# 1990 Bosnian general election

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. 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.
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. 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).

## Results
### Presidency (seven members)

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Bosniaks (two elected) |||||
| | Fikret Abdić | Party of Democratic Action | 1,045,539 | 32.69 |
| | Alija Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 879,266 | 27.49 |
| | Nijaz Duraković | League of Communists | 558,263 | 17.46 |
| | Džemal Sokolović | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 183,171 | 5.73 |
| | Nazif Gljiva | League of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance | 133,587 | 4.18 |
| | Fejsal Hrustanović | League of Communists | 122,002 | 3.82 |
| | Dževad Haznadar | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 120,560 | 3.77 |
| | Bahrudin Bijedić | Independent | 104,335 | 3.26 |
| | Adil Zulfikarpašić | Muslim Bosniak Organisation | 51,225 | 1.60 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,197,948 | 100.00 |
| Serbs (two elected) |||||
| | Biljana Plavšić | Serb Democratic Party | 573,812 | 22.16 |
| | Nikola Koljević | Serb Democratic Party | 556,218 | 21.48 |
| | Nenad Kecmanović | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 500,783 | 19.34 |
| | Mirko Pejanović | League of Communists | 335,392 | 12.95 |
| | Nikola Stojanović | League of Communists | 238,377 | 9.21 |
| | Đorđe Latinović | League of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance | 223,044 | 8.61 |
| | Ranko Zrilić | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 161,910 | 6.25 |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,589,536 | 100.00 |
| Croats (two elected) |||||
| | Stjepan Kljuić | Croatian Democratic Union | 473,002 | 22.23 |
| | Franjo Boras | Croatian Democratic Union | 416,629 | 19.58 |
| | Ivo Komšić | League of Communists | 353,707 | 16.62 |
| | Zoran Perković | League of Communists | 290,333 | 13.65 |
| | Franjo Bošković | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 250,099 | 11.75 |
| | Tadej Mateljan | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 213,516 | 10.03 |
| | Martin Raguž | League of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance | 130,428 | 6.13 |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,127,714 | 100.00 |
| Others (one elected) |||||
| | Ejup Ganić | Party of Democratic Action | 709,691 | 43.10 |
| | Ivan Čerešnješ | Serb Democratic Party | 362,681 | 22.03 |
| | Josip Pejaković | Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia | 317,978 | 19.31 |
| | Zlatko Lagumdžija | League of Communists | 194,723 | 11.83 |
| | Azemina Vuković | League of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance | 61,542 | 3.74 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,646,615 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,204,947 | 94.23 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 135,011 | 5.77 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,339,958 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,144,353 | 74.42 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||

### Chamber of Citizens

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 | Total | 2,258,508 | 100.00 | 130 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,258,508 | 96.57 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 80,219 | 3.43 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,338,727 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,018,206 | 77.49 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||

### Chamber of Municipalities

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 | Total | 2,557,347 | 100.00 | 110 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,557,347 | 96.83 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 83,623 | 3.17 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,640,970 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,235,360 | 81.63 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||