2006 Bosnian general election Turnout 55.31% (presidential) pp pp
Croat member of the Presidency
Serb member of the Presidency
House of Representatives
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Logo of the 2006 general election General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October 2006. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments.
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, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Haris Silajdžić and Croat Željko Komšić , while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Nebojša Radmanović . The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats.
Background
Analysts claimed that the 2006 election would be the most important since Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence from Yugoslavia , and the subsequent Bosnian War . With the previous government failing to agree reforms to the constitution, and Bosnian Muslim politicians continuing to threaten the abolition of Republika Srpska and officials in Republika Srpska continuing to speak of possible secession from the country in response, the election was seen as crucial in determining the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results were tentatively welcomed by commentators, and described as bringing "small signs of change to a Bosnia where institutional fragmentation has cemented ethnic division", with the result suggesting "a certain retreat of nationalism among the Muslim and Croat communities".[1]
Controversy
A controversy emerged over the election of the Croatian member of Presidency . Although Željko Komšić , an ethnic Croat and member of the Social Democratic Party , he was alleged by his political opponents to have received votes mainly from Bosniaks. He was accused by his opponents that he was not the choice of Croats, but rather Bosniaks, citing that he did not win majority for Croat representative in any of the cantons with Croat majority. This is the result of the fact that in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , both Bosniak and Croat Presidency members are on one ballot, letting the voter choose to vote in either category regardless of their own ethnicity.
Results
Presidency
One Presidency member was elected from each of the country's three constitutional peoples: Bosniaks , Croats and Serbs .[2]
Candidate Party Votes % Bosniak member Haris Silajdžić Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 350,520 62.80 Sulejman Tihić Party of Democratic Action 153,683 27.53 Mirnes Ajanović Patriotic Bloc (BOSS –SDU BiH ) 45,608 8.17 Muhamed Čengić People's Party Work for Prosperity 4,466 0.80 Bešćo Alibegović Independent 2,670 0.48 Adil Žigić Independent 1,245 0.22 Total 558,192 100.00 Croat member Željko Komšić Social Democratic Party 116,062 39.56 Ivo Miro Jović Croatian Democratic Union 76,681 26.14 Božo Ljubić Croatian Democratic Union 1990 53,325 18.18 Mladen Ivanković Lijanović People's Party Work for Prosperity 24,822 8.46 Zvonko Jurišić Croatian Party of Rights 20,350 6.94 Irena Korjenić Javor Independent 2,143 0.73 Total 293,383 100.00 Serb member Nebojša Radmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 287,675 53.26 Mladen Bosić Serb Democratic Party 130,824 24.22 Zoran Tešanović Party of Social Progress 26,818 4.96 Jugoslav Jovičić Social Democratic Party 22,245 4.12 Radislav Kanjerić Serbian Radical Party 19,849 3.67 Ranko Bakić People's Party Work for Prosperity 18,302 3.39 Nedo Durić Srpska Democratic Movement 16,307 3.02 Slavko Dragičević Patriotic Bloc (BOSS –SDU BiH ) 10,410 1.93 Svjetlana Udovičić Independent 2,847 0.53 Snežana Avdalović Independent 2,753 0.51 Branislav Ristić Independent 2,143 0.40 Total 540,173 100.00 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, CEC
According to the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina , the representatives from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are allocated 28 seats, while the representatives from Republika Srpska have 14 seats. There are 42 seats in total.
Party Votes % Seats Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 269,468 19.08 7 Party of Democratic Action 238,475 16.89 9 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 219,487 15.54 8 Social Democratic Party 143,272 10.15 5 Serb Democratic Party 108,616 7.69 3 Croatian Coalition (HDZ –HNZ –HSP ) 69,333 4.91 3 Croats Together (HDZ 1990 –HSS –HKDU –HDU–HD )52,686 3.73 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 38,474 2.72 1 People's Party Work for Prosperity 33,020 2.34 1 Party of Democratic Progress 28,410 2.01 1 Coalition for Equality (HSP –NHI ) 24,415 1.73 0 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS –SDU BiH ) 23,767 1.68 0 Democratic People's Alliance 20,100 1.42 1 Democratic People's Union 16,542 1.17 1 Serbian Radical Party 15,806 1.12 0 Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" 14,714 1.04 0 Socialist Party 14,331 1.01 0 PS RS –NDS 12,340 0.87 0 Pensioners' Party 11,790 0.83 0 Youth Political Movement 8,513 0.60 0 Liberal Democratic Party 8,337 0.59 0 Serbian Democratic Movement 7,807 0.55 0 Movement for Change 6,091 0.43 0 European Ecological Party E5 5,572 0.39 0 Civic Democratic Party 4,722 0.33 0 People's Bosniak Party 3,848 0.27 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3,475 0.25 0 Serbian New Power 2,712 0.19 0 Democratic Socialist Alliance 2,350 0.17 0 BH Free Democrats 1,657 0.12 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH 1,382 0.10 0 Bosnian Drina People's Party 566 0.04 0 Total 1,412,078 100.00 42 Valid votes 1,412,078 93.29 Invalid/blank votes 101,519 6.71 Total votes 1,513,597 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,734,287 55.36 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU
