Republika Srpska elects on a national level a

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and a president. The National Assembly of the Republika Srpska (''Narodna skupština Republike Srpske'') has 83 members elected for a four-year term. Republika Srpska has a

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system, with numerous

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in which no one party usually has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. A party must receive at least 3% of the votes in one of the nine electoral districts to qualify for any seats.

2014 elections

In the 2014 general elections in Republika Srpska, the incumbent President

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was re-elected, running on a joint

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platform, whilst his Alliance of Independent Social Democrats remained the largest in the National Assembly. {{Republika Srpska elections Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina Politics of Republika Srpska Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina