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Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina gives information on elections and election results in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina elects on national level the presidency and a legislature. The members of the presidency are elected for a four year term by the three ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in an ethnic group is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlementarna Skupština) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Predstavnički dom/Zastupnički dom) has 42 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in each ethic group. The House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of the two Entities. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Every ethnic community has its own dominant political party.

[edit] Latest elections

Main article: Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2006

[edit] 2006 Presidential election

e • d **Summary of the 1 October 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidium election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Bosniaks	Serbs	Croats
Haris Silajdžić	SBiH	288,321 (62%)
Sulejman Tihić	SDA	130,470 (28%)
Mirnes Ajanović	Patriotski blok BOSS-SDU BiH	38,412 (8%)
Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD		216,631 (55%)
Mladen Bosić	SDS		98,329 (25%)
Ranko Bakić			13,198 (3%)
Željko Komšić	SDP			97,267 (41%)
Ivo Miro Jović	HDZ BiH			59,831 (25%)
Božo Ljubić	(HDZ 1990)			42,424 (18%)
Mladen Ivanković Lijanović				20,954 (9%)
Total		457,203	328,158	220,446
Source: Izbori.ba

[edit] 2006 Parliamentary election

e • d **Summary of the 1 October 2006 House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina election results**
Parties	Federation			Srpska			Total
Parties	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total
Party of Independent Social Democrats (Stranka nezavisnih socijaldemokrata)-Milorad Dodik	7,265	0.85%	0	262,203	46.93%	7	7
Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije)	217,961	25.54%	8	20,514	3.67%	1	9
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu)	196,230	22.99%	7	23,257	4.16%	1	8
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine)	131,450	15.40%	5	11,822	2.12%	0	5
Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka)				108,616	19.44%	3	3
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)-Hrvatska koalicija-HNZ	68,188	7.99%	3	1,145	0.20%	0	3
Croats Together (Hrvatsko Zajedništvo, coalition led by HDZ 1990)	52,095	6.10%	2	591	0.11%	0	2
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović (Bosanskohercegovačka Patriotska Stranka-Sefer Halilović)	37,608	4.41%	1	866	0.16%	0	1
Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa RS )				28,410	5.08%	1	1
People's Party Work for Betterment (Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak)	27,487	3.22%	1	5,533	0.99%	0	1
Democratic People's Alliance (Demokratski narodni savez)	232	0.03%	0	19,868	3.56%	1	1
Democratic People's Community (Demokratska Narodna Zajednica)	16,221	1.90%	1	321	0.06%	0	1
Total			28			14	42

[edit] Past elections and referendums

[edit] Municipal elections

[edit] See also

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