Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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.

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Position20182019202020212022
TypeGeneral elections (October)NoneLocal elections (October)NoneGeneral elections (October)
PresidencyAll membersNoneAll members
Parliamentary AssemblyAll seatsAll seats
Cantons, cities and municipalitiesnoneAll positionsnone

Latest elections

2022 presidential elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bosniak member
Denis Bećirović Social Democratic Party 330,23857.37
Bakir Izetbegović Party of Democratic Action 214,41237.25
Mirsad Hadžikadić Platform for Progress 30,9685.38
Total575,618100.00
Croat member
Željko Komšić Democratic Front 227,54055.80
Borjana Krišto Croatian Democratic Union 180,25544.20
Total407,795100.00
Serb member
Željka Cvijanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 327,72051.65
Mirko Šarović Serb Democratic Party 224,91235.45
Vojin Mijatović Social Democratic Party 38,6556.09
Nenad Nešić Democratic People's Alliance 34,9555.51
Borislav BijelićParty of Life8,2781.30
Total634,520100.00
Valid votes1,617,93393.35
Invalid/blank votes115,2736.65
Total votes1,733,206100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,368,66651.45
Source: CEC

2022 parliamentary assembly

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party of Democratic Action 273,54717.2390
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 259,52116.3460
HDZHSSHSP-HKDU-HSPAS-HDU-HSPHB139,0188.754-1
Social Democratic Party 129,5008.1550
Serb Democratic Party 112,2507.072-1
Democratic FrontCivic Alliance 101,7156.4130
People and Justice 79,5555.0133
Party of Democratic Progress 73,4894.6320
Our Party 49,4813.1220
People's European Union 47,1572.972New
For Justice and Order32,9822.081New
Democratic Union 30,5911.931New
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,4801.6700
HDZ 1990Croatian National Shift 25,6911.6200
Platform for ProgressIndependent Bloc 25,0071.570–1
Union for a Better Future of BiH 24,7861.560–2
United Srpska 24,6871.551+1
Socialist Party 23,0181.450–1
Democratic People's Alliance 21,8321.370–1
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative 20,2591.281New
Bosnian Party 17,7211.1200
Movement of Democratic Action 14,8890.940–1
Social Democrats 11,8310.750New
Croatian Republican Party 11,2310.710New
Labour Party 3,7270.2300
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens 3,3940.210New
Party of Life1,8400.120New
Union for New Politics7060.0400
The Left Wing5450.030New
SMS5300.030New
Re-Balance5030.030New
Circle3630.020New
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 1580.0100
Total1,588,004100.0042
Valid votes1,588,00491.62
Invalid/blank votes145,2818.38
Total votes1,733,285100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,368,66651.45
Source: CEC

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