2006 Bosnian general election

2006 Bosnian general election

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Turnout	55.31% (presidential) 0.14 pp 55.36% (parliamentary) 0.10 pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
Candidate Haris Silajdžić Sulejman Tihić Party SBiH SDA Popular vote 350,520 153,683 Percentage 62.80% 27.53%
Croat member of the Presidency
Candidate Željko Komšić Ivo Miro Jović Party SDP BiH HDZ BiH Popular vote 116,062 76,681 Percentage 39.56% 26.14%
Serb member of the Presidency
Candidate Nebojša Radmanović Mladen Bosić Party SNSD SDS Popular vote 287,675 130,824 Percentage 53.26% 24.22%
Presidency members before election Sulejman Tihić (Bosniak) Ivo Miro Jović (Croat) Borislav Paravac (Serb) Elected Presidency members Haris Silajdžić (Bosniak) Željko Komšić (Croat) Nebojša Radmanović (Serb)
House of Representatives
All 42 seats in the House of Representatives 22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– SNSD Milorad Dodik 19.08 7 +4 SDA Sulejman Tihić 16.89 9 −1 SBiH Haris Silajdžić 15.54 8 +2 SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 10.15 5 +1 SDS Dragan Čavić 7.69 3 −2 HDZ–HNZ–HSP Dragan Čović 4.91 3 −2 Croats Together Božo Ljubić 3.73 2 +2 BPS Sefer Halilović 2.72 1 +1 NSRzB Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović 2.34 1 0 PDP Mladen Ivanić 2.01 1 −1 DNS Marko Pavić 1.42 1 +1 DNZ Fikret Abdić 1.17 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Chairman before Chairman after Adnan Terzić SDA Nikola Špirić SNSD

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.