1998 Republika Srpska general election

1998 Republika Srpska general election

12–13 September 1998

Presidential election

Candidate Nikola Poplašen Biljana Plavšić Party SRS RS SNS Popular vote 322,684 286,606 Percentage 43.86% 38.96%

President before election Biljana Plavšić SNS Elected President Nikola Poplašen SRS RS

Parliamentary election

Party Leader % Seats +/– SDS Dragan Kalinić 21.65 19 −5 SDA Alija Izetbegović 16.93 15 −1 SRS RS Nikola Poplašen 13.11 11 −4 SNS Biljana Plavšić 12.92 12 −3 SP Živko Radišić 10.67 10 +1 SNSD Milorad Dodik 7.29 6 +4 RS RS Dragan Đurđević 3.66 3 New SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 2.68 2 0 SKRS 2.59 2 New HDZ BiH Ante Jelavić 1.55 1 New NHI–HKDU Krešimir Zubak 1.42 1 New SKO 0.41 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Milorad Dodik SNSD Milorad Dodik SNSD

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 12 and 13 September 1998. They were third parliamentary election and second presidential election in three years.

Incumbent president Biljana Plavšić, who served since July 1996 after Radovan Karadžić resigned, lost to Nikola Poplašen, leader of the Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska. Mirko Šarović was elected Vice President.

In the parliamentary election, the Serb Democratic Party again won the most seats, but failed to form a government. Although newly elected President Poplašen tried to name SDS leader Dragan Kalinić as the new Prime Minister, he faced opposition from High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Carlos Westendorp and was deposed shortly after. Prime Minister Milorad Dodik was subsequently chosen for another term.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nikola Poplašen	Serbian Radical Party	322,684	43.86
	Biljana Plavšić	Serb National Alliance	286,606	38.96
	Zulfo Nišić	Bosnian Party	107,036	14.55
	Mihajlo Crnadak	Serb Coalition for Republika Srpska	16,079	2.19
	Predrag Sekulović	Party for Yugoslavia	3,295	0.45
Total			735,700	100.00
Valid votes			735,700	86.97
Invalid/blank votes			110,209	13.03
Total votes			845,909	100.00
Source: RZS

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Serb Democratic Party	160,594	21.65	19	–5
	Party of Democratic Action	125,546	16.93	15	–1
	Serbian Radical Party	97,244	13.11	11	–4
	Serb National Alliance	95,817	12.92	12	–3
	Socialist Party	79,179	10.67	10	+1
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	54,058	7.29	6	+4
	Radical Party	27,119	3.66	3	New
	Social Democratic Party	19,892	2.68	2	0
	Serb Coalition for Republika Srpska	19,198	2.59	2	New
	Croatian Democratic Union	11,471	1.55	1	New
	NHI–HKDU	10,546	1.42	1	New
	Coalition for King and Homeland	3,044	0.41	1	New
	Other parties	38,053	5.13	0	–
Total		741,761	100.00	83	0
Valid votes		741,761	87.85
Invalid/blank votes		102,559	12.15
Total votes		844,320	100.00
Source: RZS