General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996.[1] Voter turnout was 79.40% in the parliamentary election and 80.42% 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 elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and Croat Krešimir Zubak, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.
Alija Izetbegović's 730,592 votes for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency, remain the highest ever total vote count for a Presidency member in a Bosnian general election. The percentage of the vote received by Krešimir Zubak for the Croat seat in the Presidency – 88.70% – is the highest of any Presidency member to date.
Results
Presidency
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniak member | ||||
| Alija Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 730,592 | 80.00 | |
| Haris Silajdžić | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 124,396 | 13.62 | |
| Fikret Abdić | Democratic People's Union | 25,584 | 2.80 | |
| Sead Avdić | Joint List | 21,254 | 2.33 | |
| Ibrahim Spahić | Civic Democratic Party | 4,127 | 0.45 | |
| Hasib Salkić | Liberal Party | 3,427 | 0.38 | |
| Mirnes Ajanović | Bosnian Party | 2,424 | 0.27 | |
| Safet Redžepagić | Party of Economic Prosperity | 1,473 | 0.16 | |
| Total | 913,277 | 100.00 | ||
| Croat member | ||||
| Krešimir Zubak | Croatian Democratic Union | 330,477 | 88.70 | |
| Ivo Komšić | Joint List | 37,684 | 10.11 | |
| Anton Štitić | Civic Democratic Party | 2,208 | 0.59 | |
| Vinko Ćuro | Liberal Party | 2,197 | 0.59 | |
| Total | 372,566 | 100.00 | ||
| Serb member | ||||
| Momčilo Krajišnik | Serb Democratic Party | 690,646 | 67.30 | |
| Mladen Ivanić | Democratic Patriotic Bloc | 307,461 | 29.96 | |
| Milivoj Zarić | Serb Patriotic Party | 15,407 | 1.50 | |
| Branko Latinović | Serb Party of Krajina | 12,643 | 1.23 | |
| Total | 1,026,157 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,312,000 | 91.75 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 207,915 | 8.25 | ||
| Total votes | 2,519,915 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,133,634 | 80.42 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
House of Representatives
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Party of Democratic Action | 909,970 | 37.92 | 19 | |
| Serb Democratic Party | 578,723 | 24.11 | 9 | |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 338,440 | 14.10 | 8 | |
| Joint List | 136,203 | 5.68 | 2 | |
| People's Alliance for Free Peace | 136,077 | 5.67 | 2 | |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93,816 | 3.91 | 2 | |
| Serbian Radical Party | 62,409 | 2.60 | 0 | |
| Democratic Patriotic Bloc | 29,494 | 1.23 | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Union | 25,562 | 1.07 | 0 | |
| Croatian Party of Rights | 14,879 | 0.62 | 0 | |
| Serb Patriotic Party | 14,146 | 0.59 | 0 | |
| People's Party | 13,680 | 0.57 | 0 | |
| Party of Serbian Unity | 8,183 | 0.34 | 0 | |
| Civic Democratic Party | 7,721 | 0.32 | 0 | |
| Bosnian Party | 6,523 | 0.27 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 4,996 | 0.21 | 0 | |
| Party of Economic Prosperity | 4,905 | 0.20 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Srebrov List | 4,574 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| List of Women | 4,149 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 3,295 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| Liberal Bosniak Organisation | 2,129 | 0.09 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,399,874 | 100.00 | 42 | |
| Valid votes | 2,399,874 | 96.46 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,123 | 3.54 | ||
| Total votes | 2,487,997 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,133,634 | 79.40 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database | ||||
By entity
| Party | Federation | Republika Srpska | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Party of Democratic Action | 725,417 | 54.22 | 16 | 184,553 | 17.38 | 3 | 19 | |
| Serb Democratic Party | 578,723 | 54.49 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Croatian Democratic Union | 338,440 | 25.30 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Joint List | 105,918 | 7.92 | 2 | 30,285 | 2.85 | 0 | 2 | |
| People's Alliance for Free Peace | 136,077 | 12.81 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93,816 | 7.01 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Serbian Radical Party | 62,409 | 5.88 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic Patriotic Bloc | 29,494 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic People's Union | 25,562 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Croatian Party of Rights | 14,879 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Serb Patriotic Party | 14,146 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| People's Party | 13,680 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Party of Serbian Unity | 8,183 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Civic Democratic Party | 3,292 | 0.25 | 0 | 4,429 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bosnian Party | 6,523 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liberal Party | 4,996 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Party of Economic Prosperity | 4,905 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vladimir Srebrov List | 4,574 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| List of Women | 4,149 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 3,295 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liberal Bosniak Organisation | 2,129 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,337,895 | 100.00 | 28 | 1,061,979 | 100.00 | 14 | 42 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
External links
- Noel Malcolm, Observations on the Bosnian Elections, Bosnian Report No. 17 (November 1996 - January 1997), Bosnian Institute, London 1996
