1998 Republika Srpska general election
Presidential election
Parliamentary election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
below .
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 .[1]
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 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.[2] [3]
Results [ ]
President [ ]
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 19,198 2.59 2 New Croatian Democratic Union 11,471 1.55 1 New NHI –HKDU 10,546 1.42 1 New 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
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