Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina gives information on elections and election results in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina elects on national level the presidency and a legislature. The members of the presidency are elected for a four year term by the three ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in an ethnic group 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
2006 Presidential election
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Summary of the 1 October 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidium election results
| Candidates |
Nominating parties |
Bosniaks |
Serbs |
Croats |
| Haris Silajdžić |
SBiH |
288,321 (62%) |
|
|
| Sulejman Tihić |
SDA |
130,470 (28%) |
|
|
| Mirnes Ajanović |
Patriotski blok BOSS-SDU BiH |
38,412 (8%) |
|
|
| Nebojša Radmanović |
SNSD |
|
216,631 (55%) |
|
| Mladen Bosić |
SDS |
|
98,329 (25%) |
|
| Ranko Bakić |
|
|
13,198 (3%) |
|
| Željko Komšić |
SDP |
|
|
97,267 (41%) |
| Ivo Miro Jović |
HDZ BiH |
|
|
59,831 (25%) |
| Božo Ljubić |
(HDZ 1990) |
|
|
42,424 (18%) |
| Mladen Ivanković Lijanović |
|
|
|
20,954 (9%) |
| Total |
|
457,203 |
328,158 |
220,446 |
| Source: Izbori.ba |
2006 Parliamentary election
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Summary of the 1 October 2006 House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina election results
| Parties |
Federation |
Srpska |
Total |
| Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Party of Independent Social Democrats (Stranka nezavisnih socijaldemokrata)-Milorad Dodik |
7,265 |
0.85% |
0 |
262,203 |
46.93% |
7 |
7 |
| Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije) |
217,961 |
25.54% |
8 |
20,514 |
3.67% |
1 |
9 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu) |
196,230 |
22.99% |
7 |
23,257 |
4.16% |
1 |
8 |
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine) |
131,450 |
15.40% |
5 |
11,822 |
2.12% |
0 |
5 |
| Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka) |
|
108,616 |
19.44% |
3 |
3 |
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)-Hrvatska koalicija-HNZ |
68,188 |
7.99% |
3 |
1,145 |
0.20% |
0 |
3 |
| Croats Together (Hrvatsko Zajedništvo, coalition led by HDZ 1990) |
52,095 |
6.10% |
2 |
591 |
0.11% |
0 |
2 |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka-Sefer Halilović) |
37,608 |
4.41% |
1 |
866 |
0.16% |
0 |
1 |
| Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa RS ) |
|
28,410 |
5.08% |
1 |
1 |
| People's Party Work for Betterment (Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak) |
27,487 |
3.22% |
1 |
5,533 |
0.99% |
0 |
1 |
| Democratic People's Alliance (Demokratski narodni savez) |
232 |
0.03% |
0 |
19,868 |
3.56% |
1 |
1 |
| Democratic People's Community (Demokratska Narodna Zajednica) |
16,221 |
1.90% |
1 |
321 |
0.06% |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
|
28 |
|
14 |
42 |
Past elections and referendums
Municipal elections
See also
External links
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