Bosnian general election, 1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 1996
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Alija Izetbegović |
Aleksa Buha |
Božo Rajić |
Party |
SDA |
SDS |
HDZ BiH |
Leader since |
1990 |
1996 |
1995 |
Seats won |
19 |
9 |
8 |
Seat change |
19 |
9 |
8 |
Popular vote |
899,970 |
578,723 |
338,440 |
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General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996.[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 elected Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Krešimir Zubak and Serbs elected Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.
Voter turnout was 79.4% in the parliamentary election and 80.4% in the presidential election.[1]
Results
President
Community |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Bosniaks | Alija Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 730,592 | 31.6 |
Haris Silajdžić | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 124,396 | 5.4 |
Fikret Abdić | Democratic People's Community | 25,584 | 1.1 |
Sead Avdić | Joint List¹ | 21,254 | 0.9 |
Ibrahim Spahić | Civic Democratic Party | 4,127 | 0.2 |
Hasib Salkić | Liberal Party | 3,427 | 0.1 |
Mirnes Ajanović | Bosnian Party | 2,420 | 0.1 |
Safet Redžepagić | Party of Economic Prosperity | 1,473 | 0.1 |
Croats | Krešimir Zubak | Croatian Democratic Union | 330,477 | 14.3 |
Ivo Komšić | Joint List¹ | 37,684 | 1.6 |
Anton Štitić | Civic Democratic Party | 2,208 | 0.1 |
Vinko Ćuro | Liberal Party | 2,197 | 0.1 |
Serbs | Momčilo Krajišnik | Serbian Democratic Party | 690,646 | 29.9 |
Mladen Ivanić | Democratic Patriotic Bloc | 307,461 | 13.3 |
Milivoj Zarić | SPAS | 15,407 | 0.7 |
Branko Latinović | SSK | 12,643 | 0.5 |
Invalid/blank votes | 207,915 | – |
Total | 2,519,915 | 100 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,133,634 | 80.4 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
¹ The Joint List was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.[2]
House of Representatives
Community |
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Federation | Party of Democratic Action | 725,417 | 30.2 | 16 |
Croatian Democratic Union | 338,440 | 14.1 | 8 |
Joint List | 105,918 | 4.4 | 2 |
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93,816 | 3.9 | 2 |
Democratic People's Community | 25,562 | 1.1 | 0 |
Croatian Party of Rights | 14,879 | 0.6 | 0 |
Bosnian Party | 6,523 | 0.3 | 0 |
Liberal Party | 4,996 | 0.2 | 0 |
Party of Economic Prosperity | 4,905 | 0.2 | 0 |
Vladimir Srebrov List | 4,574 | 0.2 | 0 |
List of Women | 4,149 | 0.2 | 0 |
Bosnian Patriotic Party | 3,295 | 0.1 | 0 |
Civic Democratic Party | 3,292 | 0.1 | 0 |
Liberal Bosniak Organisation | 2,129 | 0.1 | 0 |
Republika Srpska | Serbian Democratic Party | 578,723 | 24.1 | 9 |
Party of Democratic Action | 184,553 | 7.7 | 3 |
People's Alliance for Free Peace | 136,077 | 5.7 | 2 |
Serbian Radical Party | 62,409 | 2.6 | 0 |
Joint List | 30,285 | 1.3 | 0 |
Democratic Patriotic Bloc | 29,494 | 1.2 | 0 |
Serbian Patriotic Party | 14,146 | 0.6 | 0 |
People's Party | 13,680 | 0.6 | 0 |
Party of Serbian Unity | 8,183 | 0.3 | 0 |
Civic Democratic Party | 4,429 | 0.2 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 88,123 | – | – |
Total | 2,487,997 | 100 | 42 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,133,634 | 79.4 | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database |
References
- 1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p332
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