Bosnian general election, 2014

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2014

12 October

First party Second party Third party   Leader Bakir Izetbegović (ad interim) Milorad Dodik Mladen Bosić Party SDA SNSD SDS Leader since 2014 1996 2006 Last election 7 8 4 Seats before 7 8 4 Seats won 10 6 5 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 305,715 255,156 211,603   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Željko Komšić Fahrudin Radončić Dragan Čović Party DF SBB HDZ BiH Leader since 2013 2009 2005 Last election New 4 3 Seats before New 4 3 Seats won 5 4 4 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 150,767 142,003 123,023

Colours denote the party with the most votes by municipalities

Chairman before election Vjekoslav Bevanda HDZ BiH Elected Chairman Denis Zvizdić SDA

On of the polling station in Sarajevo for 2014 election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 12, 2014. Voters elected the national Presidency and House of Representatives, as well as the Presidents and legislatures of the two entities. Day before elections, in Joensuu, Finland, Bosnian citizen A.A. was arrested while illegal organizing gang in Sarajevo in order to attack Presidency Building and Council of Ministers.

Electoral system

The three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In Republika Srpska voters elect the Serb representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and Croat members.^[1]

The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.^[2]

Results

Presidency

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Bosniak member
Bakir Izetbegović	Party of Democratic Action	247,235	32.87
Fahrudin Radončić	Union for a Better Future of BiH	201,454	26.78
Emir Suljagić	Democratic Front	114,334	15.20
Bakir Hadžiomerović	Social Democratic Party	75,369	10.02
Sefer Halilović	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović	66,230	8.80
Mustafa Cerić	Independent	33,882	4.50
Džebrail Bajramović	Diaspora Party	5,041	0.67
Mirsad Kebo	Independent	3,893	0.52
Halil Tuzlić	Independent	3,162	0.42
Adil Žigić	Independent	1,637	0.22
Croat member
Dragan Čović	Croatian Democratic Union	128,053	52.20
Martin Raguž	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	94,695	38.61
Živko Budimir	Party of Justice and Trust	15,368	6.27
Anto Popović	Democratic Front	7,179	2.93
Serb member
Mladen Ivanić	PDP–SDS	318,196	48.71
Željka Cvijanović	SNSD–DNS–SP	310,658	47.56
Goran Zmijanjac	Fair Policy Party	24,334	3.73
Invalid/blank votes		137,473	–
Total		1,788,193	100
Registered voters/turnout
Source: CEC

House of Representatives

Party	Federation			Republika Srpska			Total
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Party of Democratic Action	274,057	27.87	9	31,658	4.88	1	305,715	18.74	10	+3
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	5,842	0.59	0	249,314	38.46	6	255,156	15.64	6	–2
Serb Democratic Party	–	–	–	211,603	32.64	5	211,603	12.97	5	+1
Democratic Front	150,767	15.33	5	–	–	–	150,767	9.24	5	New
Union for a Better Future of BiH	142,003	14.44	4	–	–	–	142,003	8.70	4	0
HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-AS BiH–HSP HB	119,468	12.15	4	3,555	0.55	–	123,023	7.54	4	–
Social Democratic Party	92,906	9.45	3	15,736	2.43	–	108,642	6.66	3	–5
PDP–NDP	194	0.02	0	50,338	7.76	1	50,532	3.10	1	0
Croatian Democratic Union 1990	40,113	4.08	1	–	–	–	40,113	2.46	1	–
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović	35,866	3.65	1	2,452	0.38	0	38,318	2.35	1	+1
Democratic People's Alliance	–	–	–	37,072	5.72	1	37,072	2.27	1	0
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	25,677	2.61	0	–	–	–	25,677	1.57	0	–2
Party of Democratic Activity	22,088	2.25	1	–	–	–	22,088	1.35	1	New
Socialist Party	–	–	–	18,732	2.89	0	18,732	1.15	0	0
SPP–SDU–DNZ	12,885	1.31	0	3,429	0.53	0	16,314	1.00	0	–1
People's Party for Work and Betterment	12,927	1.31	0	–	–	–	12,927	0.79	0	–1
Serbian Progressive Party	–	–	–	11,421	1.76	0	11,421	0.70	0	0
Our Party	10,913	1.11	0	–	–	–	10,913	0.67	0	0
Party of Justice and Trust	–	–	–	9,763	1.51	0	9,763	0.60	0	New
Bosnian Party	7,518	0.76	0	–	–	–	7,518	0.46	0	0
Social Democratic Union - Union for Us All	5,881	0.6	0	853	0.13	0	6,734	0.41	0	0
Labour Party	5,731	0.58	0	–	–	–	5,731	0.35	0	New
HSP–DSI	5,475	0.56	0	–	–	–	5,475	0.34	0	–
Communist Party	3,075	0.31	0	1,976	0.30	0	5,051	0.31	0	New
HKDU	4,718	0.48	0	–	–	–	4,718	0.29	0	New
Diaspora Party	3,371	0.34	0	–	–	–	3,371	0.21	0	New
New Movement	1,830	0.19	0	–	–	–	1,830	0.11	0	New
Tomo Vukić	–	–	–	397	0.06	0	397	0.02	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	97,720	–	–	58,857	–	–	156,577	–	–	–
Total	1,081,025	100	28	701,156	100	14	1,782,181	100	42	–
Registered voters/turnout			–			–			–	–
Source: CEC

Government formation

While Bosniak Bakir Izetbegović was the only member of the tripartite presidency to be re-elected, Serb Mladen Ivanić was chosen as the first president. Izetbegović said: "In the next four years, I expect the presidency to be a strong engine driving this country forward on the path of reform toward reaching our most important goal — to become a rightful member of the union of free and democratic European nations." Ivanić said that "people in Bosnia-Herzegovina are exhausted and tired of quarrels and confrontations, trapped in a vicious circle of economic crisis, enormous unemployment. They are depressed from a lack of ideas on how this situation could change. This must change." He further added that everyone's interest was served by cooperating with both the U.S. and Russia.^[3]

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Federation this includes:

• Prime Minister of the Federation
• Federation House of Representatives
• Federation House of Peoples

House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Only parties which have won mandates are listed:

	Party	Votes	Reg.	Com.	Total
	Party of Democratic Action (SDA)	275,728	21	8	29
	Union for a Better Future of BiH (SBB BiH)	145,946	13	3	16
	Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (DF)	128,058	10	4	14
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HSP-HB)	118,375	11	1	12
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	100,626	10	2	12
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990)	40,125	4	-	4
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (BPS)	36,873	-	4	4
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Za BiH)	32,790	-	3	3
	Party of Democratic Activity (A-sda)	22,334	2	-	2
	Our Party (NS)	15,248	1	-	1
	Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,607	1	-	1

Reg. - Mandates from regional electoral units; Com. - Mandates from compensation lists
Source - Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also

• Republika Srpska general election, 2014

References

1. Maja Sahadžić (2009) The Electoral System of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Short Review of Political Matter and/or Technical Perplexion Contemporary Issues, Vol. 2, No. 1
2. Electoral System IPU
3. http://news.yahoo.com/bosnia-inaugurates-presidency-elections-152424837--finance.html

External links

• Central Election Committee BiH