# 2002 Bosnian general election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2002. Voter turnout was 55%.
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 elected Bosniak Sulejman Tihić and Croat Dragan Čović, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Mirko Šarović. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 10 of the 42 seats.

## Electoral system

Voters elected 42 members to the national House of Representatives. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 98 members to its Federal House of Representatives, two representatives (one Bosniak and one Croat) to the tripartite state Presidency and ten cantonal assemblies were elected. In Republika Srpska (RS), 83 members to its National Assembly, the Serb representative of the tripartite state Presidency, one RS president and two RS vice-presidents were elected. There were 39 political parties, 11 coalitions, and 13 independent candidates. Voter turnout was 55%.

## Results

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, each of the three national communities elected a Presidency member. Bosniaks elected Sulejman Tihić, Croats elected Dragan Čović and Serbs elected Mirko Šarović.

### Presidency

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Bosniak member |||||
| | Sulejman Tihić | Party of Democratic Action | 192,661 | 37.29 |
| | Haris Silajdžić | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 179,726 | 34.79 |
| | Alija Behmen | Social Democratic Party | 90,434 | 17.51 |
| | Fikret Abdić | Democratic People's Union | 21,164 | 4.10 |
| | Faruk Balijagić | Bosnian Party | 9,650 | 1.87 |
| | Emir Zlatar | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 6,500 | 1.26 |
| | Rasim Kadić | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,360 | 1.04 |
| | Adem Mujčić | Workers' Party | 4,940 | 0.96 |
| | Ibrahim Spahić | Civic Democratic Party | 3,062 | 0.59 |
| | Asim Ibrahimpašić | Bosniak Party of Rights | 2,026 | 0.39 |
| | Bakir Tanović | People's Bosniak Party | 1,087 | 0.21 |
| Total | Total | Total | 516,610 | 100.00 |
| Croat member |||||
| | Dragan Čović | Croatian Democratic Union | 114,606 | 61.52 |
| | Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović | Economic Bloc | 32,411 | 17.40 |
| | Mijo Anić | New Croatian Initiative | 16,345 | 8.77 |
| | Stjepan Kljuić | Republican Party | 9,413 | 5.05 |
| | Željko Koroman | Croatian Right Bloc | 5,255 | 2.82 |
| | Žarko Mišić | Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 5,142 | 2.76 |
| | Marinko Brkić | Independent | 2,154 | 1.16 |
| | Karmela Osmanović | Civic Democratic Party | 965 | 0.52 |
| Total | Total | Total | 186,291 | 100.00 |
| Serb member |||||
| | Mirko Šarović | Serb Democratic Party | 180,212 | 35.52 |
| | Nebojša Radmanović | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 101,119 | 19.93 |
| | Ognjen Tadić | Serbian Radical Party | 44,262 | 8.72 |
| | Desnica Radivojević | Party of Democratic Action | 41,667 | 8.21 |
| | Branko Dokić | Party of Democratic Progress | 41,228 | 8.13 |
| | Mirko Banjac | National Alliance for Revival | 23,238 | 4.58 |
| | Mladen Grahovac | Social Democratic Party | 22,852 | 4.50 |
| | Dragutin Ilić | Socialist Party | 18,533 | 3.65 |
| | Milorad Đokić | Democratic People's Alliance | 16,129 | 3.18 |
| | Svetozar Mihajlović | Serb National Alliance | 5,143 | 1.01 |
| | Ranko Bajić | Social Democratic Centre Party | 3,231 | 0.64 |
| | Dušan Bajić | Democratic People's Union | 2,790 | 0.55 |
| | Aleksander Rajlić | Civic Democratic Party | 2,625 | 0.52 |
| | Tomislav Taušan | National Party of Socialists | 1,875 | 0.37 |
| | Borislav Vasić | Foreign Currency Savings Party | 1,570 | 0.31 |
| | Radovan Simić | Party of Democratic Development | 940 | 0.19 |
| Total | Total | Total | 507,414 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,210,315 | 93.19 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 88,496 | 6.81 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,298,811 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,342,141 | 55.45 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, CEC |||||

