2002 Bosnian general election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2002.[1]
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Electoral system
Voters elected 42 deputies to the State House of Representatives. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), 98 deputies to its House of Representatives of the Federation, two representatives (one Bosniak, one Croat) to the tripartite state presidency and ten cantonal assemblies were elected. In Republika Srpska (RS), 83 deputies to its National Assembly, the Serb representative of the tripartite state presidency, one RS president and two RS vice-presidents were elected. There were 39 political parties, 11 coalitions, and 13 independent candidates. Voter turnout was 55.5%.[1]
Results
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 elected Sulejman Tihić, Croats elected Dragan Čović and Serbs elected Mirko Šarović.
House of Representatives
| Community | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federation | Party of Democratic Action | 232,325 | 18.9 | 8 | +2 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116,114 | 9.4 | 6 | +1 | |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 114,207 | 9.3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 112,258 | 9.1 | 4 | –5 | |
| Bosnian Party | 18,411 | 1.5 | 1 | +1 | |
| Pensioners' Party | 17,588 | 1.4 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic People's Community | 16,454 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Economic Bloc | 16,052 | 1.3 | 1 | New | |
| New Croatian Initiative | 13,820 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bosnian Patriotic Party | 9,477 | 0.8 | 0 | –1 | |
| Other parties | 82,837 | 6.7 | 0 | – | |
| Republika Srpska | Serbian Democratic Party | 172,544 | 14.0 | 5 | –1 |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 114,077 | 9.3 | 3 | +2 | |
| Party of Democratic Progress | 53,177 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Party of Democratic Action | 37,102 | 3.0 | 2 | – | |
| Socialist Party | 24,559 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Serbian Radical Party | 24,559 | 2.0 | 1 | +1 | |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,976 | 1.6 | – | – | |
| Democratic People's Alliance | 17,432 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 15,954 | 1.3 | – | – | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 70,098 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 1,299,021 | 100 | 42 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
President
| Community | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniaks | Sulejman Tihić | Party of Democratic Action | 192,661 | 37.3 |
| Haris Silajdžić | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 179,726 | 34.8 | |
| Alija Behmen | Social Democratic Party | 90,434 | 17.5 | |
| Fikret Abdić | Democratic People's Community | 21,164 | 4.1 | |
| Faruk Balijagić | Bosnian Party | 9,650 | 1.8 | |
| Emir Zlatar | Bosnian Patriotic Party | 6,500 | 1.2 | |
| Rasim Kadić | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,360 | 1.0 | |
| Adem Mujčić | Labour Party | 4,940 | 0.4 | |
| Ibrahim Spahić | Civic Democratic Party | 3,062 | 0.3 | |
| Asim Ibrahimpašić | Bosniak Party of Rights | 2,026 | 0.2 | |
| Bakir Tanović | People's Bosniak Party | 1,087 | 0.1 | |
| Croats | Dragan Čović | Croatian Democratic Union | 114,606 | 61.5 |
| Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović | Economic Bloc | 32,411 | 17.4 | |
| Mijo Anić | New Croatian Initiative | 16,345 | 8.7 | |
| Stjepan Kljuić | Republican Party | 9,413 | 4.0 | |
| Željko Koroman | Croatian Right Bloc | 5,255 | 2.8 | |
| Žarko Mišić | Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 5,142 | 2.7 | |
| Marinko Brkić | Independent | 2,154 | 1.1 | |
| Karmela Osmanović | Civic Democratic Party | 965 | 0.1 | |
| Serbs | Mirko Šarović | Serbian Democratic Party | 180,212 | 35.5 |
| Nebojša Radmanović | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 101,119 | 19.9 | |
| Ognjen Tadić | Serbian Radical Party | 44,262 | 8.7 | |
| Desnica Radivojević | Party of Democratic Action | 41,667 | 8.2 | |
| Branko Dokić | Party of Democratic Progress | 41,228 | 8.1 | |
| Mirko Banjac | Alliance of People's Renewal | 23,238 | 4.5 | |
| Mladen Grahovac | Social Democratic Party | 22,852 | 4.5 | |
| Dragutin Ilić | Socialist Party | 18,533 | 3.6 | |
| Milorad Đokić | Democratic People's Alliance | 16,129 | 3.1 | |
| Svetozar Mihajlović | Serbian People's Alliance of the Republika Srpska | 5,143 | 1.0 | |
| Ranko Bajić | PSC | 3,231 | 0.3 | |
| Dušan Bajić | Democratic People's Union | 2,790 | 0.2 | |
| Aleksander Rajlić | Civic Democratic Party | 2,625 | 0.2 | |
| Tomislav Taušan | People's Party of Socialists | 1,875 | 0.2 | |
| Borislav Vasić | SDŠ RS | 1,570 | 0.1 | |
| Radovan Simić | Party of Democratic Development | 940 | 0.1 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,496 | – | ||
| Total | 1,298,811 | 100 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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