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2007 Republika Srpska presidential election
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Subnational election in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republika Srpska 1992 presidential no 2006 Republika Srpska general election 2006 2010 Republika Srpska general election 2010 9 December 2007 37.11% Rajko Kuzmanović 2010 (cropped).jpeg Rajko Kuzmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 169,863 41.33% Ognjen Tadic 5 (cropped).jpg Ognjen Tadić Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 142,898 34.77% Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg Mladen Ivanić Party of Democratic Progress 69,522 16.91% President Igor Radojičić(Acting) Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Rajko Kuzmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats PRS 2007.png Colours denote the candidate with the most votes by municipalities.
Early presidential elections were held in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 9 December 2007 after the premature death of President Milan Jelić on 30 September 2007.9. decembar: Prijevremeni izbori za predsjednika Republike Srpske | 24sata.info - Vijesti, gradovi, sport, zabava, tehnologija, lifestyle, kolumneAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Until the election took place, Igor Radojičić, also from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was acting president.Radojcic nominated as interim president in Republika Srpska – International Herald Tribune The election had to be called within fifteen days of Jelić's death;http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/117996.html Thousands expected at late Bosnian Serb leader Jelic's funeral : World 2007-10-03 2021-06-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20210609140924/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/117996.html dead it was called on 11 October 2007, with candidates to be nominated by 16 October 2007.http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1364500.php/Bosnian_Serbs_to_elect_new_president Bosnian Serbs to elect new president - Europe 2007-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207190839/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1364500.php/Bosnian_Serbs_to_elect_new_president 2012-02-07 dead
Candidates
There were ten candidates,BBC NEWS | Europe | Bosnian Serbs get new president with the frontrunners being the Republika Srpska Academy of Sciences chairman Rajko Kuzmanović of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, MP Ognjen Tadić of the main opposition Serb Democratic Party, and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanić of the Party of Democratic Progress.News
All three main candidates supported Republika Srpska's status in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Accords. President of Serbia Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party in Serbia supported the SNSD and its candidate Kuzmanović.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=09&nav_id=46040 B92 - News - Region - RS holds presidential elections 2007-12-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606222044/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=09&nav_id=46040 2011-06-06 dead According to the electoral law, there would be no run-off.Republika Srpska poised to elect new president Sunday (SETimes.com)
The other candidates were:derStandard.at / Registrierung
Mirko Blagojević of the Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"
Slobodan Popović of the Social Democratic Party
Krsto Jandrić of the National Democratic Party
Anton Josipović of the People's Party Work for Prosperity
Nedžad Delić of the Democratic Party of the Disabled
Dragan Đokanović independent candidatehttp://www.izbori.ba/ Home izbori.ba
Nikola Lazarević of the European Ecological Party E5
Results
According to unofficial results (with 55% of the votes counted), Kuzmanović won the election with 44.53% of the votes to Tadić's 33.28% and Ivanić's 16%.Unofficial results declare Kuzmanovic new president of Republika Srpska (SETimes.com) Turnout was close to 36%.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=10&nav_id=46057 B92 - News - Region - Kuzmanović on track to become Bosnian Serb president 2007-12-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606222106/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=12&dd=10&nav_id=46057 2011-06-06 dead
Official results released on 2007-12-17 confirmed these preliminary results. Kuzmanović was sworn in on 2007-12-28.New Bosnian Serb president vows to work to prevent further unification of country – International Herald Tribune
Rajko Kuzmanović Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 169863 Ognjen Tadić Serb Democratic Party 142898 Mladen Ivanić Party of Democratic Progress 69522 Slobodan Popović Social Democratic Party 8659 Mirko Blagojević Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj" 7526 Nedžad Delić Democratic Party of the Disabled 4499 Krsto Jandrić National Democratic Party 3945 Anton Josipović People's Party Work for Prosperity 2529 Dragan Đokanović Independent 849 Nikola Lazarević European Ecological Party E5 733 5491 1122491 CEC
References
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