2014 Bosnian general election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October 2014. Voters elected the national Presidency and House of Representatives, as well as the Presidents and legislatures of the two entities.

2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina general election

12 October 2014
All 42 Seats in the House of Representatives All 3 members of the Presidency
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bakir Izetbegović Milorad Dodik Mladen Bosić Party SDA SNSD SDS Leader since 2014 1996 2006 Leader's seat Presidency (Bosniaks) (won) Did not stand RS-2 Last election 7 8 4 Seats before 7 8 4 Seats won 10 6 5 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 305,715 255,156 211,603   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Željko Komšić Fahrudin Radončić Dragan Čović Party DF SBB HDZ BiH Leader since 2013 2009 2005 Leader's seat FBiH-3 Presidency (Bosniaks) Presidency (Croats) (won) Last election New 4 3 Seats before New 4 3 Seats won 5 4 4 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 150,767 142,003 123,023
Colours denote the party with the most votes by municipalities
Chairman before election Vjekoslav Bevanda HDZ BiH Elected Chairman Denis Zvizdić SDA

One of the polling stations in Sarajevo for 2014 election

Electoral system

The three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In Republika Srpska voters elect the Serb representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and Croat members.[1]

The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.[2]

Results

Presidency

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Bosniak member
Bakir Izetbegović	Party of Democratic Action	247,235	32.87
Fahrudin Radončić	Union for a Better Future of BiH	201,454	26.78
Emir Suljagić	Democratic Front	114,334	15.20
Bakir Hadžiomerović	Social Democratic Party	75,369	10.02
Sefer Halilović	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović	66,230	8.80
Mustafa Cerić	Independent	33,882	4.50
Džebrail Bajramović	Diaspora Party	5,041	0.67
Mirsad Kebo	Independent	3,893	0.52
Halil Tuzlić	Independent	3,162	0.42
Adil Žigić	Independent	1,637	0.22
Croat member
Dragan Čović	Croatian Democratic Union	128,053	52.20
Martin Raguž	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	94,695	38.61
Živko Budimir	Party of Justice and Trust	15,368	6.27
Anto Popović	Democratic Front	7,179	2.93
Serb member
Mladen Ivanić	SDS–PDP–NDP–SRS RS–PUP	318,196	48.71
Željka Cvijanović	SNSD–DNS–SP	310,658	47.56
Goran Zmijanjac	Fair Policy Party	24,334	3.73
Invalid/blank votes		137,473	–
Total		1,788,193	100
Registered voters/turnout
Source: CEC

House of Representatives

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
Advanced Serb 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
Croatian Union HKDU/HRAST	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

Government formation

While Bosniak Bakir Izetbegović was the only member of the tripartite presidency to be re-elected, Serb Mladen Ivanić was chosen as the first president. Izetbegović said: "In the next four years, I expect the presidency to be a strong engine driving this country forward on the path of reform toward reaching our most important goal — to become a rightful member of the union of free and democratic European nations." Ivanić said that "people in Bosnia-Herzegovina are exhausted and tired of quarrels and confrontations, trapped in a vicious circle of economic crisis, enormous unemployment. They are depressed from a lack of ideas on how this situation could change. This must change." He further added that everyone's interest was served by cooperating with both the U.S. and Russia.[3]

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Federation this includes:

• Prime Minister of the FBiH
• House of Representatives of the FBiH
• House of Peoples of FBiH

House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Only parties which have won mandates are listed:

	Party	Votes	Reg.	Com.	Total
	Party of Democratic Action (SDA)	275,728	21	8	29
	Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH)	145,946	13	3	16
	Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (DF)	128,058	10	4	14
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HSP-HB)	118,375	11	1	12
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	100,626	10	2	12
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990)	40,125	4	-	4
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (BPS)	36,873	-	4	4
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Za BiH)	32,790	-	3	3
	Party of Democratic Activity (A-SDA)	22,334	2	-	2
	Our Party (NS)	15,248	1	-	1
	Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,607	1	-	1

Reg. - Mandates from regional electoral units; Com. - Mandates from compensation lists
Source - Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canton Parliaments

All 289 mandates in the assemblies of the Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were up for election; the same parties elected into the Federal Parliament were elected onto cantonal assemblies (skupština kantona/скупштина кантона in Bosnian and Serbian, sabor županije in Croatian).

	Party	USK	PK	TK	ZDK	BPK	SBK	HNK	ZHK	KS	K10	Total
	Party of Democratic Action (SDA)	10	3	13	11	6	8	7	-	10	2	68
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Za BiH)	-	-	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	7
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	4	1	6	4	2	4	3	-	4	1	29
	Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH)	3	1	5	8	5	4	3	-	7	-	36
	Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (DF)	4	-	4	5	2	3	2	-	7	-	27
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ/HSS/HKDU/HSP HB)	-	7	-	2	-	8	11	14	-	9	51
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ1990)	-	7	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	4	20
	Croatian Party of Right/Croatian Peasant Party of Stjepan Radić	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	6
	People's Party Work for Betterment	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	5
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (BPS)	-	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	2	-	8
	Democratic People's Community/Party of Justice and Trust	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Bosnian Party (BOSS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Union of Independent Social Democrats	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Party of Democratic Activity (A-SDA)	6	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	9
	Posavina Party	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Our Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDS)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Diaspora Party	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	New Movement	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Party for better Gorazde	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Croatian Union HKDU/HRAST	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	HSP dr. Ante Starčević	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Croatian Independent list	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
	Total	30	21	35	35	25	30	30	23	35	25

Source - Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also

• 2014 Republika Srpska general election

References

1. Maja Sahadžić (2009) The Electoral System of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Short Review of Political Matter and/or Technical Perplexion Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, No. 1
2. Electoral System IPU
3. https://news.yahoo.com/bosnia-inaugurates-presidency-elections-152424837--finance.html

External links

• Central Election Committee BiH