2006 Bosnian general election

none October 2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 Bosnian general election 2002 2010 Bosnian general election 2010 1 October 2006 55.31% (presidential) 0.14 pp 55.36% (parliamentary) 0.10 pp yes Bosniak member of the Presidency Visit to the Western Balkans region (cropped).jpg Haris Silajdžić Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 350,520 62.80% Sulejman Tihić.jpg Sulejman Tihić Party of Democratic Action 153,683 27.53% yes Croat member of the Presidency McElhaney Radmanovic Komsic (cropped).jpg Željko Komšić Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina 116,062 39.56% Ivo Miro Jović (cropped).jpg Ivo Miro Jović Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina 76,681 26.14% yes Serb member of the Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic.jpg Nebojša Radmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 287,675 53.26% Mladen Bosic-mc.rs.jpg Mladen Bosić Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 130,824 24.22% Bosnia and Herzegovina, presidental election, 2006.png 300px Results by municipality. Presidency members Sulejman Tihić (Bosniak)Ivo Miro Jović (Croat)Borislav Paravac (Serb) Haris Silajdžić (Bosniak)Željko Komšić (Croat)Nebojša Radmanović (Serb) yes All 42 seats in the House of Representatives 22 House of Representatives SNSD Milorad Dodik 3 7 19.08 SDA Sulejman Tihić 10 9 16.89 SBiH Haris Silajdžić 6 8 15.54 SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 4 5 10.15 SDS Dragan Čavić 5 3 7.69 HDZ–HNZ–HSP Dragan Čović 5 3 4.91 Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croats Together Božo Ljubić 0 2 3.73 BPS Sefer Halilović 0 2.72 1 NSRzB Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović 1 2.34 1 Party of Democratic Progress Mladen Ivanić 2 1 2.01 Democratic People's Alliance Marko Pavić (politician) sr Марко Павић Marko Pavić 0 1 1.42 DNZ Fikret Abdić 1 1 1.17 300px Results by constituency 300px Most voted-for party by municipality Chairman Adnan Terzić Party of Democratic Action Nikola Špirić Alliance of Independent Social Democrats thumb|350px|Logo of the 2006 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 national, entity, and cantonal governments. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation elected Bosniak Haris Silajdžić and Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Nebojša Radmanović. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. Background Analysts claimed that the 2006 election would be the most important since Bosnia and Herzegovina'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 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".Nicholas Walton, A house divided: Bosnia after the elections https://web.archive.org/web/20061121232318/http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-yugoslavia/bosnia_elections_3959.jsp 21 November 2006 , openDemocracy, 3 October 2006, accessed 25 November 2006 Controversy A controversy emerged over the election of the Croatian member of Presidency. Although Željko Komšić, an ethnic Croat and member of the Social Democratic Party, he was alleged by his political opponents to have received votes mainly from Bosniaks. He was accused by his opponents that he was not the choice of Croats, but rather Bosniaks, citing that he did not win majority for Croat representative in any of the 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 Presidency One Presidency member was elected from each of the country's three constitutional peoples: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p345 978-3-8329-5609-7 Bosniak member Haris Silajdžić Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 350520 Sulejman Tihić Party of Democratic Action 153683 Mirnes Ajanović Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU BiH) 45608 Muhamed Čengić People's Party Work for Prosperity 4466 Bešćo Alibegović Independent 2670 Adil Žigić Independent 1245 yes Croat member Željko Komšić Social Democratic Party 116062 Ivo Miro Jović Croatian Democratic Union 76681 Božo Ljubić Croatian Democratic Union 1990 53325 Mladen Ivanković Lijanović People's Party Work for Prosperity 24822 Zvonko Jurišić Croatian Party of Rights 20350 Irena Korjenić Javor Independent 2143 yes Serb member Nebojša Radmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 287675 Mladen Bosić Serb Democratic Party 130824 Zoran Tešanović Party of Social Progress 26818 Jugoslav Jovičić Social Democratic Party 22245 Radislav Kanjerić Serbian Radical Party 19849 Ranko Bakić People's Party Work for Prosperity 18302 Nedo Durić Srpska Democratic Movement 16307 Slavko Dragičević Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU BiH) 10410 Svjetlana Udovičić Independent 2847 Snežana Avdalović Independent 2753 Branislav Ristić Independent 2143 Nohlen & Stöver, CEC 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 Republika Srpska have 14 seats. There are 42 seats in total. File:BiH HoR 2006.svg Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 269468 7 Party of Democratic Action 238475 9 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 219487 8 Social Democratic Party 143272 5 Serb Democratic Party 108616 3 Croatian Coalition (HDZ–HNZ–HSP) 69333 3 Croats Together (HDZ 1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–HD) 52686 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 38474 1 People's Party Work for Prosperity 33020 1 Party of Democratic Progress 28410 1 Coalition for Equality (HSP–NHI) 24415 0 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU BiH) 23767 0 Democratic People's Alliance 20100 1 Democratic People's Union 16542 1 Serbian Radical Party 15806 0 Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" 14714 0 Socialist Party 14331 0 