2007 Republika Srpska presidential election

The presidential election of 2007 in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina was announced after the premature death of President Milan Jelić on 30 September 2007 and was held on 9 December 2007.[1] Until the election took place, Igor Radojičić, also from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was acting president.[2] The election had to be called within fifteen days of Jelić's death;[3] it was called on 11 October 2007, with candidates to be nominated by 16 October 2007.[4]

2007 Republika Srpska presidential election

December 9, 2007
 
Candidate Rajko Kuzmanović Ognjen Tadić
Party SNSD SDS
Popular vote 169,863 142,898
Percentage 41.33% 34.77%

Colours denote the candidate with the most votes by municipalities

President before election

Igor Radojičić
(Acting)
SNSD

Elected President

Rajko Kuzmanović
SNSD

Candidates

There were ten candidates,[5] with the frontrunners being the Republika Srpska Academy of Sciences chairman Rajko Kuzmanović of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, MP Ognjen Tadić of the main opposition Serbian Democratic Party, and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanić of the Party of Democratic Progress.[6]

All three main candidates supported Republika Srpska's status in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Accords. President of Serbia Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party in Serbia supported the SNSD and its candidate Kuzmanović.[7] According to the electoral law, there would be no run-off.[8]

The other candidates were:[9]

Results

According to unofficial results (with 55% of the votes counted), Kuzmanović won the election with 44.53% of the votes to Tadić's 33.28% and Ivanić's 16%.[11] Turnout was close to 36%.[12]

Official results released on 2007-12-17 confirmed these preliminary results. Kuzmanović was sworn in on 2007-12-28.[13]

 Summary of the 9 December 2007 Republika Srpska presidential election results
Candidate Party Votes %
Rajko Kuzmanović SNSD – Alliance of Independent Social DemocratsMilorad Dodik 169,863 41.33
Ognjen Tadić SDS – Serbian Democratic Party 142,898 34.77
Mladen Ivanić PDP RS – Party of Democratic Progress of the Republic of Srpska 69,522 16.91
Slobodan Popović SDP – Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Social Democrats of BH 8,659 2.11
Mirko Blagojević SRS – Serbian Radical Party – Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 7,526 1.83
Nedžad Delić Democratic Disabled People's Party of BH 4,499 1.09
Krsto Jandrić National Democratic Party 3,945 0.96
Anton Josipović People's Party Work for Betterment 2,529 0.62
Dragan Đokanović Đokanović Dragan – independent candidate (Democratic Party for Federalism) 849 0.21
Nikola Lazarević European Environmental Party E-5 733 0.18
Valid votes 404,398 99.49
Invalid votes 5,459 0.51
Total 409,857 100
Registered voters/turnout 1,078,845 37,99
Source: Izbori.ba

References

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