Republika Srpska Contact Group partition plan referendum, 1994

Republika Srpska Contact Group partition plan referendum, 1994
Date August 28, 1994
Location  Republika Srpska
Voting system Majority voting
Republika Srpska
For
  
 3.34%
Against
  
 96.66%
Invalid votes
  
 0%
Voter turnout: 91.04

A referendum on the Contact Group plan was held in Republika Srpska on 28 August 1994, after the National Assembly had rejected the plan on 8 August.[1][2] The plan would give 49% of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbs, around a third less than they held at the time.[3] It was rejected by 96.66% of voters.[1] Following the referendum, Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić said "We will ask for another map... We expect a new conference, new peace efforts."[3] However, the Contact Group (the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Germany) claimed the referendum was a sham.[3]

Results

Choice Votes %
For31,9403.34
Against924,89996.66
Invalid/blank votes5,261–
Total962,100100
Registered voters/turnout1,056,78391.04
Source: Direct Democracy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republika Srpska (Bosnien-Herzegowina), 28. August 1994 : Teilungsplan der internationalen Kontaktgruppe Direct Democracy
  2. ↑ Chronology for Serbs in Bosnia UNHCR
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bosnian Serbs, in Referendum, Reject Peace Plan New York Times, 30 August 1994