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BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

COUNTRY	Bosnia and Herzegovina
ELECTION TYPE	Parliamentary
DATE	October 5, 2002

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At stake in this election:

42 seats in the National House of Representatives.

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: Beriz BELKIC (Bosniak), Jozo KRIZANOVIC (Croat), Zivko RADISIC (Serb)
Head of Government: Dragan MIKEREVIC
Assembly: Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral Parliament (Skupstina) consisting of the National House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom) with 42 seats and the House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) with 15 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The presidency consists of three members, one Bosniak, one Croat and one Serb, who rotate every eight months. All three members of the presidency are elected by popular vote for a four-year term.
Of the three presidents elected, the one with the most votes becomes Chairman of the Presidency
In the National House of Representatives, all 42 members are elected by a system of proportional representation with 28 seats allocated from Federation of BiH and 14 seats allocated from Republika Srpska. All members will serve four-year terms according to the election law adopted in August 2001.
In the House of Peoples, 10 members are appointed from the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives and 5 members are appointed from the Republika Srpska National Assembly for four-year terms

Results of the electoral races:

Party: Democratic Action Party (SDA)
Leader: Sulejman TIHIC
Seats won in this election: 10
Seats won in the last election: 8
Party: Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBH)
Leader: Safet Halilovic
Seats won in this election: 6
Seats won in the last election: 5
Party: Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ-BiH)
Leaders: Barisa COLAK
Seats won in this election: 5
Seats won in the last election: 5
Party: Serbian Democratic Party (SDS)
Leader: Dragan KALINIC
Seats won in this election: 5
Seats won in the last election: 6
Party: Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)
Leader: Nebojsa RADMANOVIC
Seats won in this election: 4
Seats won in the last election: NA
Party: Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD)
Leader: Milorad DODIK
Seats won in this election: 3
Seats won in the last election: 1

Party: Party of Democratic Progress (PDP)
Leader: Mladen IVANIC
Seats won in this election: 2
Seats won in the last election: 2
Party: Pensioners' Party of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Leader Husein VOJNIKOVIC
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: NA
Party: New Croatian Initiative (NHI)
Leader: Kresimir ZUBAK
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: 1
Party: Socialist Party of Republika Srpska (SPRS)
Leader: Zivko RADISIC
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: 1
Party: : Economic Block HDU for Prosperity
Leader: Mladen IVANKOVIC-LIJANOVIC
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: NA
Party: Serb Radical Party (SRS)
Leader: NA
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: NA
Party: Democratic Peoples Union (DNZ)
Leader Fikret ABDIC
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: 1
Party: Bosnian Party (BOSS)
Leaders: Mirnes AJANOVIC
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in the last election: NA

When was the last election? Number of seats in last election?

Presidential elections last held: September 12-13, 1998
Parliamentary elections to the National House of Representatives and House of Peoples last held: November 11, 2000

Population and number of registered voters:

Population: 3,922,205 (July 2000)
Number of registered voters: 2,347,204 (2002)

Of Interest:

Prior to January 2001, Bosnia and Herzegovina had a draft law rather than a permanent law regarding its elections. During the 2000 elections, the candidates for both Houses were elected to two year terms, based on the assumption that a permanent election law would be created prior to the 2002 elections.
In August 2001, the House of Representatives and House of Peoples adopted the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina that will be enforced during the 2002 presidential as well as upcoming legislative elections.
This is the first time after signing of Dayton Peace Accord that representatives will be elected for four year mandate as oppose to two year mandate in previous elections.

SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES)
For additional information: IFES ElectionGuide Online

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