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.

Schedule

Election

Position	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Type	General elections (October)	None	Local elections (October)	None	General elections (October)
Presidency	All members		None		All members
Parliamentary Assembly	All seats				All seats
Cantons, cities and municipalities	none		All positions		none

Latest elections

Main article: 2018 Bosnian general election

2018 presidential elections

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
Bosniak member
	Šefik Džaferović	Party of Democratic Action	212,581	36.61
	Denis Bećirović	Social Democratic Party	194,688	33.53
	Fahrudin Radončić	Union for a Better Future of BiH	75,210	12.95
	Mirsad Hadžikadić	Platform for Progress	58,555	10.09
	Senad Šepić	Independent Bloc	29,922	5.15
	Amer Jerlagić	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,655	1.66
Total			580,611	100.00
Croat member
	Željko Komšić	Democratic Front	225,500	52.64
	Dragan Čović	Croatian Democratic Union	154,819	36.14
	Diana Zelenika	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	25,890	6.04
	Boriša Falatar	Our Party	16,036	3.74
	Jerko Ivanković Lijanović	People's Party Work for Prosperity	6,099	1.42
Total			428,344	100.00
Serb member
	Milorad Dodik	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	368,210	53.88
	Mladen Ivanić	Alliance for Victory (SDS–PDP–NDP–SRS RS–SRS VS)	292,065	42.74
	Mirjana Popović	Serb Progressive Party	12,731	1.86
	Gojko Kličković	First Serb Democratic Party	10,355	1.52
Total			683,361	100.00
Valid votes			1,692,316	93.37
Invalid/blank votes			120,259	6.63
Total votes			1,812,575	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,355,429	54.02
Source: CEC

2018 parliamentary assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party of Democratic Action	281,731	17.01	9	–1
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	265,593	16.03	6	0
	SDS–NDP–NS–SRS	162,414	9.80	3	–2
	Social Democratic Party	150,454	9.08	5	2
	HDZ–HSS–HSP–HSP AS–HKDU	149,872	9.05	5	1
	Democratic Front–Civic Alliance	96,174	5.81	3	–2
	Party of Democratic Progress	83,832	5.06	2	1
	Democratic People's Alliance	69,289	4.18	1	0
	Union for a Better Future of BiH	68,993	4.16	2	–2
	Our Party	48,401	2.92	2	2
	Independent Bloc	41,512	2.51	1	New
	Movement of Democratic Action	38,417	2.32	1	New
	Socialist Party	31,321	1.89	1	1
	Party of Democratic Activity	30,482	1.84	1	0
	HDZ1990–HSP	28,962	1.75	0	0
	People and Justice	23,381	1.41	0	New
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	17,830	1.08	0	0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	16,433	0.99	0	–1
	Independent Bosnia-Herzegovina List	12,505	0.75	0	New
	Labour Party	7,734	0.47	0	0
	First Serb Democratic Party	7,513	0.45	0	New
	Pensioners' Party	7,185	0.43	0	New
	Bosnian Party	5,771	0.35	0	0
	Serb Progressive Party	4,750	0.29	0	0
	Union for New Politics	2,109	0.13	0	New
	Croatian Party BiH	1,095	0.07	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party	1,833	0.11	0	New
	The Left Wing	930	0.06	0	New
Total		1,656,516	100.00	42	0
Valid votes		1,656,516	91.37
Invalid/blank votes		156,444	8.63
Total votes		1,812,960	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,355,429	54.03
Source: CEC

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system
• Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, administrative body responsible for regulating and supervising Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

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