Bosnian general election, 1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 1998
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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 |
% |
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 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p332