By entity
Party Federation Republika Srpska Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 7,265 0.85 0 262,203 46.93 7 7 Party of Democratic Action 217,961 25.54 8 20,514 3.67 1 9 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 196,230 22.99 7 23,257 4.16 1 8 Social Democratic Party 131,450 15.40 5 11,822 2.12 0 5 Serb Democratic Party 108,616 19.44 3 3 Croatian Coalition (HDZ –HNZ –HSP ) 68,188 7.99 3 1,145 0.20 0 3 Croats Together (HDZ1990 –HSS –HKDU –HDU –HD )52,095 6.10 2 591 0.11 0 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 37,608 4.41 1 866 0.16 0 1 People's Party Work for Prosperity 27,487 3.22 1 5,533 0.99 0 1 Party of Democratic Progress 28,410 5.08 1 1 Coalition for Equality (HSP –NHI ) 19,486 2.28 0 4,929 0.88 0 0 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS –SDU BiH ) 23,605 2.77 0 162 0.03 0 0 Democratic People's Alliance 232 0.03 0 19,868 3.56 1 1 Democratic People's Union 16,221 1.90 1 321 0.06 0 1 Serbian Radical Party 15,806 2.83 0 0 Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" 14,714 2.63 0 0 Socialist Party 1,752 0.21 0 12,579 2.25 0 0 PS RS –NDS 12,340 2.21 0 0 Pensioners' Party 11,790 1.38 0 0 Youth Political Movement 7,713 0.90 0 800 0.14 0 0 Liberal Democratic Party 8,337 0.98 0 0 Serbian Democratic Movement 7,807 1.40 0 0 Movement for Change 6,091 0.71 0 0 European Ecological Party E5 5,053 0.59 0 519 0.09 0 0 Civic Democratic Party 4,322 0.51 0 400 0.07 0 0 People's Bosniak Party 3,848 0.45 0 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3,475 0.41 0 0 Serbian New Power 2,712 0.49 0 0 Democratic Socialist Alliance 2,350 0.42 0 0 BH Free Democrats 1,657 0.19 0 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH 1,013 0.12 0 369 0.07 0 0 Bosnian Drina People's Party 493 0.06 0 73 0.01 0 0 Total 853,372 100.00 28 558,706 100.00 14 42 Valid votes 853,372 92.57 558,706 94.42 Invalid/blank votes 68,492 7.43 33,027 5.58 Total votes 921,864 100.00 591,733 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,697,556 54.31 1,036,731 57.08 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU
The 15 members of the House of Peoples were elected in the entities' Parliaments - 10 members by the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament (5 Bosniaks and 5 Croats); and 5 members by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska .
Entity Parliaments
On the entity level, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska elected new governments.
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the Federation this includes:
House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Party Votes % Seats Party of Democratic Action 218,365 25.45 28 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 190,148 22.16 24 Social Democratic Party 130,204 15.17 17 Croatian Coalition (HDZ –HNZ –HSP ) 64,906 7.56 8 Croats Together (HDZ1990 –HSS –HKDU –HDU –HD )54,210 6.32 7 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 35,223 4.10 4 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS –SDU BiH ) 27,200 3.17 3 People's Party Work for Prosperity 27,132 3.16 3 Coalition for Equality (HSP –NHI ) 21,152 2.46 1 Democratic People's Union 16,014 1.87 2 Pensioners' Party 12,660 1.48 0 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 12,564 1.46 1 Liberal Democratic Party 7,622 0.89 0 Movement for Change 7,157 0.83 0 Youth Political Movement 6,310 0.74 0 European Ecological Party E5 6,310 0.74 0 Civic Democratic Party 5,027 0.59 0 People's Bosniak Party 4,346 0.51 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3,527 0.41 0 Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,918 0.22 0 BH Free Democrats 1,376 0.16 0 Bosniak Party of Rights 1,332 0.16 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH 979 0.11 0 Socialist Party 902 0.11 0 Bosnian Drina People's Party 826 0.10 0 Party of Democratic Progress 530 0.06 0 Democratic People's Alliance 165 0.02 0 Total 858,105 100.00 98 Valid votes 858,105 93.06 Invalid/blank votes 64,020 6.94 Total votes 922,125 100.00 Source: CEC
Republika Srpska
In the Republika Srpska, the government is made up of:
Canton Parliaments
All 289 mandates in the assemblies of the Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were up for election; the same parties elected into the Federal Parliament were elected onto cantonal assemblies (skupština kantona /скупштина кантона in Bosnian and Serbian , sabor županije in Croatian ).
Source - Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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