1998 Bosnian general election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998.[1] The elections for the House of Representatives elections were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, each of the three national communities elected a President. Bosniaks re-elected Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Ante Jelavić and Serbs elected 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.

1998 Bosnian general election
12 and 13 September 1998
Turnout68.0% 12.4pp
Party Leader % Seats ±
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
SDA-SBiH-LS Alija Izetbegović 26.4 14 -4
HDZ BiH Ante Jelavić 10.9 6 -2
SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 8.0 4 +2
UBSD Sejfudin Tokić 1.7 2 +2
NHI-HKDU Krešimir Zubak 1.7 1 New
DNZ Fikret Abdić 1.2 1 New
Republika Srpska
SNS-SP-SNSD Biljana Plavšić 12.4 4 New
SDS Dragan Kalinić 9.4 4 -5
SDA-SBiH-LS Alija Izetbegović 7.4 3 0
SRS RS Nikola Poplašen 6.9 2 +2
RS RS Dragan Đurđević 1.6 1 New
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)

Voter turnout was 68.0% in the parliamentary election and 67.8% in the presidential election.[1]

Results

President
Community Candidate Party Votes %
BosniaksAlija IzetbegovićParty of Democratic Action511,54186,8
Fikret AbdićDemocratic People's Community36,4386,1
Sefer HalilovićBosnian Patriotic Party33,6875,7
Hajrija RahmanovićBosnian Party7,6941,3
CroatsAnte JelavićCroatian Democratic Union189,43852,9
Gradimir GojerSocial Democratic Party113,96131,8
Krešimir ZubakNew Croatian Initiative40,88011,4
Senka NožicaRepublican Party11,0883,1
Saša NišandžićBosnian Party2,6380,7
SerbsŽivko RadišićSloga¹359,93751,3
Momčilo KrajišnikSerbian Democratic Party314,23644,7
Zoran TadićSerbian Coalition for Republika Srpska27,3880,3
Invalid/blank votes182,627–
Total1,865,693100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

¹ Sloga was an alliance of the Serbian People's Alliance, the Socialist Party and the Serbian Independent Social Democrats.[2]

House of Representatives
Community Party Votes % Seats +/–
Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSDA-SBiH-LS455,66826.414–2
Croatian Democratic Union187,70710.96–2
Social Democratic Party138,0048.04+2
Union of Social Democrats28,7401.72+2
NHI-HKDU28,5721.71New
Democratic People's Community21,4521.21+1
Bosnian Party13,6010.80–2
Democratic Party of Pensioners12,9910.80New
Bosnian Patriotic Party11,7260.700
Croatian Party of Rights10,3050.600
Serb Radical Party7,8470.50New
Coalition of Centre7,4260.40New
Bosniak Party of Rights4,9000.30New
Croatian Peasant Party2,2260.100
Civic Democratic Party4,9000.300
Other parties15,1920.900
Republika SrpskaSNS-SP-SNSD214,71612.44New
Serbian Democratic Party162,7219.44–5
SDA-SBiH-LS128,2777.43–
Serbian Radical Party118,5226.92+2
Civic Democratic Party29,1721.7––
Radical Party of Republika Srpska27,6861.61New
Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska24,9571.400
Social Democratic Party21,8721.3––
Democratic Party of the Republika Srpska14,9560.90New
Croatian Democratic Union12,3850.7––
NHI-HKDU11,5080.7––
Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska8,2040.50New
Invalid/blank votes143,850–––
Total1,780,083100420
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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