Bosnian general election, 1996

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 1996

14 September 1996

First party Second party Third party   Leader Alija Izetbegović Aleksa Buha Božo Rajić Party SDA SDS HDZ BiH Leader since 1990 1996 1995 Seats won 19 9 8 Seat change 19 9 8 Popular vote 899,970 578,723 338,440

Elected Co-Chairmen Haris Silajdžić (SBiH) and Boro Bosić (SDS)

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996. 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 Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Krešimir Zubak and Serbs elected Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.

Voter turnout was 79.4% in the parliamentary election and 80.4% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Community	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Bosniaks	Alija Izetbegović	Party of Democratic Action	730,592	31.6
	Haris Silajdžić	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	124,396	5.4
	Fikret Abdić	Democratic People's Community	25,584	1.1
	Sead Avdić	Joint List¹	21,254	0.9
	Ibrahim Spahić	Civic Democratic Party	4,127	0.2
	Hasib Salkić	Liberal Party	3,427	0.1
	Mirnes Ajanović	Bosnian Party	2,420	0.1
	Safet Redžepagić	Party of Economic Prosperity	1,473	0.1
Croats	Krešimir Zubak	Croatian Democratic Union	330,477	14.3
	Ivo Komšić	Joint List¹	37,684	1.6
	Anton Štitić	Civic Democratic Party	2,208	0.1
	Vinko Ćuro	Liberal Party	2,197	0.1
Serbs	Momčilo Krajišnik	Serbian Democratic Party	690,646	29.9
	Mladen Ivanić	Democratic Patriotic Bloc	307,461	13.3
	Milivoj Zarić	SPAS	15,407	0.7
	Branko Latinović	SSK	12,643	0.5
Invalid/blank votes			207,915	–
Total			2,519,915	100
Registered voters/turnout			3,133,634	80.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

¹ The Joint List was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.

House of Representatives

Community	Party	Votes	%	Seats
Federation	Party of Democratic Action	725,417	30.2	16
	Croatian Democratic Union	338,440	14.1	8
	Joint List	105,918	4.4	2
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	93,816	3.9	2
	Democratic People's Community	25,562	1.1	0
	Croatian Party of Rights	14,879	0.6	0
	Bosnian Party	6,523	0.3	0
	Liberal Party	4,996	0.2	0
	Party of Economic Prosperity	4,905	0.2	0
	Vladimir Srebrov List	4,574	0.2	0
	List of Women	4,149	0.2	0
	Bosnian Patriotic Party	3,295	0.1	0
	Civic Democratic Party	3,292	0.1	0
	Liberal Bosniak Orgamisation	2,129	0.1	0
Republika Srpska	Serbian Democratic Party	578,723	24.1	9
	Party of Democratic Action	184,553	7.7	3
	People's Alliance for Free Peace	136,077	5.7	2
	Serbian Radical Party	62,409	2.6	0
	Joint List	30,285	1.3	0
	Democratic Patriotic Bloc	29,494	1.2	0
	Serbian Patriotic Party	14,146	0.6	0
	People's Party	13,680	0.6	0
	Party of Serbian Unity	8,183	0.3	0
	Civic Democratic Party	4,429	0.2	0
Invalid/blank votes		88,123	–	–
Total		2,487,997	100	42
Registered voters/turnout		3,133,634	79.4	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Global Elections Database

Links

• Noel Malcolm, Observations on the Bosnian Elections, Bosnian Report No. 17 (November 1996 - January 1997), Bosnian Institute, London 1996