Kalender is also an elected delegate in Serbia's Bosniak National Council (BNV) and has held high political office in Sjenica.
[2] The SDA won a plurality victory with twelve out of thirty-nine seats and afterward formed a coalition government that included its traditional rival, the Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP).
[6][7] She stood down as deputy mayor on 30 May 2016 and on the same day was appointed as a member of the municipal council (i.e., the executive branch of the local government).
[8] Her term on the municipal council appears to have been brief; she attended its inaugural meeting on 9 June 2016, but by September 2016 she was no longer listed as a member.
She had the opportunity to enter the assembly in August 2016 as a replacement for party leader Sulejman Ugljanin, but she instead declined the mandate.
[13][14] After the election, the SDA formed a coalition administration with a SDP-affiliated list, and Kalender served as a member of the BNV's executive board.
[26] Selma Kučević, who had been elected to the Serbian parliament in 2023 as the lead candidate on the SDA's list, resigned her seat after becoming the mayor of Tutin on 1 August 2024.