1996 Bosnian general election

1996 Bosnian general election

← 1990 14 September 1996 1998 →
Turnout80.42% (presidential) Increase 6.00 pp
79.40% (parliamentary) Increase 1.91 pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Alija Izetbegović Haris Silajdžić
Party SDA SBiH
Popular vote 730,592 124,396
Percentage 80.00% 13.62%
Croat member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Krešimir Zubak Ivo Komšić
Party HDZ BiH Joint List
Popular vote 330,477 37,684
Percentage 88.70% 10.11%
Serb member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Momčilo Krajišnik Mladen Ivanić
Party SDS PDP
Popular vote 690,646 307,461
Percentage 67.30% 29.96%

Presidency members before election

Office established

Elected Presidency members

Alija Izetbegović (Bosniak)
Krešimir Zubak (Croat)
Momčilo Krajišnik (Serb)


All 42 seats in the House of Representatives
22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
SDA Alija Izetbegović 37.92 19
SDS Biljana Plavšić 24.11 9
HDZ BiH Krešimir Zubak 14.10 8
Joint List Nijaz Duraković 5.68 2
NSSM Živko Radišić 5.67 2
SBiH Haris Silajdžić 3.91 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman before Chairman after
Hasan Muratović (SDA)
(as Prime Minister)
Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Boro Bosić (SDS)
(as Co-Chairmen)

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996.[1] Voter turnout was 79.40% in the parliamentary election and 80.42% in the presidential election.[1]

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 Alija Izetbegović and Croat Krešimir Zubak, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.

Alija Izetbegović's 730,592 votes for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency, remain the highest ever total vote count for a Presidency member in a Bosnian general election. The percentage of the vote received by Krešimir Zubak for the Croat seat in the Presidency – 88.70% – is the highest of any Presidency member to date.

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7