# 1998 Bosnian general election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998. Voter turnout was 67.99% in the parliamentary election and 67.87% in the presidential election.
The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation re-elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and elected Croat Ante Jelavić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Živko Radišić. The Coalition for Unity and Democracy, an alliance of the Party of Democratic Action, the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Liberal Party and the Civic Democratic Party, emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 17 of the 42 seats.

## Results
### Presidency

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Bosniak member |||||
| | Alija Izetbegović | Party of Democratic Action | 511,541 | 86.80 |
| | Fikret Abdić | Democratic People's Union | 36,438 | 6.18 |
| | Sefer Halilović | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 33,687 | 5.72 |
| | Hajrija Rahmanović | Bosnian Party | 7,694 | 1.31 |
| Total | Total | Total | 589,360 | 100.00 |
| Croat member |||||
| | Ante Jelavić | Croatian Democratic Union | 189,438 | 52.91 |
| | Gradimir Gojer | Social Democratic Party | 113,961 | 31.83 |
| | Krešimir Zubak | New Croatian Initiative | 40,880 | 11.42 |
| | Senka Nožica | Republican Party | 11,089 | 3.10 |
| | Saša Nišandžić | Bosnian Party | 2,638 | 0.74 |
| Total | Total | Total | 358,006 | 100.00 |
| Serb member |||||
| | Živko Radišić | Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD) | 359,937 | 51.31 |
| | Momčilo Krajišnik | Serb Democratic Party | 314,236 | 44.79 |
| | Zoran Tadić | Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska | 27,388 | 3.90 |
| Total | Total | Total | 701,561 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,648,927 | 88.32 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 218,019 | 11.68 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,866,946 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,750,705 | 67.87 |
| Source: CEC, Nohlen & Stöver |||||

### House of Representatives

| | Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS) | 583,945 | 33.83 | 17 | –4 |
| | Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD) | 214,716 | 12.44 | 4 | New |
| | Croatian Democratic Union | 200,092 | 11.59 | 6 | –2 |
| | Serb Democratic Party | 162,721 | 9.43 | 4 | –5 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 159,876 | 9.26 | 4 | – |
| | Serbian Radical Party | 118,522 | 6.87 | 2 | +2 |
| | NHI–HKDU | 40,080 | 2.32 | 1 | New |
| | Union of Social Democrats | 28,740 | 1.66 | 2 | – |
| | Radical Party of Republika Srpska | 27,686 | 1.60 | 1 | New |
| | Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska | 24,957 | 1.45 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic People's Union | 21,452 | 1.24 | 1 | +1 |
| | Bosnian Party | 17,075 | 0.99 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Republika Srpska | 14,956 | 0.87 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Party of Pensioners | 12,991 | 0.75 | 0 | New |
| | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 11,726 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 |
| | Social Democrats | 11,301 | 0.65 | 0 | New |
| | Croatian Party of Rights | 10,305 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 |
| | Coalition of Centre | 8,697 | 0.50 | 0 | New |
| | Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska | 8,204 | 0.48 | 0 | New |
| | Zdravko Grebo | 6,962 | 0.40 | 0 | New |
| | Serbian Peasant Party | 4,925 | 0.29 | 0 | New |
| | Bosniak Party of Rights | 4,900 | 0.28 | 0 | New |
| | Bosnian Greens | 4,448 | 0.26 | 0 | New |
| | Coalition for the King and Fatherland | 3,878 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Party of the Disabled | 3,851 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Croatian Peasant Party | 3,119 | 0.18 | 0 | – |
| | Croat People's Union | 3,112 | 0.18 | 0 | New |
| | Serbian Renewal Movement | 2,925 | 0.17 | 0 | New |
| | Muslim Bosniak Organisation | 1,777 | 0.10 | 0 | – |
| | For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance | 1,743 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| | Party of Economic Prosperity | 1,613 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| | Yugoslav Left | 1,387 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| | Serbian Fatherland Front | 1,342 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| | Liberal-Social Party | 1,239 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | Party for Yugoslavia | 970 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 1,726,233 | 100.00 | 42 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,726,233 | 92.31 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 143,850 | 7.69 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,870,083 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,750,705 | 67.99 | | |
| Source: CEC, Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

#### By entity

| Party | Party | Federation | Federation | Federation | Republika Srpska | Republika Srpska | Republika Srpska | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS) | 455,668 | 47.90 | 14 | 128,277 | 16.55 | 3 | 17 |
| | Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD) | | | | 214,716 | 27.71 | 4 | 4 |
| | Croatian Democratic Union | 187,707 | 19.73 | 6 | 12,385 | 1.60 | 0 | 6 |
| | Serb Democratic Party | | | | 162,721 | 21.00 | 4 | 4 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 138,004 | 14.51 | 4 | 21,872 | 2.82 | 0 | 4 |
| | Serbian Radical Party | | | | 118,522 | 15.29 | 2 | 2 |
| | NHI–HKDU | 28,572 | 3.00 | 1 | 11,508 | 1.48 | 0 | 1 |
| | Union of Social Democrats | 28,740 | 3.02 | 2 | | | | 2 |
| | Radical Party of Republika Srpska | | | | 27,686 | 3.57 | 1 | 1 |
| | Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska | | | | 24,957 | 3.22 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic People's Union | 21,452 | 2.26 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Bosnian Party | 13,601 | 1.43 | 0 | 3,474 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Republika Srpska | | | | 14,956 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Pensioners | 12,991 | 1.37 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 11,726 | 1.23 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Social Democrats | 7,847 | 0.82 | 0 | 3,454 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Party of Rights | 10,305 | 1.08 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Coalition of Centre | 7,426 | 0.78 | 0 | 1,271 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska | | | | 8,204 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | Zdravko Grebo | 6,962 | 0.73 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Serbian Peasant Party | | | | 4,925 | 0.64 | – | 0 |
| | Bosnian Party of Rights | 4,900 | 0.52 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Bosnian Greens | 2,551 | 0.27 | 0 | 1,897 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Coalition for the King and Fatherland | | | | 3,878 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of the Disabled | 3,851 | 0.40 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Croatian Peasant Party | 2,226 | 0.23 | 0 | 893 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croat People's Union | 2,099 | 0.22 | 0 | 1,013 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| | Serbian Renewal Movement | | | | 2,925 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| | Muslim Bosniak Organisation | 1,777 | 0.19 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance | | | | 1,743 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| | Party of Economic Prosperity | 1,613 | 0.17 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Yugoslav Left | | | | 1,387 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Serbian Fatherland Front | | | | 1,342 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
| | Liberal-Social Party | 1,239 | 0.13 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Party for Yugoslavia | | | | 970 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 951,257 | 100.00 | 28 | 774,976 | 100.00 | 14 | 42 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 951,257 | 92.99 | | 774,976 | 91.48 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 71,718 | 7.01 | | 72,132 | 8.52 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,022,975 | 100.00 | | 847,108 | 100.00 | | |
| Source: CEC, Nohlen & Stöver |||||||||