Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

At state level, Bosnia and Herzegovina votes for the rotating Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Parliamentary Assembly. President is elected for a four-year term by constituencies referring to the three main ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna 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 main ethnic 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 political parties in which no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Each main ethnic group has its own dominant political party.

Schedule

Position	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Type	General elections (October)	None	Local elections (October)	None	General elections (October)
Presidency	All members		None		All members
Parliamentary Assembly	All seats		None		All seats
Cantons, cities and municipalities	none		All positions		none


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
Bosniak member
	Denis Bećirović	Social Democratic Party	330,238	57.37
	Bakir Izetbegović	Party of Democratic Action	214,412	37.25
	Mirsad Hadžikadić	Platform for Progress	30,968	5.38
Total			575,618	100.00
Croat member
	Željko Komšić	Democratic Front	227,540	55.80
	Borjana Krišto	Croatian Democratic Union	180,255	44.20
Total			407,795	100.00
Serb member
	Željka Cvijanović	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	327,720	51.65
	Mirko Šarović	Serb Democratic Party	224,912	35.45
	Vojin Mijatović	Social Democratic Party	38,655	6.09
	Nenad Nešić	Democratic People's Alliance	34,955	5.51
	Borislav Bijelić	Party of Life	8,278	1.30
Total			634,520	100.00

Valid votes			1,617,933	93.35
Invalid/blank votes			115,273	6.65
Total votes			1,733,206	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,368,666	51.45
Source: CEC


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party of Democratic Action	273,547	17.23	9	0
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	259,521	16.34	6	0
	HDZ–HSS–HSP-HKDU-HSPAS-HDU-HSPHB	139,018	8.75	4	-1
	Social Democratic Party	129,500	8.15	5	0
	Serb Democratic Party	112,250	7.07	2	-1
	Democratic Front–Civic Alliance	101,715	6.41	3	0
	People and Justice	79,555	5.01	3	3
	Party of Democratic Progress	73,489	4.63	2	0
	Our Party	49,481	3.12	2	0
	People's European Union	47,157	2.97	2	New
	For Justice and Order	32,982	2.08	1	New
	Democratic Union	30,591	1.93	1	New
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	26,480	1.67	0	0
	HDZ 1990–Croatian National Shift	25,691	1.62	0	0
	Platform for Progress–Independent Bloc	25,007	1.57	0	–1
	Union for a Better Future of BiH	24,786	1.56	0	–2
	United Srpska	24,687	1.55	1	+1
	Socialist Party	23,018	1.45	0	–1
	Democratic People's Alliance	21,832	1.37	0	–1
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative	20,259	1.28	1	New
	Bosnian Party	17,721	1.12	0	0
	Movement of Democratic Action	14,889	0.94	0	–1
	Social Democrats	11,831	0.75	0	New
	Croatian Republican Party	11,231	0.71	0	New
	Labour Party	3,727	0.23	0	0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens	3,394	0.21	0	New
	Party of Life	1,840	0.12	0	New
	Union for New Politics	706	0.04	0	0
	The Left Wing	545	0.03	0	New
	SMS	530	0.03	0	New
	Re-Balance	503	0.03	0	New
	Circle	363	0.02	0	New
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	158	0.01	0	0
Total		1,588,004	100.00	42	–

Valid votes		1,588,004	91.62
Invalid/blank votes		145,281	8.38
Total votes		1,733,285	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,368,666	51.45
Source: CEC