### House of Representatives

Seats :
| | Party of Democratic Action | 269,427 | 21.92 | 10 |
| | Serb Democratic Party | 172,544 | 14.04 | 5 |
| | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 136,090 | 11.07 | 6 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 128,212 | 10.43 | 4 |
| | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 120,376 | 9.80 | 3 |
| | Croatian Democratic Union–HD | 116,452 | 9.48 | 5 |
| | Party of Democratic Progress | 56,643 | 4.61 | 2 |
| | Serbian Radical Party | 24,559 | 2.00 | 1 |
| | Socialist Party | 23,533 | 1.91 | 1 |
| | Bosnian Party | 18,868 | 1.54 | 1 |
| | Pensioners' Party | 17,588 | 1.43 | 1 |
| | Democratic People's Alliance | 17,432 | 1.42 | 0 |
| | Democratic People's Union | 17,106 | 1.39 | 1 |
| | New Croatian Initiative | 16,890 | 1.37 | 1 |
| | Economic Bloc | 16,336 | 1.33 | 1 |
| | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 10,585 | 0.86 | 0 |
| | National Alliance for Revival | 9,591 | 0.78 | 0 |
| | Croatian Peasant Party | 6,872 | 0.56 | 0 |
| | Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 6,396 | 0.52 | 0 |
| | Croatian Right Bloc | 5,262 | 0.43 | 0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,255 | 0.43 | 0 |
| | Civic Democratic Party | 4,644 | 0.38 | 0 |
| | Serb National Alliance | 4,410 | 0.36 | 0 |
| | Pro-European People's Party | 4,113 | 0.33 | 0 |
| | People's Bosniak Party | 3,176 | 0.26 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Republika Srpska | 3,111 | 0.25 | 0 |
| | Republican Party | 2,854 | 0.23 | 0 |
| | Foreign Currency Savings Party | 2,358 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | National Party of Socialists | 2,338 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | 2,296 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | Workers' Party | 1,810 | 0.15 | 0 |
| | Bosniak Party of Rights | 1,528 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Democratic Development Party | 268 | 0.02 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1,228,923 | 100.00 | 42 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,228,923 | 94.60 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 70,098 | 5.40 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,299,021 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,342,141 | 55.46 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, CEC, CEC |||||

#### By entity

| Party | Party | Federation | Federation | Federation | Republika Srpska | Republika Srpska | Republika Srpska | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Party of Democratic Action | 232,325 | 32.40 | 9 | 37,102 | 7.25 | 1 | 10 |
| | Serb Democratic Party | | | | 172,544 | 33.71 | 5 | 5 |
| | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116,114 | 16.19 | 5 | 19,976 | 3.90 | 1 | 6 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 112,258 | 15.65 | 4 | 15,954 | 3.12 | 0 | 4 |
| | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 5,785 | 0.81 | 0 | 114,591 | 22.39 | 3 | 3 |
| | Croatian Democratic Union–HD | 114,207 | 15.93 | 5 | 2,245 | 0.44 | 0 | 5 |
| | Party of Democratic Progress | 3,466 | 0.48 | 0 | 53,177 | 10.39 | 2 | 2 |
| | Serbian Radical Party | | | | 24,559 | 4.80 | 1 | 1 |
| | Socialist Party | 1,407 | 0.20 | 0 | 22,126 | 4.32 | 1 | 1 |
| | Bosnian Party | 18,411 | 2.57 | 1 | 457 | 0.09 | 0 | 1 |
| | Pensioners' Party | 17,588 | 2.45 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | Democratic People's Alliance | | | | 17,432 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic People's Union | 16,454 | 2.29 | 1 | 652 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 |
| | New Croatian Initiative | 13,820 | 1.93 | 1 | 3,070 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 |
| | Economic Bloc | 16,052 | 2.24 | 1 | 284 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 |
| | Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | 9,477 | 1.32 | 0 | 1,108 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Alliance for Revival | 498 | 0.07 | 0 | 9,093 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Peasant Party | 5,930 | 0.83 | 0 | 942 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 6,396 | 0.89 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Croatian Right Bloc | 5,262 | 0.73 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 5,113 | 0.71 | 0 | 142 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Civic Democratic Party | 3,422 | 0.48 | 0 | 1,222 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| | Serb National Alliance | | | | 4,410 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pro-European People's Party | 3,500 | 0.49 | 0 | 613 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Bosniak Party | 3,176 | 0.44 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of Republika Srpska | | | | 3,111 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
| | Republican Party | 2,854 | 0.40 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Foreign Currency Savings Party | 271 | 0.04 | 0 | 2,087 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Party of Socialists | | | | 2,338 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | | | | 2,296 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
| | Workers' Party | 1,810 | 0.25 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Bosniak Party of Rights | 1,528 | 0.21 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | Democratic Development Party | | | | 268 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 717,124 | 100.00 | 28 | 511,799 | 100.00 | 14 | 42 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 717,124 | 94.30 | | 511,799 | 95.03 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 43,308 | 5.70 | | 26,790 | 4.97 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 760,432 | 100.00 | | 538,589 | 100.00 | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, CEC, CEC |||||||||