General elections were held in

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on 12 October 2014. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's

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as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54.4%. The elections for the

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were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...

. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation re-elected Bosniak

Bakir Izetbegović Bakir Izetbegović (; born 28 June 1956) is a Bosnian politician who served as the 6th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2018. He is the current president of the Party of Democratic Action and member of the ...

and elected Croat

Dragan Čović Dragan Čović (; born 20 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 4th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Democrat ...

, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb

Mladen Ivanić Mladen Ivanić ( sr-cyr, Младен Иванић, ; born 16 September 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 17 November 2014 until 20 November 2018. He is the found ...

. The

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emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 10 of the 42 seats. While the Bosniak member Bakir Izetbegović was the only member of the tripartite Presidency to be re-elected, Serb member Mladen Ivanić was chosen as the first one to chair the Presidency. Izetbegović said: "In the next four years, I expect the Presidency to be a strong engine driving this country forward on the path of reform toward reaching our most important goal — to become a rightful member of the union of free and democratic

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an nations." Ivanić said that "the people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are exhausted and tired of quarrels and confrontations, trapped in a vicious circle of economic crisis, enormous unemployment. They are depressed from a lack of ideas on how this situation could change. This must change." He further added that everyone's interest was served by cooperating with both the

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and

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Electoral system

The three members of the Presidency are elected by plurality. In

voters elect the

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

representative, whilst in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina voters elect the Bosniak and

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members. The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by

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in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.Electoral System
IPU

Results

Presidency

House of Representatives

By entity

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republika Srpska

References

External links

Central Election Committee BiH
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