2022 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election

General elections were held in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2022 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.

2022 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina parliamentary election

← 2018 2 October 2022  →
98 seats in the House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.06% ( 1.77 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– SDA Bakir Izetbegović 24.40 26 −1 SDP BiH Nermin Nikšić 13.46 15 −1 HDZ BiH and allies Dragan Čović 13.38 15 −1 DF–GS Željko Komšić 11.04 12 +2 NiP Elmedin Konaković 6.89 7 +5 NS Edin Forto 5.21 6 0 NES 4.34 5 +3 SBiH 3.74 4 +4 HDZ 1990 2.72 3 +1 PDA 1.88 1 −3 BHI Fuad Kasumović 1.86 1 New HRS 1.34 1 +1 HNP 0.55 1 New POMAK Šuhret Fazlić 0.46 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Fadil Novalić SDA Nermin Nikšić SDP

Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, imposed changes to the country's electoral law after voting hours ended for the election. The changes prominently included an expansion of the Federal House of Peoples from 56 to 80 members, changes in the election process for the house as well as changes in the election process for the president and vice presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 26 of the 98 seats. The Social Democratic Party and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) each won 15 seats. The Democratic Front won 12 seats, while People and Justice won 7 seats, up five from the previous general election in 2018. Our Party repeated its result from the previous election, winning six seats.

In spite of the SDA emerging as the largest party, its failure to form a functional coalition led to the liberal alliance Troika and the HDZ BiH to form a coalition alongside the Croatian Democratic Union 1990, with Nermin Nikšić getting appointed as the new Prime Minister in April 2023, albeit after interventions by the High Representative.

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

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Direct	Comp.	Total	+/−
	Party of Democratic Action	238,111	24.40	−0.85	21	5	26	−1
	Social Democratic Party	131,323	13.46	−1.07	11	4	15	−1
	Croatian Democratic Union and allies	130,567	13.38	−0.97	12	3	15	−1
	Democratic Front–Civic Alliance	107,735	11.04	+1.68	10	2	12	+2
	NiP–SPU	67,200	6.89	+4.57	3	4	7	+5
	Our Party	50,815	5.21	+0.12	2	4	6	±0
	People's European Union	42,322	4.34	+1.06	4	1	5	+3
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,465	3.74	+1.44	2	2	4	+4
	Union for a Better Future	27,597	2.83	−4.22	0	0	0	−8
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	26,518	2.72	+0.16	3	0	3	+1
	Movement of Democratic Action	18,312	1.88	−1.89	1	0	1	−3
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative	18,150	1.86	New	1	0	1	New
	PzP–NB–ZzD	15,090	1.55	−1.94	0	0	0	−4
	Bosnian Party	13,577	1.39	+0.68	0	0	0	±0
	Croatian Republican Party	13,050	1.34	+0.67	1	0	1	+1
	Social Democrats	11,639	1.19	New	0	0	0	New
	Croatian National Shift	5,351	0.55	New	1	0	1	New
	For New Generations	5,334	0.55	New	0	0	0	New
	Movement for a Modern and Active Krajina	4,465	0.46	New	1	0	1	New
	Labour Party	3,808	0.39	−0.40	0	0	0	−1
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	3,133	0.32	New	0	0	0	New
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	2,292	0.23	−1.17	0	0	0	±0
	Liberal Party	899	0.09	New	0	0	0	New
	People's Party Work for Prosperity	850	0.09	New	0	0	0	New
	Coalition for Human (DNZ BiH–DNS)	746	0.08	−0.11	0	0	0	±0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens	597	0.06	New	0	0	0	New
Total		975,946	100.00	–	73	25	98	16
Valid votes		975,946	92.42
Invalid votes		35,594	3.37
Blank votes		44,472	4.21
Total votes		1,056,012	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,109,344	50.06
Source: CEC

Vote share SDA   24.40% SDP   13.46% HDZ   13.38% DF–GS   11.04% NiP–SPU   6.89% NS   5.21% NES   4.34% SBiH   3.74% SBB   2.83% HDZ 1990   2.72% Others   11.99%

