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Atstate level,Bosnia and Herzegovina votes for the rotatingPresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and theParliamentary Assembly. President is elected for a four-year term by constituencies referring to thethree main ethnic groups. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency is elected. The Parliamentary Assembly (Parlamentarna Skupština) hastwo chambers. TheHouse of Representatives (Predstavnički dom/Zastupnički dom) has 42 members, elected for a four-year term byproportional representation in each main ethnic group. TheHouse of Peoples (Dom Naroda) has 15 members, appointed by the parliaments of thetwo Entities. Bosnia and Herzegovina has amulti-party system, with numerouspolitical parties in which no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to formcoalition governments. Each main ethnic group has its own dominant political party.
| Position | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | General elections (October) | None | Local elections (October) | None | General elections (October) |
| Presidency | All members | None | All members | ||
| Parliamentary Assembly | All seats | All seats | |||
| Cantons, cities and municipalities | none | All positions | none |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosniak member | ||||
| Denis Bećirović | Social Democratic Party | 330,238 | 57.37 | |
| Bakir Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 214,412 | 37.25 | |
| Mirsad Hadžikadić | Platform for Progress | 30,968 | 5.38 | |
| Total | 575,618 | 100.00 | ||
| Croat member | ||||
| Željko Komšić | Democratic Front | 227,540 | 55.80 | |
| Borjana Krišto | Croatian Democratic Union | 180,255 | 44.20 | |
| Total | 407,795 | 100.00 | ||
| Serb member | ||||
| Željka Cvijanović | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 327,720 | 51.65 | |
| Mirko Šarović | Serb Democratic Party | 224,912 | 35.45 | |
| Vojin Mijatović | Social Democratic Party | 38,655 | 6.09 | |
| Nenad Nešić | Democratic People's Alliance | 34,955 | 5.51 | |
| Borislav Bijelić | Party of Life | 8,278 | 1.30 | |
| Total | 634,520 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,617,933 | 93.35 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 115,273 | 6.65 | ||
| Total votes | 1,733,206 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,368,666 | 51.45 | ||
| Source:CEC | ||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Democratic Action | 273,547 | 17.23 | 9 | 0 | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 259,521 | 16.34 | 6 | 0 | |
| HDZ–HSS–HSP-HKDU-HSPAS-HDU-HSPHB | 139,018 | 8.75 | 4 | -1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 129,500 | 8.15 | 5 | 0 | |
| Serb Democratic Party | 112,250 | 7.07 | 2 | -1 | |
| Democratic Front–Civic Alliance | 101,715 | 6.41 | 3 | 0 | |
| People and Justice | 79,555 | 5.01 | 3 | 3 | |
| Party of Democratic Progress | 73,489 | 4.63 | 2 | 0 | |
| Our Party | 49,481 | 3.12 | 2 | 0 | |
| People's European Union | 47,157 | 2.97 | 2 | New | |
| For Justice and Order | 32,982 | 2.08 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Union | 30,591 | 1.93 | 1 | New | |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26,480 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| HDZ 1990–Croatian National Shift | 25,691 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Platform for Progress–Independent Bloc | 25,007 | 1.57 | 0 | –1 | |
| Union for a Better Future of BiH | 24,786 | 1.56 | 0 | –2 | |
| United Srpska | 24,687 | 1.55 | 1 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party | 23,018 | 1.45 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic People's Alliance | 21,832 | 1.37 | 0 | –1 | |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative | 20,259 | 1.28 | 1 | New | |
| Bosnian Party | 17,721 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Movement of Democratic Action | 14,889 | 0.94 | 0 | –1 | |
| Social Democrats | 11,831 | 0.75 | 0 | New | |
| Croatian Republican Party | 11,231 | 0.71 | 0 | New | |
| Labour Party | 3,727 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens | 3,394 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Life | 1,840 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Union for New Politics | 706 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Left Wing | 545 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| SMS | 530 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Re-Balance | 503 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Circle | 363 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 158 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,588,004 | 100.00 | 42 | – | |
| Valid votes | 1,588,004 | 91.62 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 145,281 | 8.38 | |||
| Total votes | 1,733,285 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,368,666 | 51.45 | |||
| Source:CEC | |||||