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Bosnian general election, 1996

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General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996. The elections for the House of Representatives elections were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, each of the three national communities elected a President. Bosniaks elected Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Krešimir Zubak and Serbs elected Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.

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Voter turnout was 79.4% in the parliamentary election and 80.4% in the presidential election.

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¹ The Joint List was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party, the Union of Social Democrats, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Muslim Bosniak Organisation and the Republican Party.

  • Noel Malcolm, Observations on the Bosnian Elections, Bosnian Report No. 17 (November 1996 - January 1997), Bosnian Institute, London 1996
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