Assemblies of the Cantons

Una-Sana Una-Sana Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 22,943 25.39 8 -1 NES 21,733 24.05 8 +4 SDP 9,362 10.36 3 -1 DF–GS 7,874 8.71 3 +1 POMAK 7,864 8.70 3 -1 NiP 4,300 4.76 2 +2 Labour Party 3,888 4.30 1 -2 SBiH–SPU 3,251 3.60 1 +1 NS 2,890 3.20 1 0 SBB 1,647 1.82 – -2 PzP–NB–ZzD 1,611 1.78 – -1 DNZBiH–DNS–NSRzB 930 1.03 – 0 Others 2,063 2.28 – – Total 90,356 100.00 30 – Valid votes 90,356 90.90 Invalid votes 5,220 5.25 Blank votes 3,825 3.85 Total votes 99,401 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 259,935 38.24 Source: CEC Posavina Posavina Party Votes % Seats +/– HDZ BiH 7,699 52.71 12 +1 SDA 1,625 11.13 3 +1 HDZ 1990 1,135 7.77 2 -1 SDP 927 6.35 1 0 HRS 558 3.82 1 +1 Nezavisni-Neovisni 516 3.53 1 +1 PDA 502 3.44 1 0 Posavina Party 391 2.68 – -2 HSP BiH 366 2.51 – 0 SNSD 309 2.12 – 0 HSP-HB-BiH 251 1.72 – 0 SBB 248 1.70 – -1 Others 78 0.53 – – Total 14,605 100.00 21 – Valid votes 14,605 93.75 Invalid votes 643 4.13 Blank votes 331 2.12 Total votes 15,579 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 40,443 38.52 Source: CEC Tuzla Tuzla Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 60,814 30.21 13 +4 SDP 37,189 18.47 8 -2 DF–GS 20,748 10.31 4 +1 PDA 16,153 8.02 3 -4 SBiH 10,934 5.43 2 0 NiP 10,607 5.27 2 +2 SD BiH 8,037 3.99 2 +2 NS 7,056 3.51 1 -1 SBB 5,134 2.55 – -2 NES 4,886 2.43 – 0 PzP 4,723 2.35 – 0 BOSS 4,686 2.33 – 0 Others 10,335 5.13 – – Total 201,302 100.00 35 – Valid votes 201,302 93.27 Invalid votes 7,483 3.47 Blank votes 7,033 3.26 Total votes 215,818 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 428,876 50.32 Source: CEC Zenica-Doboj Zenica-Doboj Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 45,831 29.23 11 0 BHI 23,006 14.67 5 New SDP 20,095 12.82 5 -1 DF–GS 14,127 9.01 3 0 NiP 11,318 7.22 3 +3 HDZ BiH and allies 10,965 6.99 3 0 NES 9,328 5.95 2 0 SBB 6,545 4.17 2 -1 NS 4,952 3.16 1 0 SBiH 4,014 2.56 – -1 PzP–NB–ZzD 3,335 2.13 – 0 Others 3,272 2.09 – – Total 156,788 100.00 35 – Valid votes 156,788 93.18 Invalid votes 7,362 4.38 Blank votes 4,105 2.44 Total votes 168,255 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 328,411 51.23 Source: CEC Bosnian-Podrinje Goražde Bosnian-Podrinje Goražde Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 2,134 15.17 5 0 NiP 1,453 10.33 3 +3 New Beginning 1,421 10.10 3 New SDP 1,143 8.12 2 0 SBiH 1,090 7.75 2 0 NES 922 6.55 2 +1 New Political Initiative 918 6.52 2 New Independent Civic List 655 4.66 1 New Bosnian People's Party 654 4.65 1 New Bosnian-Herzegovinian Democrats 620 4.41 1 New DF–GS 596 4.24 1 -1 Liberal Party 570 4.05 1 -3 SBB 518 3.68 1 -1 Republican Party 408 2.90 – 0 NS 359 2.55 – -1 PzP–NB–ZzD 356 2.53 – 0 Working for Betterness Goražde 216 1.54 – 0 Others 37 0.26 – -6 Total 14,070 100.00 25 – Valid votes 14,070 94.83 Invalid votes 426 2.87 Blank votes 341 2.30 Total votes 14,837 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 22,777 65.14 Source: CEC Central Bosnia Central Bosnia Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 36,479 33.40 11 +1 HDZ BiH and allies 29,596 27.10 9 0 SDP 12,306 11.27 4 -1 NiP 8,469 7.75 2 +2 DF–GS 6,827 6.25 2 0 HDZ 1990–HSP-HB-BiH 5,390 4.94 2 +1 SBB 2,854 2.61 – -2 SBiH 1,938 1.77 – 0 NS 1,541 1.41 – 0 Others 3,817 3.49 – -1 Total 109,217 100.00 30 – Valid votes 109,217 92.83 Invalid votes 4,409 3.75 Blank votes 4,033 3.43 Total votes 117,659 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 227,541 51.71 Source: CEC Herzegovina-Neretva Herzegovina-Neretva Party Votes % Seats +/– HDZ BiH and allies 33,597 32.60 11 -2 SDA 19,975 19.38 7 -1 HDZ 1990 10,364 10.06 3 +1 SDP 10,263 9.96 3 0 HRS 7,499 7.28 2 +1 DF–GS 5,281 5.12 2 +1 NES 4,517 4.38 1 +1 NiP 3,518 3.41 1 +1 SBiH–PzP 2,873 2.79 – 0 SNSD–SDS 1,673 1.62 – 0 NS 1,553 1.51 – 0 SBB 1,298 1.26 – -2 Others 652 0.63 – – Total 103,063 100.00 30 – Valid votes 103,063 94.48 Invalid votes 3,483 3.19 Blank votes 2,533 2.32 Total votes 109,079 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 196,119 55.62 Source: CEC West Herzegovina West Herzegovina Party Votes % Seats +/– HDZ BiH and allies 25,880 63.26 14 -2 HDZ 1990 6,483 15.85 4 +1 HRS 3,068 7.50 2 0 HSP BiH 1,971 4.82 1 0 1,713 4.19 1 0 1,430 3.50 1 +1 Others 364 0.89 – – Total 40,909 100.00 23 – Valid votes 40,909 96.64 Invalid votes 1,213 2.87 Blank votes 210 0.50 Total votes 42,332 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 74,553 56.78 Source: CEC (confirmed results with 100.00% counted) Sarajevo Sarajevo Party Votes % Seats +/– SDA 39,209 18.26 7 -3 NiP 39,146 18.23 7 +1 SDP 33,818 15.75 6 +2 SBiH 27,619 12.86 5 +5 NS 25,383 11.82 5 0 DF–GS 19,488 9.07 4 +1 ZNG 8,194 3.82 1 New NES 6,401 2.98 – 0 SBB 5,587 2.60 – -4 Others 9,933 4.62 – -3 Total 214,778 100.00 35 – Valid votes 214,778 94.17 Invalid votes 8,929 3.91 Blank votes 4,376 1.92 Total votes 228,083 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 420,757 54.21 Source: CEC Canton 10 10 Party Votes % Seats +/– HNP 4,853 18.78 5 New HDZ BiH 4,496 17.40 5 -3 HDZ 1990 4,328 16.75 4 0 SNSD 2,070 8.01 2 +2 1,876 7.26 2 -1 SDA 1,666 6.45 2 0 SDP 1,575 6.10 2 +1 and allies 1,155 4.47 1 0 SNP 1,032 3.99 1 +1 HRS 903 3.50 1 0 County Independent List 709 2.74 – -1 Independent List-Croatian Bells 696 2.69 – 0 NSRzB 379 1.47 – -1 Others 98 0.38 – -3 Total 25,836 100.00 25 – Valid votes 25,836 93.82 Invalid votes 948 3.44 Blank votes 755 2.74 Total votes 27,539 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 65,504 42.04 Source: CEC

