Election results in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bećirović wins in the Bosnian district, Cvijanović maintains his position in Republika Srpska

The political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a highly decentralized country whose political system was created under a peace agreement intended to reconcile the expectations of the parties that have been fighting each other for years. There are several governments and parliaments in the country, and it is headed by a three-person, three-nation Presidium representing Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.

The system and political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina was created by the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the 1992-95 war in that country.

The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two entities called entities - the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska - and the small and self-governing District of Brčko. Many competences regarding the functioning of the country and its inhabitants belong to the entities and 10 cantons that make up the BiH Federation.

At the top of the structure is the internationally recognized state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has the typical attributes of a sovereign country, i.e. state borders, diplomatic relations, currency, international obligations, membership in international organizations, etc. However, according to the constitution, all competences that have not been expressly assigned to central-level institutions belong to the entities.

Political maze

According to preliminary results, Denis Bećirović won 164,369 votes in the elections for the Bosnian representative. His main opponent, Bakir Izetbegović from the Democratic Action Party (SDA), won 148,036 votes. Darijana Filipović obtained 92,854 votes in the election for the Croatian member of the BiH Presidium, and her main rival, Slaven Kovaczević from the Democratic Front, received 55,475. Members representing the Bosnian and Croatian nations are elected in the BiH Federation - one of the autonomous parts of the country.

In the vote in the other part of the autonomous BiH, the majority-Serb Republika Srpska, current Presidium member Željka Cvijanović won 213,812 votes, and her most serious opponent Marinko Bożović from the Serbian Democratic Party - 102,877.

Savo Minić from SNSD is leading in the elections for the president of Republika Srpska with approximately 202,000 votes. votes, while his opponent Branko Blanusza won about 161,000. votes.

According to the preliminary results of the elections to the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. the national parliament, SDA won the most votes in the Federation of BiH - 223,673. It was followed by SDP BiH with 110,615 votes and HDZ BiH with 93,613 votes.

The next places were taken by: Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH) with 62,624 votes, Nation and Justice (NiP) with 49,454 votes, Democratic Front with 45,384 votes and Croatian Five with 31,696 votes.

In Republika Srpska, SNSD gained a decisive advantage in the elections to the central parliament, winning 191,616 votes.

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