2002 Bosnian general election

2002 Bosnian general election

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Turnout	55.45% (presidential) 12.42pp 55.46% (parliamentary) 8.94pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
Candidate Sulejman Tihić Haris Silajdžić Party SDA SBiH Popular vote 192,661 179,726 Percentage 37.29% 34.79%
Croat member of the Presidency
Candidate Dragan Čović Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović Party HDZ BiH Economic Bloc Popular vote 114,606 32,411 Percentage 61.52% 17.40%
Serb member of the Presidency
Candidate Mirko Šarović Nebojša Radmanović Party SDS SNSD Popular vote 180,212 101,119 Percentage 35.52% 19.93%
Presidency members before election Beriz Belkić (Bosniak) Jozo Križanović (Croat) Živko Radišić (Serb) Elected Presidency members Sulejman Tihić (Bosniak) Dragan Čović (Croat) Mirko Šarović (Serb)
House of Representatives
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All 42 seats in the House of Representatives 22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/– SDA Sulejman Tihić 21.92 10 +2 SDS Dragan Kalinić 14.04 5 −1 SBiH Haris Silajdžić 11.07 6 +1 SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 10.43 4 −5 SNSD Milorad Dodik 9.80 3 +2 HDZ–HD Bariša Čolak 9.48 5 0 PDP Mladen Ivanić 4.61 2 0 SRS RS Milanko Mihajlica 2.00 1 New SP Petar Đokić 1.91 1 0 BP Mirnes Ajanović 1.54 1 New SPU BiH 1.43 1 New DNZ Fikret Abdić 1.39 1 0 NHI Krešimir Zubak 1.37 1 0 EB Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović 1.33 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman before Chairman after Dragan Mikerević PDP Adnan Terzić SDA

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2002.^[1] Voter turnout was 55%.^[1]

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 Sulejman Tihić and Croat Dragan Čović, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Mirko Šarović. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 10 of the 42 seats.