2018 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election

General elections were held in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters elected the 98 members of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the assemblies of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2018 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina parliamentary election

← 2014 7 October 2018 2022 →
98 seats in the House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.83%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– SDA Bakir Izetbegović 25.25 27 −2 SDP BiH Nermin Nikšić 14.53 16 +4 HDZ BiH and allies Dragan Čović 14.35 16 +4 DF–GS Željko Komšić 9.36 10 −4 SBB Fahrudin Radončić 7.05 8 −8 NS Predrag Kojović 5.09 6 +5 PDA 3.77 4 New NB Senad Šepić 3.49 4 New A-SDA 2.74 2 0 HDZ 1990–HSP 2.56 2 −2 NiP Elmedin Konaković 2.32 2 New LS BiH Elvira Abdić-Jelenović 0.76 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Fadil Novalić SDA Fadil Novalić SDA

The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 27 of the 98 seats. The Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) each won 16 seats. The Democratic Front won 10 seats, down four from the previous general election in 2014. The Union for a Better Future saw a significant decline, winning 8 seats, down eight from the previous election. Our Party significantly improved its result, winning 6 seats, up by five from 2014.

Fadil Novalić remained in office as Prime Minister, since the parties never were able to form a new government, most notably due to constant quarrel between the SDA and the HDZ BiH, as well as the SDP BiH refusing to form a government alongside the SDA.

Electoral system

Presidency

The president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the two vice-presidents are not elected by direct election: The first chamber of the Federal Parliament, the House of Peoples, nominates candidates for the presidency and the vice-presidencies, followed by the second chamber, the House of Representatives, must confirm this nomination by election. Subsequently, confirmation by the majority of the delegates of all three constitutive ethnic groups in the House of Peoples is required.

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a total of 98 members who are elected by proportional representation. The election takes place in 12 multi-person constituencies with entity-wide balancing mandates. In the Federal House of Representatives, each constitutive ethnic group should be represented by at least four members. The threshold is three percent.

Cantonal Assemblies

The assemblies of the 10 cantons of the Federation are also elected. The election is based on proportional representation with a threshold of three percent. The individual cantonal assemblies send members to the House of Peoples.

Results

Results of the cantonal elections

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Direct	Comp.	Total
	Party of Democratic Action	252,817	25.25	22	5	27
	Social Democratic Party	145,458	14.53	12	4	16
	HDZ–HSS–HSP–HNS–HSP AS–HDU BiH–HSS SR	143,704	14.35	13	3	16
	Democratic Front–Civic Alliance	93,708	9.36	9	1	10
	Union for a Better Future	70,571	7.05	5	3	8
	Our Party	50,947	5.09	1	5	6
	Movement of Democratic Action	37,731	3.77	3	1	4
	Independent Bloc	34,913	3.49	1	3	4
	Party of Democratic Activity	27,396	2.74	2	0	2
	HDZ 1990–HSP	25,663	2.56	2	0	2
	People and Justice	23,222	2.32	2	0	2
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	23,007	2.30	0	0	0
	Independent Bosnian-Herzegovinian List	15,113	1.51	0	0	0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	14,022	1.40	0	0	0
	Pensioners' Party	8,152	0.81	0	0	0
	Labour Party	7,656	0.76	1	0	1
	Bosnian Party	7,092	0.71	0	0	0
	Croatian Republican Party	6,670	0.67	0	0	0
	Serb List	5,244	0.52	0	0	0
	LDS za Boljitak	2,158	0.22	0	0	0
	Democratic People's Union	1,865	0.19	0	0	0
	Croatian Party BiH	1,481	0.15	0	0	0
	Serb Progressive Party	896	0.09	0	0	0
	Communist Party	593	0.06	0	0	0
	Stari Grad Union	474	0.05	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	367	0.04	0	0	0
	First Party	258	0.03	0	0	0
	Union for New Politics	155	0.02	0	0	0
Total		1,001,333	100.00	73	25	98
Valid votes		1,001,333	92.28
Invalid/blank votes		83,791	7.72
Total votes		1,085,124	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,093,784	51.83
Source: CEC

