The turnout for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 42%, which is 8 points lower than in 2022

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Turnout for the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 42%, 8 percentage points lower than the previous elections in 2022.

Candidate for the post of President of the RS BiH Savo Minić and the candidate for the post of member of the Presidium of BiH from the Serbs Zeljka Cvijanovic are leading in the general elections as candidates from the ruling party “Union of Independent Social Democrats” (SNSD).

Among the candidates for the seat of the BiH Presidium member, Denis Becirovic is the leader from the Bosniaks, and Daryana Filipovic is the leader from the Bosnian Croats.

BELGRADE, October 4 – RIA Novosti. Turnout in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) general elections on Sunday was 8 percentage points lower than the previous one in 2022, electoral commission chairman Jovan Kalaba said.

Citizens of BiH on Sunday elected candidates for positions in the BiH Presidency, deputies of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, the House of Representatives of the Federation of BiH, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, the President and Vice-President of the Republika Srpska BiH, as well as deputies of ten municipal assemblies of the Federation of BiH.

“1,432,268 voters or 42% voted; for comparison, about 50% voted in the general elections in 2022,” the chairman of the election commission noted at a briefing.

According to Kalaba, the CEC received 60 complaints about violations of electoral silence and 50 violations at polling stations, which will be transferred for inspection and consideration to precinct election commissions.

According to the latest data, the candidate for the post of President of the RS BiH Savo Minić and the candidate for the post of member of the Presidium of BiH from the Serbs Zeljka Cvijanovic are leading in the general elections. Both politicians are candidates from the ruling Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) party in the Republic of Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina (RS BiH). SNSD Chairman Milorad Dodik has already declared the victory of his fellow party members.

The head of the election commission also said that among the candidates for the position of member of the Presidium of BiH from the Bosniaks (Muslim Slavs), Denis Becirovic, who currently holds this post, is in the lead. As for the Bosnian Croat member of the Presidency, Darjana Filipović is in the lead, supported by the Croatian authorities.

3.4 million BiH citizens have the right to vote. The expression of will took 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 were also opened in 20 diplomatic missions of BiH abroad in 13 states.

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.