1990 Bosnian general election

18 November 1990 1996 →
Chamber of Citizens
All 130 seats in the Chamber of Citizens 66 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.49%
Party Leader % Seats SDA Alija Izetbegović 31.48 43 SDS Radovan Karadžić 26.14 34 HDZ BiH Stjepan Kljuić 16.07 21 SK BiH Nijaz Duraković 12.31 15 SRSJ Nenad Kecmanović 8.90 12 SSO– DSS– DSZ Ibrahim Spahić 3.17 3 MBO Adil Zulfikarpašić 1.15 2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Subsequent Prime Minister Marko Ćeranić SK BiH Jure Pelivan HDZ BiH

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 November 1990, with a second round of voting in the House of Peoples elections on 2 December. ^[1] These were the final general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina while it was still a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia.

A presidential election was held to elect candidates to a seven-member republic presidium. Six candidates were elected to represent Bosnia's nations (two each by Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats), and a seventh candidate was elected to represent all "others".

All of the presidential seats were won by parties structured around national lines: the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) won the two Muslim seats, the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) won the two Serb seats, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the two Croat seats, and the "other" seat was won by SDA member Ejup Ganić, who ran as a "Yugoslav". Although Fikret Abdić received more votes than any other candidate, he agreed to stand aside and permit fellow SDA member Alija Izetbegović to become president of the presidium. ^[2]

The Party of Democratic Action also emerged as the largest party in the election for the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 43 of the 130 seats in the Chamber of Citizens and 43 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Municipalities. Voter turnout was 74.4% for the presidential election, 81.6% for the Chamber of Municipalities election and 77.5% for the Chamber of Citizens election. ^[1] However, the election was marred by irregularities; in Brčko, Doboj, Nevesinje and Sarajevo there were more votes than registered voters (13,316 registered voters in Brčko but 49,055 votes, 4,771 voters in the Old City of Sarajevo but 28,974 votes). ^[3]

Results

Presidency (seven members)

Chamber of Citizens

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Democratic Action	711,075	31.48	43
	Serb Democratic Party	590,431	26.14	34
	Croatian Democratic Union	362,855	16.07	21
	League of Communists	278,027	12.31	15
	Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia	201,018	8.90	12
	SSO– DSS– DSZ	39,982	1.77	2
	Democratic Socialist Alliance	31,623	1.40	1
	Muslim Bosniak Organisation	25,975	1.15	2
	Other parties	17,522	0.78	0
Total		2,258,508	100.00	130
Valid votes		2,258,508	96.57
Invalid/blank votes		80,219	3.43
Total votes		2,338,727	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,018,206	77.49
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Municipalities

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Democratic Action	788,616	30.84	43
	Serb Democratic Party	624,951	24.44	38
	Croatian Democratic Union	383,279	14.99	23
	League of Communists	378,198	14.79	4
	Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia	281,436	11.00	1
	Serbian Renewal Movement	4,217	0.16	1
	Other parties	96,650	3.78	0
Total		2,557,347	100.00	110
Valid votes		2,557,347	96.83
Invalid/blank votes		83,623	3.17
Total votes		2,640,970	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,235,360	81.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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