1996 Bosnian general election

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1996 Bosnian general election

← 1990 14 September 1996 1998 →
Turnout80.42% (presidential) Increase 6.00 pp
79.40% (parliamentary) Increase 1.91 pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Alija Izetbegović Haris Silajdžić
Party SDA SBiH
Popular vote 730,592 124,396
Percentage 80.00% 13.62%
Croat member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Krešimir Zubak Ivo Komšić
Party HDZ BiH Joint List
Popular vote 330,477 37,684
Percentage 88.70% 10.11%
Serb member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Momčilo Krajišnik Mladen Ivanić
Party SDS PDP
Popular vote 690,646 307,461
Percentage 67.30% 29.96%

Presidency members before election

Office established

Elected Presidency members

Alija Izetbegović (Bosniak)
Krešimir Zubak (Croat)
Momčilo Krajišnik (Serb)


All 42 seats in the House of Representatives
22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats
SDA Alija Izetbegović 37.92 19
SDS Biljana Plavšić 24.11 9
HDZ BiH Krešimir Zubak 14.10 8
Joint List Nijaz Duraković 5.68 2
NSSM Živko Radišić 5.67 2
SBiH Haris Silajdžić 3.91 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman before Chairman after
Hasan Muratović (SDA)
(as Prime Minister)
Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Boro Bosić (SDS)
(as Co-Chairmen)

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996.[1] Voter turnout was 79.40% in the parliamentary election and 80.42% in the presidential election.[1]

The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and Croat Krešimir Zubak, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.

Alija Izetbegović's 730,592 votes for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency, remain the highest ever total vote count for a Presidency member in a Bosnian general election. The percentage of the vote received by Krešimir Zubak for the Croat seat in the Presidency – 88.70% – is the highest of any Presidency member to date.

Results[edit]

Presidency[edit]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bosniak member
Alija IzetbegovićParty of Democratic Action730,59280.00
Haris SilajdžićParty for Bosnia and Herzegovina124,39613.62
Fikret AbdićDemocratic People's Union25,5842.80
Sead AvdićJoint List21,2542.33
Ibrahim SpahićCivic Democratic Party4,1270.45
Hasib SalkićLiberal Party3,4270.38
Mirnes AjanovićBosnian Party2,4240.27
Safet RedžepagićParty of Economic Prosperity1,4730.16
Total913,277100.00
Croat member
Krešimir ZubakCroatian Democratic Union330,47788.70
Ivo KomšićJoint List37,68410.11
Anton ŠtitićCivic Democratic Party2,2080.59
Vinko ĆuroLiberal Party2,1970.59
Total372,566100.00
Serb member
Momčilo KrajišnikSerb Democratic Party690,64667.30
Mladen IvanićDemocratic Patriotic Bloc307,46129.96
Milivoj ZarićSerb Patriotic Party15,4071.50
Branko LatinovićSerb Party of Krajina12,6431.23
Total1,026,157100.00
Valid votes2,312,00091.75
Invalid/blank votes207,9158.25
Total votes2,519,915100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,133,63480.42
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

House of Representatives[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Party of Democratic Action909,97037.9219
Serb Democratic Party578,72324.119
Croatian Democratic Union338,44014.108
Joint List136,2035.682
People's Alliance for Free Peace136,0775.672
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina93,8163.912
Serbian Radical Party62,4092.600
Democratic Patriotic Bloc29,4941.230
Democratic People's Union25,5621.070
Croatian Party of Rights14,8790.620
Serb Patriotic Party14,1460.590
People's Party13,6800.570
Party of Serbian Unity8,1830.340
Civic Democratic Party7,7210.320
Bosnian Party6,5230.270
Liberal Party4,9960.210
Party of Economic Prosperity4,9050.200
Vladimir Srebrov List4,5740.190
List of Women4,1490.170
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party3,2950.140
Liberal Bosniak Organisation2,1290.090
Total2,399,874100.0042
Valid votes2,399,87496.46
Invalid/blank votes88,1233.54
Total votes2,487,997100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,133,63479.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database

By entity[edit]

PartyFederationRepublika SrpskaTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Party of Democratic Action725,41754.2216184,55317.38319
Serb Democratic Party578,72354.4999
Croatian Democratic Union338,44025.3088
Joint List105,9187.92230,2852.8502
People's Alliance for Free Peace136,07712.8122
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina93,8167.0122
Serbian Radical Party62,4095.8800
Democratic Patriotic Bloc29,4942.7800
Democratic People's Union25,5621.9100
Croatian Party of Rights14,8791.1100
Serb Patriotic Party14,1461.3300
People's Party13,6801.2900
Party of Serbian Unity8,1830.7700
Civic Democratic Party3,2920.2504,4290.4200
Bosnian Party6,5230.4900
Liberal Party4,9960.3700
Party of Economic Prosperity4,9050.3700
Vladimir Srebrov List4,5740.3400
List of Women4,1490.3100
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party3,2950.2500
Liberal Bosniak Organisation2,1290.1600
Total1,337,895100.00281,061,979100.001442
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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