Assemblies of the Cantons

Una-Sana Una-Sana 4 3 1 2 1 2 8 9 Party Votes % Seats SDA 26,255 28.45 9 A-SDA–POMAK 21,963 23.80 8 SDP 9,880 10.70 4 Labour Party 7,357 7.97 3 SBB BiH 6,905 7.48 2 DF 6,695 7.25 2 NB 4,108 4.45 1 NS 3,535 3.83 1 DNZ BiH 2,038 2.21 0 NiP 1,288 1.40 0 Serb List 671 0.73 0 Others 1,604 1.74 – Total 92,299 100.00 30 Valid votes 92,299 91.42 Invalid votes 5,398 5.35 Blank votes 3,270 3.24 Total votes 100,967 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 254,621 39.65 Source: CEC Posavina Posavina 1 2 1 1 2 3 11 Party Votes % Seats HDZ BiH 9,025 50.96 11 HDZ 1990 2,452 13.85 3 SDA 1,843 10.41 2 Posavinian Party 1,338 7.56 2 SDP 869 4.91 1 SBB BiH 649 3.66 1 PDA 538 3.04 1 DF 498 2.81 0 Serb List 390 2.20 0 Others 108 0.61 – Total 17,710 100.00 21 Valid votes 17,710 93.98 Invalid votes 755 4.01 Blank votes 379 2.01 Total votes 18,844 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 40,116 46.97 Source: CEC Tuzla Tuzla 10 2 3 2 2 7 9 Party Votes % Seats SDP 49,326 23.42 10 SDA 49,074 23.30 9 PDA 37,465 17.79 7 DF 14,546 6.91 3 SBB BiH 11,741 5.58 2 NS 9,006 4.28 2 SBiH 8,517 4.04 2 NBL 5,847 2.78 0 BPS 5,562 2.64 0 HDZ BiH 5,480 2.60 0 A-SDA 4,548 2.16 0 BOSS 2,643 1.26 0 NB 2,637 1.25 0 SPU BiH 1,716 0.81 0 LDS 1,171 0.56 0 Others 1,303 0.62 – Total 210,582 100.00 35 Valid votes 210,582 92.70 Invalid votes 9,014 3.97 Blank votes 7,576 3.33 Total votes 227,172 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 429,853 52.85 Source: CEC Zenica-Doboj Zenica-Doboj 6 1 3 5 1 3 11 2 3 Party Votes % Seats SDA 45,606 28.11 11 SDP 26,674 16.44 6 NB 19,540 12.04 5 SBB BiH 12,857 7.92 3 HDZ BiH 11,564 7.13 3 DF 11,266 6.94 3 A-SDA 7,288 4.49 2 SBiH 6,381 3.93 1 NS 5,212 3.21 1 SPU BiH 4,171 2.57 0 BPS 3,233 1.99 0 NBL 2,392 1.47 0 PDA 1,875 1.16 0 HDZ 1990 1,054 0.65 0 NiP 566 0.35 0 Serb List 179 0.11 0 Liberal party 108 0.07 0 Others 2,296 1.41 – Total 162,262 100.00 35 Valid votes 162,262 92.28 Invalid votes 7,852 4.47 Blank votes 5,726 3.26 Total votes 175,840 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 329,495 53.37 Source: CEC Bosnian-Podrinje Goražde Bosnian-Podrinje Goražde 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 5 1 4 2 Party Votes % Seats SDA 2,910 19.40 5 Liberal Party 1,942 12.95 4 NBL 1,924 12.83 3 SBiH 1,320 8.80 2 SBB BiH 1,314 8.76 2 SDP 1,018 6.79 2 DF 904 6.03 2 Goraždanska priča 835 5.57 2 NB 769 5.13 1 NS 710 4.73 1 A-SDA 567 3.78 1 NiP 406 2.71 0 BPS 282 1.88 0 Others 97 0.65 – Total 14,998 100.00 25 Valid votes 14,998 95.29 Invalid votes 455 2.89 Blank votes 286 1.82 Total votes 15,739 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 23,502 66.97 Source: CEC Central Bosnia Central Bosnia 5 2 1 2 10 1 9 Party Votes % Seats SDA 36,358 31.47 10 HDZ BiH 33,982 29.41 9 SDP 16,135 13.96 5 SBB BiH 7,402 6.41 2 DF 5,783 5.00 2 HDZ 1990 4,549 3.94 1 NB 3,478 3.01 1 SBiH 2,823 2.44 0 A-SDA 1,322 1.14 0 PDA 841 0.73 0 SPU BiH 1,716 1.49 0 Others 1,157 1.00 – Total 115,546 100.00 30 Valid votes 115,546 92.56 Invalid votes 5,083 4.07 Blank votes 4,209 3.37 Total votes 124,838 