[5][6][7] The SDP BiH has its roots in the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 1909.

The party was founded by workers to defend and represent their rights and interests, and consisted of members of all ethnic groups.

In the first post-war election in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996, the SDP BiH appeared in a coalition with five other parties within the Joint List.

Candidates for the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency, Sead Avdić and Ivo Komšić, were not elected.

The SDP BiH is a civic party that is particularly interested in improving the social status of workers, rural population, students, youth, veterans, women, pensioners and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the diaspora.