General elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina: voter turnout was 26.88%

Four hours before the polls closed, 26.88% of voters voted in the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with the most active voting in Republika Srpska, the Central Election Commission (CEC BiH) reported.

3.4 million BiH citizens have the right to vote. The expression of will takes place from 7.00 (8.00 Moscow time) to 19.00 (20.00 Moscow time) at about 5.5 thousand voting places, including 385 mobile ballot boxes. Sites have also been opened in 20 diplomatic missions of BiH abroad in 13 countries.

“Until 15.00 (16.00 Moscow time), 916 thousand 269 voters and voters, or 26.88%, voted,” the election commission reported.

The activity of voters is higher in the Republic of Srpska BiH, where by this time 31.62% took part in the expression of will, in the Muslim-Croatian Federation of BiH - 24.78%. No incidents were reported.

Citizens elect candidates for positions in the Presidency of BiH, the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, the House of Representatives of the Federation of BiH, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska, the President and Vice-President of the Republika Srpska BiH, as well as the ten municipal assemblies of the Federation of BiH. A little over 7 thousand candidates are vying for 518 posts.

Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war involving Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats began in the republic, which lasted until 1995. The exact number of victims has not been officially established; various sources indicate the number is over 100 thousand people.