Parliamentary elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 November 2000.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p330 Voter turnout was 64%. The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the

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and one for Republika Srpska. The

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emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 9 of the 42 seats.

Electoral system

The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the

and one for Republika Srpska. The 42 members of the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two constituencies, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. The House of Peoples (the upper house of the parliament) has 15 members equally distributed among the three ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5

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, 5 Serbs, and 5 Croats. The members are appointed by the parliaments of the constituent peoples.

Results

The

(SDP BiH) of Zlatko Lagumdžija emerged as the largest party, with 9 of the 42 seats in the House of Representatives, while the conservative Party of Democratic Action (SDA) finished second with 8 seats in the House of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p332 Voter turnout was 64.0%.

By entity

References

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