2006 Republika Srpska general election

2006 Republika Srpska general election

1 October 2006

Presidential election

Candidate Milan Jelić Dragan Čavić Party SNSD SDS Popular vote 271,022 163,041 Percentage 48.87% 29.40%

Winning candidate by municipality

President before election Dragan Čavić SDS Elected President Milan Jelić SNSD

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 1 October 2006, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Milan Jelić	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	271,022	48.87
	Dragan Čavić	Serb Democratic Party	163,041	29.40
	Adil Osmanović	Party of Democratic Action	22,444	4.05
	Slobodan Nagradić	Party of Democratic Progress	19,623	3.54
	Mirsad Mahmutović	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	18,744	3.38
	Đurađ Davidović	Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	14,852	2.68
	Pero Bukejlović	Serbian Democratic Movement	12,690	2.29
	Hakija Meholjić	Social Democratic Party	11,292	2.04
	Davor Čordaš	Croatian Coalition for Equality (NHI–HDZ–HSP–HNZ)	4,598	0.83
	Željko Grebenarević	People's Party Work for Prosperity	4,465	0.81
	Dragan Krstić	Serbian New Power	3,380	0.61
	Ivan Krndelj	Croats Together (HDZ1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–HD)	3,270	0.59
	Šaban Fejzić	National Congress Party	2,156	0.39
	Nikola Lazarević	European Ecological Party E-5	1,686	0.30
	Fatima Kararić	Democratic People's Union	971	0.18
	Dragan Mrgan	Democratic People's Union	337	0.06
Total			554,571	100.00
Valid votes			554,571	93.65
Invalid/blank votes			37,625	6.35
Total votes			592,196	100.00
Source: Central Elections Committee

National Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Direct	Compensatory	Total	+/–
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	244,251	43.31	32	9	41	+22
	Serb Democratic Party	103,035	18.27	13	4	17	–9
	Party of Democratic Progress	38,681	6.86	6	2	8	–1
	Democratic People's Alliance	22,780	4.04	3	1	4	+1
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	22,642	4.01	1	3	4	0
	Socialist Party	20,031	3.55	3	0	3	0
	Party of Democratic Action	19,137	3.39	1	2	3	–3
	Serbian Radical Party	16,454	2.92	2	0	2	–2
	Social Democratic Party	14,079	2.50	1	0	1	–2
	Pensioners' Party–National Democratic Party	14,055	2.49	0	0	0	–1
	Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	12,717	2.25	0	0	0	New
	Serbian Democratic Movement	10,058	1.78	0	0	0	New
	People's Party Work for Prosperity	6,833	1.21	0	0	0	0
	Croatian Coalition for Equality (NHI–HDZ–HSP–HNZ)	4,978	0.88	0	0	0	–1
	Serbian Democratic Party	4,232	0.75	0	0	0	New
	Serbian New Power	3,119	0.55	0	0	0	New
	Independent Democratic Party	2,683	0.48	0	0	0	New
	Croats Together (HDZ1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–HD)	950	0.17	0	0	0	0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	759	0.13	0	0	0	0
	Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU)	455	0.08	0	0	0	0
	European Ecological Party E-5	432	0.08	0	0	0	New
	Youth Political Movement	419	0.07	0	0	0	New
	Democratic People's Union	225	0.04	0	0	0	0
	Bosnian Drina People's Party	163	0.03	0	0	0	0
	National Congress Party	102	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina	85	0.02	0	0	0	New
	BH Free Democrats	62	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Civic Democratic Party	27	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Independents	551	0.10	0	0	0	0
Total		563,995	100.00	62	21	83	0
Valid votes		563,995	95.28
Invalid/blank votes		27,931	4.72
Total votes		591,926	100.00
Source: Central Elections Committee

External links

• Bosnian Electoral Commission
• Bosnia’s “Historic” Elections: The Usual Tensions, Plus a Seed of Hope, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2006