1998 Bosnian general election

1998 Bosnian general election
← 1996 12 and 13 September 1998 2002 →
Turnout67.87% (presidential) Decrease 12.55 pp
67.99% (parliamentary) Decrease 11.41 pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Alija Izetbegović Fikret Abdić
Party SDA DNZ
Popular vote 511,541 36,438
Percentage 86.80% 6.18%
Croat member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Ante Jelavić Gradimir Gojer
Party HDZ BiH SDP BiH
Popular vote 189,438 113,961
Percentage 52.91% 31.83%
Serb member of the Presidency
 
Candidate Živko Radišić Momčilo Krajišnik
Party SP SDS
Popular vote 359,937 314,236
Percentage 51.31% 44.79%
Presidency members before election

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

 Elected Presidency members

Alija Izetbegović (Bosniak)
Ante Jelavić (Croat)
Živko Radišić (Serb)

House of Representatives
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All 42 seats in the House of Representatives
22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS Alija Izetbegović 33.83 17 −4
SNS–SP–SNSD Biljana Plavšić 12.44 4 New
HDZ BiH Ante Jelavić 11.59 6 −2
SDS Dragan Kalinić 9.43 4 −5
SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 9.26 4 +2
SRS RS Nikola Poplašen 6.87 2 +2
NHI–HKDU Krešimir Zubak 2.32 1 New
UBSD Sejfudin Tokić 1.66 2 +2
RS RS Dragan Đurđević 1.60 1 New
DNZ Fikret Abdić 1.24 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Co-Chairmen before Co-Chairmen after
Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Boro Bosić (SDS)		 Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Svetozar Mihajlović (SP)

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998.[1] Voter turnout was 67.99% in the parliamentary election and 67.87% 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 re-elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and elected Croat Ante Jelavić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Živko Radišić. The Coalition for Unity and Democracy, an alliance of the Party of Democratic Action, the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Liberal Party and the Civic Democratic Party,[2] emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 17 of the 42 seats.

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p332