Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Central Election Commission ( CIK) published preliminary results from 80 percent of polling stations.
Denis Becirovic (164,369), Darijana Filipovic (92.854) and Zeljka Cvianovicq (213.812), lead for president of Republika Srpska’s entity, Saviq Miniq (202,245).
For the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s post-war history, the first preliminary results of the vote were published an hour after the closure of polling stations, while ballot scanners carried out their work without going to manual count.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Election Commission Chairman Jovan Calaba, at a news conference, announced the first preliminary election results taken through transmission from electronic ballot scanners, based on about 80 percent of the processed polling stations.
Kalaba stressed that the voting process with the use of electronic scanners was successfully conducted, and that no polling station has registered transitions in the traditional, manual way of counting votes.
We received confirmation from all municipal and election city commissions that there was no transition to the traditional vote. This means that scanners do their part of the work we had assigned them to, Kalaba said.
Due to delays in opening several polling stations in the morning or breaks during the day, some centres lasted until 10: 00 a.m., while CIC directed that voting be possible for all voters at the moment of closing the centres were in line.
BiH presidency: Becirovic, Filipovic and Cvivanovic head
After processing about 80 per cent of polling stations, the Bosniak member of the BiH presidency leads Denis Becirovic (United for the state of BiH) with 164,369 votes ahead of the Party of Democratic Action ( SDA), Bakir Izetbegovic, who has 148,036 votes. Semir Efe persecuted by the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina ( The SBiH has received 110,530 votes, while Fahrudin Radonciq (Union for Best Future SBB) has received 9,320 votes.
For a BiH presidency member of the ranks of the Croatian people, Darijana Filipovic (Croatian Democratic Union of BiH) leads with 92.854 votes, followed by Slaven Kovacevic (Democratic Front DF) with 55.475 votes and independent candidate Zdenko Luciq with 44.345 votes.
In the race for BiH presidency member from the ranks of the Serbian people, Zeljka Cvianovic (Ale of Independent Social Democrats ʹ SNSD) leads with 213.812 votes. Marinko Bozovic (Serbian Democratic Party DPA) has received 102.877 votes, while Nebojsa Vukanovic (for justice and order) 67.707 votes.
Republika Srpska President
In the race for president and vice president of Republika Srpska’s entity, the SNSD candidate, Savo Miniq, leads by 202.245 votes, ahead of Branko Blancuza ( The SDS, which has 160,936 votes. Ramiz Salkiq ( The SDA has received 6,740 votes, while Qamil Durakovik received 4.413 votes.
For the BiH Parliament of the Federation of BiH, the largest number of votes has been received by the SDA (186.675), followed by SDP BiH (91.886) and the HDZ BiH HH (83.834), the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (51.356), APUpol and Justice (39.35) and Zeljko Komslic for a Citizen State (36.976).
From Republika Srpska for the state parliament leads SNSD (151.032), ahead of Drasko Stanivovici’s (53.448) and SDS’s (50.328).
In the Federation of BiH Parliament, the SDA leads with 180.970 votes, the second is SDP BiH with 90.327, while the HDZ-led coalition BiH has 86,922 votes. The Bosnia and Herzegovina Party has received 52.671 votes.
CIK reported that up-to-date results will be published constantly on the official website izbori.ba. / AA/