1998 Bosnian general election Turnout 68.0%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
below .
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998.[1] [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, each of the three national communities elected a Presidency member. 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]
Results [ ] Presidency [ ] Candidate Party Votes % Bosniak member Alija Izetbegović Party of Democratic Action 511,541 86.80 Fikret Abdić Democratic People's Union 36,438 6.18 Sefer Halilović Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 33,687 5.72 Hajrija Rahmanović Bosnian Party 7,694 1.31 Total 589,360 100.00 Croat member Ante Jelavić Croatian Democratic Union 189,438 52.91 Gradimir Gojer Social Democratic Party 113,961 31.83 Krešimir Zubak New Croatian Initiative 40,880 11.42 Senka Nožica Republican Party 11,089 3.10 Saša Nišandžić Bosnian Party 2,638 0.74 Total 358,006 100.00 Serb member Živko Radišić Sloga (SNS –SP and the SNSD ) 359,937 51.31 Momčilo Krajišnik Serb Democratic Party 314,236 44.79 Zoran Tadić Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska 27,388 3.90 Total 701,561 100.00 Valid votes 1,648,927 88.32 Invalid/blank votes 218,019 11.68 Total votes 1,866,946 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,750,705 67.87 Source: CEC , Nohlen & Stöver
House of Representatives [ ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA –SBiH –LS –GDS ) 583,945 33.83 17 –4 Sloga (SNS –SP –SNSD ) 214,716 12.44 4 New Croatian Democratic Union 200,092 11.59 6 ��2 Serb Democratic Party 162,721 9.43 4 –5 Social Democratic Party 159,876 9.26 4 – Serbian Radical Party 118,522 6.87 2 +2 NHI –HKDU 40,080 2.32 1 New Union of Social Democrats 28,740 1.66 2 – Radical Party of Republika Srpska 27,686 1.60 1 New Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska 24,957 1.45 0 New Democratic People's Union 21,452 1.24 1 +1 Bosnian Party 17,075 0.99 0 0 Democratic Party of Republika Srpska 14,956 0.87 0 New Democratic Party of Pensioners 12,991 0.75 0 New Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 11,726 0.68 0 0 Social Democrats 11,301 0.65 0 New Croatian Party of Rights 10,305 0.60 0 0 Coalition of Centre 8,697 0.50 0 New Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska 8,204 0.48 0 New Zdravko Grebo 6,962 0.40 0 New Serbian Peasant Party 4,925 0.29 0 New Bosniak Party of Rights 4,900 0.28 0 New Bosnian Greens 4,448 0.26 0 New Coalition for the King and Fatherland 3,878 0.22 0 New Democratic Party of the Disabled 3,851 0.22 0 New Croatian Peasant Party 3,119 0.18 0 – Croat People's Union 3,112 0.18 0 New Serbian Renewal Movement 2,925 0.17 0 New Muslim Bosniak Organisation 1,777 0.10 0 – For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance 1,743 0.10 0 New Party of Economic Prosperity 1,613 0.09 0 New Yugoslav Left 1,387 0.08 0 New Serbian Fatherland Front 1,342 0.08 0 New Liberal-Social Party 1,239 0.07 0 New Party for Yugoslavia 970 0.06 0 New Total 1,726,233 100.00 42 0 Valid votes 1,726,233 92.31 Invalid/blank votes 143,850 7.69 Total votes 1,870,083 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,750,705 67.99 Source: CEC , Nohlen & Stöver
By entity [ ] Party Federation Republika Srpska Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA –SBiH –LS –GDS ) 455,668 47.90 14 128,277 16.55 3 17 Sloga (SNS –SP –SNSD ) 214,716 27.71 4 4 Croatian Democratic Union 187,707 19.73 6 12,385 1.60 0 6 Serb Democratic Party 162,721 21.00 4 4 Social Democratic Party 138,004 14.51 4 21,872 2.82 0 4 Serbian Radical Party 118,522 15.29 2 2 NHI –HKDU 28,572 3.00 1 11,508 1.48 0 1 Union of Social Democrats 28,740 3.02 2 2 Radical Party of Republika Srpska 27,686 3.57 1 1 Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska 24,957 3.22 0 0 Democratic People's Union 21,452 2.26 1 1 Bosnian Party 13,601 1.43 0 3,474 0.45 0 0 Democratic Party of Republika Srpska 14,956 1.93 0 0 Democratic Party of Pensioners 12,991 1.37 0 0 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 11,726 1.23 0 0 Social Democrats 7,847 0.82 0 3,454 0.45 0 0 Croatian Party of Rights 10,305 1.08 0 0 Coalition of Centre 7,426 0.78 0 1,271 0.16 0 0 Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska 8,204 1.06 0 0 Zdravko Grebo 6,962 0.73 0 0 Serbian Peasant Party 4,925 0.64 – 0 Bosnian Party of Rights 4,900 0.52 0 0 Bosnian Greens 2,551 0.27 0 1,897 0.24 0 0 Coalition for the King and Fatherland 3,878 0.50 0 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3,851 0.40 0 0 Croatian Peasant Party 2,226 0.23 0 893 0.12 0 0 Croat People's Union 2,099 0.22 0 1,013 0.13 0 0 Serbian Renewal Movement 2,925 0.38 0 0 Muslim Bosniak Organisation 1,777 0.19 0 0 For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance 1,743 0.22 0 0 Party of Economic Prosperity 1,613 0.17 0 0 Yugoslav Left 1,387 0.18 0 0 Serbian Fatherland Front 1,342 0.17 0 0 Liberal-Social Party 1,239 0.13 0 0 Party for Yugoslavia 970 0.13 0 0 Total 951,257 100.00 28 774,976 100.00 14 42 Valid votes 951,257 92.99 774,976 91.48 Invalid/blank votes 71,718 7.01 72,132 8.52 Total votes 1,022,975 100.00 847,108 100.00 Source: CEC , Nohlen & Stöver
References [ ]
^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p332
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