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-LDS-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 4 2 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 5 2 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)

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	%
Bosniaks	Alija Izetbegović	Party of Democratic Action	511,541	30.4
	Fikret Abdić	Democratic People's Community	36,438	2.2
	Sefer Halilović	Bosnian Patriotic Party	33,687	2.0
	Hajrija Rahmanović	Bosnian Party	7,694	0.5
Croats	Ante Jelavić	Croatian Democratic Union	189,438	11.3
	Gradmimir Gojer	Social Democratic Party	113,961	6.8
	Krešimir Zubak	New Croatian Initiative	40,880	2.4
	Senka Nožica	Republican Party	11,088	0.7
	Saša Nišandžić	Bosnian Party	2,638	0.2
Serbs	Živko Radišić	Sloga¹	359,937	21.4
	Momčilo Krajišnik	Serbian Democratic Party	314,236	18.7
	Zoran Tadić	Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska	27,388	1.6
Invalid/blank votes			182,627	–
Total			1,865,693	100
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	+/–
Federation	Coalition for Unity and Democracy	455,668	26.4	17	–5
	Croatian Democratic Union	187,707	10.9	6	–2
	Social Democratic Party	138,004	8.0	4	+4
	Union of Social Democrats	28,740	1.7	2	+2
	NHI-HKDU	28,572	1.7	1	New
	Democratic People's Community	21,452	1.2	1	+1
	Bosnian Party	13,601	0.8	0	–2
	Democratic Party of Pensioners	12,991	0.8	0	New
	Bosnian Patriotic Party	11,726	0.7	0	0
	Croatian Party of Rights	10,305	0.6	0	0
	SRS BiH	7,847	0.5	0	New
	KS	7,426	0.4	0	New
	Bosniak Party of Rights	4,900	0.3	0	New
	Croatian Peasant Party	2,226	0.1	0	0
	Civic Democratic Party	4,900	0.3	0	0
	Other parties	15,192	0.9	0	0
Republika Srpska	Sloga	214,716	12.4	4	New
	Serbian Democratic Party	162,721	9.4	4	–5
	Coalition for Unity and Democracy	128,277	7.4	–	–
	Serbian Radical Party	118,522	6.9	2	+2
	Civic Democratic Party	29,172	1.7	–	–
	Radical Party of Republika Srpska	27,686	1.6	1	New
	Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska	24,957	1.4	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	21,872	1.3	–	–
	Democratic Party of the Republika Srpska	14,956	0.9	0	New
	Croatian Democratic Union	12,385	0.7	–	–
	NHI-HKDU	11,508	0.7	–	–
	Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska	8,204	0.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		143,850	–	–	–
Total		1,780,083	100	42	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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