Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina elects on national level the rotating presidency and a legislature. The members of the presidency are elected for a four year term by constituencies referring to the three ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlementarna Skupština) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom/Zastupnički dom) has 42 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in each ethic group. The House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of the two Entities. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Every ethnic community has its own dominant political party.
Latest elections
2010 Presidential election
e • d Summary of the 3 October 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidium election results
| Candidates |
Nominating parties |
Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska |
| Votes |
Bosniak
list % |
Croat
list % |
Votes |
Serb
list % |
| Željko Komšić (Croat) |
SDP BiH |
336,961 |
|
60.6% |
|
|
| Borjana Krišto (Croat) |
HDZ BiH |
109,714 |
|
19.7% |
|
|
| Martin Raguž (Croat) |
Croatian Coalition (HDZ 1990, HSP BiH) |
60,234 |
|
10.8% |
|
|
| Jerko Ivanković-Lijanović (Croat) |
NSRB |
45,382 |
|
8.2% |
|
|
| Pero Galić (Croat) |
|
1,579 |
|
0.3% |
|
|
| Mile Kutle (Croat) |
|
1,069 |
|
0.2% |
|
|
| Ferdo Galić (Croat) |
|
972 |
|
0.2% |
|
|
| Bakir Izetbegović (Bosniak) |
SDA |
162,797 |
34.9% |
|
|
|
| Fahrudin Radončić (Bosniak) |
SBB BiH |
142,359 |
30.5% |
|
|
|
| Haris Silajdžić (Bosniak) |
SBiH |
117,168 |
25.1% |
: |
|
|
| Ibrahim Đedović (Bosniak) |
DNZ BiH |
13,366 |
2.9% |
|
|
|
| Mujo Demirović (Bosniak) |
BPS |
8,946 |
1.9% |
|
|
|
| Ðemal Latić (Bosniak) |
A-SDA |
8,738 |
1.9% |
|
|
|
| Ibrahim Spahić (Bosniak) |
GDS |
6,947 |
1.5% |
|
|
|
| Izudin Kešetović (Bosniak) |
BOSS |
4,227 |
0.9% |
|
|
|
| Aida Jusić (Bosniak) |
|
2,347 |
0.5% |
|
|
|
| Nebojša Radmanović (Serb) |
SNSD |
|
|
|
295,624 |
48.9% |
| Mladen Ivanić (Serb) |
Coalition Together for Srpska |
|
|
|
285,927 |
47.3% |
| Rajko Papović (Serb) |
Union for a Democratic Srpska/SDS |
|
|
|
22,778 |
3.8% |
| Total |
1,022,806 |
|
|
604,329 |
|
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive, Izbori.ba |
2010 Parliamentary election
e • d Summary of the 3 October 2010 House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina election results
| Parties |
Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Republika Srpska |
Total votes |
Total |
+/- |
| Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH) |
265,952 |
26.07 |
8 |
18,406 |
2.96 |
0 |
284,358 |
8 |
+3 |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) |
8,810 |
0.86 |
0 |
269,007 |
43.30 |
8 |
277,817 |
8 |
+1 |
| Party of Democratic Action (SDA) |
197,890 |
19.40 |
7 |
16,371 |
2.64 |
0 |
214,261 |
7 |
–2 |
| Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) |
— |
— |
— |
137,843 |
22.19 |
4 |
137,843 |
4 |
+1 |
| Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH) |
124,076 |
12.16 |
4 |
6,329 |
2.03 |
0 |
130,405 |
4 |
+4 |
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) |
112,067 |
10.99 |
3 |
2,361 |
0.38 |
0 |
114,428 |
3 |
0 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH) |
73,946 |
7.25 |
2 |
12,640 |
2.03 |
0 |
86,586 |
2 |
–6 |
| Croatian Coalition HDZ 1990-HSP BiH |
49,524 |
4.86 |
2 |
522 |
0.08 |
0 |
50,046 |
2 |
0 |
| People's Party Work for Betterment (NSRzB) |
49,039 |
4.81 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
43,039 |
1 |
0 |
| Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) |
— |
— |
— |
40,070 |
6.45 |
1 |
40,070 |
1 |
0 |
| Democratic People's Alliance (DNS) |
1,147 |
0.11 |
0 |
28,511 |
4.59 |
1 |
29,658 |
1 |
0 |
| Democratic People's Community (DNZ) |
14,839 |
1.45 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
14,839 |
1 |
0 |
| Total |
1,019,973 |
100.00 |
28 |
621,227 |
100.00 |
14 |
1,641,200 |
42 |
Past elections and referendums
Municipal elections
See also
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