Bosnian general election, 1990
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 November 1990, with a second round of voting in the House of Peoples elections on 2 December.[1] These were the final general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina while it was still a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
A presidential election was held to elect candidates to a seven-member republic presidium. Six candidates were elected by members of Bosnia's nations (two each by Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats), and a seventh candidate was elected to represent all "others."
All of the presidential seats were won by parties structured around national lines: the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) won the two Muslim seats, the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) won the two Serb seats, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the two Croat seats, and the "other" seat was won by SDA member Ejup Ganić, who ran as a "Yugoslav." Although Fikret Abdić received the most votes of any candidate, he agreed to stand aside and permit fellow SDA member Alija Izetbegović to become president of the presidium.[2]
The Party of Democratic Action also emerged as the largest party in the election for the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 43 of the 130 seats in the Chamber of Citizens and 43 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Municipalities. Voter turnout was 74.4% for the presidential election, 81.6% for the Chamber of Municipalities election and 77.5% for the Chamber of Citizens election.[1] However, the election was marred by irregularities; in Brčko, Doboj, Nevesinje and Sarajevo there were more votes than registered voters (13,316 registered voters in Brčko but 49,055 votes, 4,771 voters in the Old City of Sarajevo but 28,974 votes).[3]
Results
Presidency (seven members)[4]
Bosniaks (two elected)
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
|---|
| Fikret Abdić | Party of Democratic Action | 1,045,539 | 32.69 |
| Alija Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 879,266 | 27.49 |
| Nijaz Duraković | League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 558,263 | 17.46 |
| Džemal Sokolović | Alliance of Reformist Forces of Yugoslavia | 183,171 | 5.73 |
| Nazif Gljiva | League of Socialist Youth-Democratic Party | 133,587 | 4.18 |
| Fejsal Hrustanović | League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 122,002 | 3.82 |
| Đevad Haznadar | Alliance of Reformist Forces of Yugoslavia | 120,560 | 3.77 |
| Bahrudin Bijedić | Independent | 104,335 | 3.26 |
| Adil Zulfikarpašić | Muslim Bosniak Organisation | 51,225 | 1.60 |
| Total | 3,197,948 | 100 |
Bosnian Serbs (two elected)
Bosnian Croats (two elected)
"Others" (one elected)
Chamber of Citizens
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
|---|
| Party of Democratic Action | 711,075 | 31.5 | 43 |
| Serbian Democratic Party | 590,431 | 26.1 | 34 |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 362,855 | 16.1 | 21 |
| League of Communists | 278,027 | 12.3 | 15 |
| Alliance of Reformist Forces of Yugoslavia | 201,018 | 8.9 | 12 |
| SSO-DSS-DSZ | 39,982 | 1.8 | 2 |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance | 31,623 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Muslim Bosniak Organisation | 25,975 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Other parties | 17,522 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 80,219 | – | – |
| Total | 2,338,727 | 100 | 130 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,018,206 | 77.5 | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Chamber of Municipalities
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
|---|
| Party of Democratic Action | 788,616 | 30.8 | 43 |
| Serbian Democratic Party | 624,951 | 24.4 | 38 |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 383,279 | 15.0 | 23 |
| League of Communists | 378,198 | 14.8 | 4 |
| Alliance of Reformist Forces of Yugoslavia | 281,436 | 11.0 | 1 |
| Serbian Renewal Movement | 4,217 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Other parties | 96,650 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 83,623 | – | – |
| Total | 2,640,970 | 100 | 110 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- 1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Viktor Meier, Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise, Trans. Sabrina Ramet, (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), p. 193.
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p329
- ↑ Sources: Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver, Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (Nomos, 2011); Mirsad Karic, "Social Cleavages, Conflict and Accommodation in Bosnian Political History from the Late 19th Century until the 1990s," Bilgi, Issue #22 (2011), p. 91; Virtuts Sambró Melero, "Las elecciones de 1990 en Bosnia," in Carlos Flores Juberías, ed., De la Europa del Este al este de Europa (Universitat de València, 2011), p. 152; Virtuts Sambró Melero, "Contextualització i anàlisi de les eleccions del 18 de novembre de 1990 a la R.S. de Bòsnia i Hercegovina" (Doctoral Thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2009).
