Bosnian general election, 1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 1998
12 and 13 September 1998

  First party Second party Third party
 

Leader Alija Izetbegović Ante Jelavić Biljana Plavšić,
Živko Radišić and
Milorad Dodik
Party KCD
(SDA-SBiH-LS-GDS)		 HDZ BiH Unity
(SNS-SPRS-SNSD)
Leader since 1990 1998 1996
Last election 21 8 2
Seats before 21 8 2
Seats won 17 6 4
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 583,895 200,092 214,674
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dragan Kalinić Zlatko Lagumdžija Nikola Poplašen
Party SDS SDP BiH SRS RS
Leader since 1998 1997 1992
Last election 9 2 0
Seats before 9 2 0
Seats won 4 4 2
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 162,721 159,871 118,559
Co-Chairmen before election

Haris Silajdžić (SBiH) and
Boro Bosić (SDS)

 Elected Co-Chairmen

Haris Silajdžić (KCD/SBiH) and
Svetozar Mihajlović (Unity/SPRS)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
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General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998.[1] The elections for the House of Representatives elections were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, each of the three national communities elected a President. Bosniaks re-elected Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Ante Jelavić and Serbs elected Živko Radišić. The Coalition for Unity and Democracy, an alliance of the Party of Democratic Action, the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Liberal Party and the Civic Democratic Party,[2] emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 17 of the 42 seats.

Voter turnout was 68.0% in the parliamentary election and 67.8% in the presidential election.[1]

Results

President

Community Candidate Party Votes %
BosniaksAlija IzetbegovićParty of Democratic Action511,54130.4
Fikret AbdićDemocratic People's Community36,4382.2
Sefer HalilovićBosnian Patriotic Party33,6872.0
Hajrija RahmanovićBosnian Party7,6940.5
CroatsAnte JelavićCroatian Democratic Union189,43811.3
Gradimir GojerSocial Democratic Party113,9616.8
Krešimir ZubakNew Croatian Initiative40,8802.4
Senka NožicaRepublican Party11,0880.7
Saša NišandžićBosnian Party2,6380.2
SerbsŽivko RadišićSloga¹359,93721.4
Momčilo KrajišnikSerbian Democratic Party314,23618.7
Zoran TadićSerbian Coalition for Republika Srpska27,3881.6
Invalid/blank votes182,627–
Total1,865,693100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

¹ Sloga was an alliance of the Serbian People's Alliance, the Socialist Party and the Serbian Independent Social Democrats of Milorad Dodik.[2]

House of Representatives

Community Party Votes % Seats +/–
FederationCoalition for Unity and Democracy455,66826.417–5
Croatian Democratic Union187,70710.96–2
Social Democratic Party138,0048.04+4
Union of Social Democrats28,7401.72+2
NHI-HKDU28,5721.71New
Democratic People's Community21,4521.21+1
Bosnian Party13,6010.80–2
Democratic Party of Pensioners12,9910.80New
Bosnian Patriotic Party11,7260.700
Croatian Party of Rights10,3050.600
SRS BiH7,8470.50New
KS7,4260.40New
Bosniak Party of Rights4,9000.30New
Croatian Peasant Party2,2260.100
Civic Democratic Party4,9000.300
Other parties15,1920.900
Republika SrpskaSloga214,71612.44New
Serbian Democratic Party162,7219.44–5
Coalition for Unity and Democracy128,2777.4––
Serbian Radical Party118,5226.92+2
Civic Democratic Party29,1721.7––
Radical Party of Republika Srpska27,6861.61New
Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska24,9571.400
Social Democratic Party21,8721.3––
Democratic Party of the Republika Srpska14,9560.90New
Croatian Democratic Union12,3850.7––
NHI-HKDU11,5080.7––
Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska8,2040.50New
Invalid/blank votes143,850–––
Total1,780,083100420
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p332
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