2006 Bosnian general election


General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 October 2006. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's presidency as well as federal, entity, and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 52.74%.

Background

Analysts claimed that the 2006 election would be the most important since Bosnia's independence from Yugoslavia, and the subsequent Bosnian War. With the previous government failing to agree reforms to the constitution, and Bosnian Muslim politicians continuing to threaten the abolition of the Republika Srpska and officials in Republika Srpska continuing to speak of possible secession from the country in response, the election was seen as crucial in determining the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results were tentatively welcomed by commentators, and described as bringing "small signs of change to a Bosnia where institutional fragmentation has cemented ethnic division", with the result suggesting "a certain retreat of nationalism among the Muslim and Croat communities".

Controversy

A controversy has emerged over the election of the Croatian member of Presidency. Although Željko Komšić, an ethnic Croat and member of the SDP, he was alleged by his political opponents to have received votes mainly from Bosniaks. He has been accused by his opponents that he was not the choice of Croats, but rather Bosniaks, citing that he did not win majority for Croatian representative in any of the counties/cantons with Croat majority. This is the result of the fact that in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, both Bosniak and Croat presidency members are on one ballot, letting the voter choose to vote in either category regardless of their own ethnicity.

Results

State Presidency

One President was elected from each of the country's three constitutional peoples: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.

House of Representatives">House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina">House of Representatives

According to the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the representatives from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are allocated 28 seats, while the representatives from the Republika Srpska have 14 seats. There are 42 seats in total.

Results

House of Peoples">House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina">House of Peoples

The 15 members of the House of Peoples will be elected in entities' Parliaments - 10 members by the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ; and 5 members by the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska.

Entity Parliaments

On the entity level, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska will elect new governments.

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Federation this includes:
Only parties which have won mandates are listed:
PartyVotesReg.Com.Total
Party of Democratic Action 218,36523528
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 190,14819524
Social Democratic Party 130,20413417
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina 64,906718
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 54,210527
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović 35,223134
Bosnian Party/Social Democratic Union 27,200123
People's Party Work for Betterment27,132-33
Croatian Party of Right/New Croatian Initiative21,1521-1
Democratic People's Community16,0142-2
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats12,5641-1

Reg. - Mandates from regional electoral units; Com. - Mandates from compensation lists

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Republika Srpska

In the Republika Srpska, the government is made up of:
Seat allocation:
All 289 mandates in the assemblies of the Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina were up for election; the same parties elected into the Federal Parliament were elected onto cantonal assemblies.
Party
USK
PK
TK
ZDK
BPK
SBK
HNK
ZHK
KS
K10		Total
Party of Democratic Action 1221213986-10274
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 61711875-13159
Social Democratic Party 62115632-7143
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina -7-2-679-536
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 -5---378-629
Croatian Party of Right/New Croatian Initiative-2---224-414
People's Party Work for Betterment-22111-2-110
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović --131-1-2-8
Democratic People's Community6---------6
Bosnian Party/Social Democratic Union --2-----3-5
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats---------55

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