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 226,002 55.24 Source: CEC Herzegovina-Neretva Herzegovina-Neretva 3 1 2 8 1 2 13 Party Votes % Seats HDZ BiH 38,404 37.87 13 SDA 23,159 22.84 8 SDP 9,716 9.58 3 HDZ 1990 7,079 6.98 2 SBB BiH 6,196 6.11 2 DF 4,232 4.17 1 HRS 3,266 3.22 1 NS 1,865 1.84 0 SBiH 1,849 1.82 0 Serb List 1,534 1.51 0 NB 1,358 1.34 0 BPS 1,307 1.29 0 Others 1,445 1.42 – Total 101,410 100.00 30 Valid votes 101,410 94.15 Invalid votes 3,620 3.36 Blank votes 2,677 2.49 Total votes 107,707 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 195,693 55.04 Source: CEC West Herzegovina West Herzegovina 1 1 2 3 16 Party Votes % Seats HDZ BiH 23,508 65.21 16 HDZ 1990 3,884 10.77 3 HRS 3,208 8.90 2 HSP Dr. Ante Stračević 1,882 5.22 1 HSP 1,316 3.65 1 HSP-HNS 357 0.99 0 HSS 879 2.44 0 NSRzB 713 1.98 0 Others 300 0.83 – Total 36,047 100.00 23 Valid votes 36,047 95.76 Invalid votes 1,227 3.26 Blank votes 370 0.98 Total votes 37,644 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 72,947 51.60 Source: CEC Sarajevo Sarajevo 4 5 3 2 6 4 10 1 Party Votes % Seats SDA 54,066 24.85 10 NiP 29,821 13.71 6 NS 28,386 13.05 5 SDP 22,212 10.21 4 SBB BiH 20,304 9.33 4 DF 13,483 6.20 3 NBL 10,534 4.84 2 BOSS 7,955 3.66 1 BPS 5,562 2.56 0 GS 4,022 1.85 0 NB 3,518 1.62 0 USD BH 3,041 1.40 0 SBiH 2,733 1.26 0 A-SDA 2,438 1.12 0 HDZ BiH 2,371 1.09 0 Coalition for the Sarajevo Canton 2,086 0.96 0 SPU BiH 1,335 0.61 0 Others 3,707 1.70 – Total 217,574 100.00 35 Valid votes 217,574 93.57 Invalid votes 9,440 4.06 Blank votes 5,500 2.37 Total votes 232,514 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 417,852 55.65 Source: CEC Canton 10 10 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 8 Party Votes % Seats HDZ BiH 8,438 30.77 8 HDZ 1990 3,791 13.82 4 Serb List 3,328 12.14 3 3,037 11.07 3 SDA 1,981 7.22 2 SNS RS 1,262 4.60 1 NSRzB 1,117 4.07 1 HRS 1,007 3.67 1 Dalić Draško (Ind.) 1,007 3.67 1 SDP 827 3.02 1 – 479 1.75 0 DF 479 1.75 0 HSP 414 1.51 0 Others 257 0.94 – Total 27,424 100.00 25 Valid votes 27,424 94.40 Invalid votes 947 3.26 Blank votes 681 2.34 Total votes 29,052 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 65,041 44.67 Source: CEC

See also

• 2018 Bosnian general election
• 2018 Republika Srpska general election

Notes

1. In coalition with HSS, HKDU, , , HDU, and
2. Coalition of , KP BiH, , NSRzB
3. In coalition with HKDU
4. In coalition with HSS, HKDU, , HDU
5. Coalition of SNSD, DNS, and SP RS

References

1. Rasim Pavica (14 October 2021). "Tri godine Vlade FBiH u tehničkom mandatu" (in Bosnian). N1. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. "Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

• "2018 general elections—Confirmed results". Central Election Commission Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Further reading

• Hulsey, John; Keil, Soeren (27 April 2020). "Change amidst continuity? Assessing the 2018 regional elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Regional & Federal Studies. 30 (3): 343–361. doi:10.1080/13597566.2020.1754204. S2CID 219020743.