Aftermath

On 29 November 2022, a coalition led by the liberal alliance Troika and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) reached an agreement on the formation of a new government for the 2022–2026 parliamentary term, designating Social Democratic Party president Nermin Nikšić as the new Federal Prime Minister. On 28 February 2023, Lidija Bradara (HDZ BiH) was elected president after a vote in the Federal House of Representatives. The House of Representatives confirmed the appointment of Nermin Nikšić and the government on 28 April 2023, following interventions by High Representative Christian Schmidt after months of political deadlock.

Former Federal Prime Minister, Fadil Novalić, who Nikšić succeeded following the election after Schmidt's intervention, at first refused to concede the power, and continues contesting his forceable deposing as illegal and unconstitutional. Nikšić's appointment was also deemed unconstitutional by the opposition, but was afterwards accepted.

See also

• 2022 Bosnian general election
• 2022 Republika Srpska general election

Notes

1. HDZ–HSSSR–HSS–HSP–HKDU–HSPAS–HDU–HSPHB–HRAST–HNL
2. HDZ–HSSSR–HSS–HSP–HKDU–HSPAS–HDU–HSPHB–HRAST–HDZ 1990–HNP
3. HDZ–HSSSR–HSS–HSP–HKDU–HSPAS–HDU–HRAST
4. HDZ–HSP–HDU–HSPAS–HRAST–HSPHB
5. HDZ–HDU–HSS–HKDU
6. SNS FBiH–SP–DNS–PDP–SDS

References

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External links

• Central Election Commission BiH, 2022 election