PS RS–NDS 12340 0 Pensioners' Party 11790 0 Youth Political Movement 8513 0 Liberal Democratic Party 8337 0 Serbian Democratic Movement 7807 0 Movement for Change 6091 0 European Ecological Party E5 5572 0 Civic Democratic Party 4722 0 People's Bosniak Party 3848 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3475 0 Serbian New Power 2712 0 Democratic Socialist Alliance 2350 0 BH Free Democrats 1657 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH Congress People's Party for the Protection of the Rights of Veterans and Citizens – Justice and Morals of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1382 0 #F8F9FA Bosnian Drina People's Party 566 0 101519 2734287 Nohlen & Stöver, IPU By entity Federation Republika Srpska Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 7265 0 262203 7 7 Party of Democratic Action 217961 8 20514 1 9 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 196230 7 23257 1 8 Social Democratic Party 131450 5 11822 0 5 Serb Democratic Party 108616 3 3 Croatian Coalition (HDZ–HNZ–HSP) 68188 3 1145 0 3 Croats Together (HDZ1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–HD) 52095 2 591 0 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 37608 1 866 0 1 People's Party Work for Prosperity 27487 1 5533 0 1 Party of Democratic Progress 28410 1 1 Coalition for Equality (HSP–NHI) 19486 0 4929 0 0 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU BiH) 23605 0 162 0 0 Democratic People's Alliance 232 0 19868 1 1 Democratic People's Union 16221 1 321 0 1 Serbian Radical Party 15806 0 0 Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" 14714 0 0 Socialist Party 1752 0 12579 0 0 PS RS–NDS 12340 0 0 Pensioners' Party 11790 0 0 Youth Political Movement 7713 0 800 0 0 Liberal Democratic Party 8337 0 0 Serbian Democratic Movement 7807 0 0 Movement for Change 6091 0 0 European Ecological Party E5 5053 0 519 0 0 Civic Democratic Party 4322 0 400 0 0 People's Bosniak Party 3848 0 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3475 0 0 Serbian New Power 2712 0 0 Democratic Socialist Alliance 2350 0 0 BH Free Democrats 1657 0 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH Congress People's Party for the Protection of the Rights of Veterans and Citizens – Justice and Morals of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1013 0 369 0 0 #F8F9FA Bosnian Drina People's Party 493 0 73 0 0 68492 33027 1697556 1036731 Nohlen & Stöver, IPU House of Peoples The 15 members of the House of Peoples were elected in the entities' Parliaments - 10 members by the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament (5 Bosniaks and 5 Croats); and 5 members by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. Entity Parliaments On the entity level, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska elected new governments. Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina In the Federation this includes: Federal Prime Minister Federal House of Representatives Federal House of Peoples House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Party of Democratic Action 218365 28 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 190148 24 Social Democratic Party 130204 17 Croatian Coalition (HDZ–HNZ–HSP) 64906 8 Croats Together (HDZ1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–HD) 54210 7 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party 35223 4 Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU BiH) 27200 3 People's Party Work for Prosperity 27132 3 Coalition for Equality (HSP–NHI) 21152 1 Democratic People's Union 16014 2 Pensioners' Party 12660 0 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 12564 1 Liberal Democratic Party 7622 0 Movement for Change 7157 0 Youth Political Movement 6310 0 European Ecological Party E5 6310 0 Civic Democratic Party 5027 0 People's Bosniak Party 4346 0 Democratic Party of the Disabled 3527 0 Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1918 0 BH Free Democrats 1376 0 Bosniak Party of Rights 1332 0 KNSZPBG-PMBiH Congress People's Party for the Protection of the Rights of Veterans and Citizens – Justice and Morals of Bosnia and Herzegovina 979 0 #F8F9FA Socialist Party 902 0 Bosnian Drina People's Party 826 0 Party of Democratic Progress 530 0 Democratic People's Alliance 165 0 64020 CEC Republika Srpska 2006 Republika Srpska general election In the Republika Srpska, the government is made up of: President (Serb) and vice-presidents (Croat and Bosniak) of Republika Srpska Prime Minister of Republika Srpska National Assembly of Republika Srpska Canton Parliaments 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 (skupština kantona/скупштина кантона in Bosnian and Serbian, sabor županije in Croatian). Party25pxUSK25pxPK25pxTK25pxZDK25pxBPK25pxSBK25pxHNK25pxZHK25pxKS25pxK10Total Party of Democratic Action (SDA)1221213986-10274 Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Za BiH)61711875-13159 Social Democratic Party (SDP)62115632-7143 Croatian Democratic Union BiH (HDZ BiH)-7-2-679-536 Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ1990)-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 (BPS)--131-1-2-8 Democratic People's Community6---------6 Bosnian Party/Social Democratic Union (BOSS/SDU)--2-----3-5 Alliance of Independent Social Democrats---------55 Source - Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina References External links Bosnian Electoral Commission official site Bosnia’s “Historic” Elections: The Usual Tensions, Plus a Seed of Hope, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2006 Bosnia General election Category:Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:October 2006 in Europe Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:October 2006 elections