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska !! Years |- |Nedeljko Čubrilović |2014–2018 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.dnsrs.org Official website]

{{Republika Srpska political parties}} {{Bosnian political parties}} {{Authority control}}

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