Nationalist parties win seats in Bosnia-Herzegovina elections, deepening ethnic divisions
Nationalist parties won major elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday, October 4. Turnout dropped to 42 percent, the lowest in a decade. Voters elected leaders at multiple government levels, including presidential and regional posts.
- Nationalist parties won key elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday, October 4.
- Voter turnout fell nearly 10 percentage points from 2022, reaching only 42 percent.
- Željka Cvijanovic won the Serb presidency seat with 55.37 percent of the vote.
- Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place on Sunday, October 4, with polling opening in the morning.
- The SNSD secured 38.93 percent of the vote in the Republika Srpska National Assembly.
- Darijana Filipović was elected to the Bosnian Croat presidential seat with 48.2 percent of the vote.
- Milorad Dodik was removed from his position as president of Republika Srpska.
- Adi Selman said the new elections won't change the political landscape.
- The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats won the Republika Srpska National Assembly seat and maintained dominance.
- More than 518 mandates were elected from 7,028 verified candidates.
- Adnan Cerimagic said it is possible for an opposition candidate to beat a Dodik-backed candidate.
- More than 3.4 million people are eligible to vote in Bosnia.
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