Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

At state level, Bosnia and Herzegovina votes for the rotating Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Parliamentary Assembly. President is elected for a four-year term by constituencies referring to the three main ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna 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 main ethnic 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 political parties in which no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Each main ethnic group has its own dominant political party.

2018 Elections

The first results of Bosnia’s parliamentary elections on 8 October, 2018 show that representatives from nationalist parties of country's three main ethnic groups or, officially, constituent peoples have won the elections.[1]

Schedule

Election

Position	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Type	President Council (October) Parliamentary Assembly (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None		President Council (October) Parliamentary Assembly (October) Gubernatorial (October)	None
President Council	President and Vice Presidents	None		President and Vice Presidents	None
Parliamentary Assembly	All seats	None		All seats	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None		All positions	None	All positions (2 October 2016)

Inauguration

Position	2011	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Type	President Council (January) Parliamentary Assembly (January) Gubernatorial (January)	President Council (January)		President Council (January) Parliamentary Assembly (January) Gubernatorial (January)	President Council (January)
President Council (1 January)	Bosniak President Serb&Croat Vice President	Serb President Croat&Bosniak Vice President	Croat President Bosniak&Serb Vice President	Bosniak President Serb&Croat Vice President	Serb President Croat&Bosniak Vice President	Croat President Bosniak&Serb Vice President
Parliamentary Assembly	1 January	None		1 January	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	1 January	None		1 January	None

Latest elections

Main article: 2018 Bosnian general election

2018 presidential elections

Preliminary results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Bosniak member
Šefik Džaferović	Party of Democratic Action	175,053	37.17
Denis Bećirović	Social Democratic Party	157,731	33.49
Fahrudin Radončić	Union for a Better Future of BiH	60,619	12.87
Mirsad Hadžikadić	Platform for Progress	44,850	9.52
Senad Šepić	Independent Bloc	25,075	5.32
Amer Jerlagić	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,609	1.62
Croat member
Željko Komšić	Democratic Front	177,638	51.56
Dragan Čović (incumbent)	Croatian Democratic Union	127,172	36.91
Diana Zelenika	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	22,123	6.42
Boriša Falatar	Our Party	12,372	3.59
Jerko Ivanković-Lijanović	People's Party for Work and Betterment	5,238	1.52
Serb member
Milorad Dodik	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	313,209	53.87
Mladen Ivanić (incumbent)	Alliance for Victory (SDS–PDP–NDP–SRS RS–PUP RS-SSSSB)	249,692	42.95
Mirjana Popović	Serb Progressive Party	9,694	1.67
Gojko Kličković	First Serb Democratic Party	8,791	1.51
Invalid/blank votes		99,699	–
Total		1,496,565	100
Registered voters/turnout		3,352,933
Source: CEC (86.13% of polling stations reporting)

2014 House of Representatives elections

Party	Federation			Republika Srpska			Total
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Party of Democratic Action	274,057	27.87	9	31,658	4.88	1	305,715	18.74	10	+3
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	5,842	0.59	0	249,314	38.46	6	255,156	15.64	6	–2
Serb Democratic Party	–	–	–	211,603	32.64	5	211,603	12.97	5	+1
Democratic Front	150,767	15.33	5	–	–	–	150,767	9.24	5	New
Union for a Better Future of BiH	142,003	14.44	4	–	–	–	142,003	8.70	4	0
HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-AS BiH–HSP HB	119,468	12.15	4	3,555	0.55	–	123,023	7.54	4	–
Social Democratic Party	92,906	9.45	3	15,736	2.43	–	108,642	6.66	3	–5
PDP–NDP	194	0.02	0	50,338	7.76	1	50,532	3.10	1	0
Croatian Democratic Union 1990	40,113	4.08	1	–	–	–	40,113	2.46	1	–
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović	35,866	3.65	1	2,452	0.38	0	38,318	2.35	1	+1
Democratic People's Alliance	–	–	–	37,072	5.72	1	37,072	2.27	1	0
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,677	2.61	0	–	–	–	25,677	1.57	0	–2
Party of Democratic Activity	22,088	2.25	1	–	–	–	22,088	1.35	1	New
Socialist Party	–	–	–	18,732	2.89	0	18,732	1.15	0	0
SPP–SDU–DNZ	12,885	1.31	0	3,429	0.53	0	16,314	1.00	0	–1
People's Party for Work and Betterment	12,927	1.31	0	–	–	–	12,927	0.79	0	–1
Serbian Progressive Party	–	–	–	11,421	1.76	0	11,421	0.70	0	0
Our Party	10,913	1.11	0	–	–	–	10,913	0.67	0	0
Party of Justice and Trust	–	–	–	9,763	1.51	0	9,763	0.60	0	New
Bosnian Party	7,518	0.76	0	–	–	–	7,518	0.46	0	0
Social Democratic Union - Union for Us All	5,881	0.6	0	853	0.13	0	6,734	0.41	0	0
Labour Party	5,731	0.58	0	–	–	–	5,731	0.35	0	New
HSP–DSI	5,475	0.56	0	–	–	–	5,475	0.34	0	–
Communist Party	3,075	0.31	0	1,976	0.30	0	5,051	0.31	0	New
HKDU	4,718	0.48	0	–	–	–	4,718	0.29	0	New
Diaspora Party	3,371	0.34	0	–	–	–	3,371	0.21	0	New
New Movement	1,830	0.19	0	–	–	–	1,830	0.11	0	New
Tomo Vukić	–	–	–	397	0.06	0	397	0.02	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	97,720	–	–	58,857	–	–	156,577	–	–	–
Total	1,081,025	100	28	701,156	100	14	1,782,181	100	42	–
Registered voters/turnout			–			–			–	–
Source: CEC

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

References

1. Nationalist parties win Bosnia’s election, preliminary results show

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and Elections in Europe