2018 Bosnian general election

2018 Bosnian general election

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Turnout	54.02% (presidential) 0.45 pp 54.03% (parliamentary) 0.44 pp
Bosniak member of the Presidency
Candidate Šefik Džaferović Denis Bećirović Party SDA SDP BiH Popular vote 212,581 194,688 Percentage 36.61% 33.53%
Croat member of the Presidency
Candidate Željko Komšić Dragan Čović Party DF HDZ BiH Popular vote 225,500 154,819 Percentage 52.64% 36.14%
Serb member of the Presidency
Candidate Milorad Dodik Mladen Ivanić Party SNSD PDP Popular vote 368,210 292,065 Percentage 53.88% 42.74%
Results of the presidential elections (from left to right: Bosniak, Croat, Serb.) Darker shade indicates a larger share of the vote for the indicated candidate.
Presidency members before election Bakir Izetbegović (Bosniak) Dragan Čović (Croat) Mladen Ivanić (Serb) Elected Presidency members Šefik Džaferović (Bosniak) Željko Komšić (Croat) Milorad Dodik (Serb)
House of Representatives
All 42 seats in the House of Representatives 22 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/– SDA Bakir Izetbegović 17.01 9 −1 SNSD Milorad Dodik 16.03 6 0 SDS–NDP–NS–SRS Vukota Govedarica 9.80 3 −2 SDP BiH Nermin Nikšić 9.08 5 +2 HDZ–HSS–HSP–HKDU Dragan Čović 9.05 5 +1 DF–GS Željko Komšić 5.81 3 −2 PDP Branislav Borenović 5.06 2 +1 DNS Marko Pavić 4.18 1 0 SBB Fahrudin Radončić 4.16 2 −2 NS Predrag Kojović 2.92 2 +2 NB Senad Šepić 2.51 1 New PDA Mirsad Kukić 2.32 1 New SP Petar Đokić 1.89 1 +1 A-SDA Nermin Ogrešević 1.84 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chairman before Chairman after Denis Zvizdić SDA Zoran Tegeltija SNSD

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54%.

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 Šefik Džaferović and Croat Željko Komšić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Milorad Dodik.

The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats. The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) came in second with 6 seats, while the Social Democratic Party won 5 seats, up two from the previous general election in 2014; the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) also ended up with 5 seats. The Serb Democratic Party and the Democratic Front (DF) each won three seats. The election also saw a significant decline of the Union for a Better Future, going from 8.71% of the popular vote down to 4.16%, enough for two seats.

After a one year governmental formation crisis following the election, in December 2019, a coalition led by the SDA, the SNSD and the HDZ BiH, which also included the DF and the Democratic People's Alliance, formed a new government headed by the SNSD's Zoran Tegeltija.