Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2010

Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, 2010

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Zlatko Lagumdžija Milorad Dodik Sulejman Tihić Party SDP BiH SNSD SDA Leader since 1997 1996 2001 Last election 5 7 9 Seats before 5 7 9 Seats won 8 8 7 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 284,435 277,819 214,300 Percentage 17.3% 16.9% 13.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mladen Bosić Fahrudin Radončić Dragan Čović Party SDS SBB HDZ BiH Leader since 2006 2009 2005 Last election 3 New 3 Seats before 3 New 3 Seats won 4 4 3 Seat change 1 New Popular vote 137,844 130,448 114,476 Percentage 8.4% 8.0% 7.0%
Colours denote the party with the most votes by municipalities
Chairman before election Nikola Špirić SNSD Elected Chairman Vjekoslav Bevanda HDZ BiH

Nikola Špirić
SNSD

Vjekoslav Bevanda
HDZ BiH

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October 2010 for both the Federal government and the two entities.

Voters elected 42 deputies to the State House of Representatives. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), 98 deputies to its House of Representatives, two representatives (one Bosniak, one Croat) to the tripartite state presidency and ten cantonal assemblies were elected. In Republika Srpska (RS), 83 deputies 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.

After the Bosnian War and the Dayton Accords that ended the war, the constitution set out, in Article V, a tripartite rotational presidency between the Bosniak, Croat and Serb entities. Each president serves a four-year term, with the chairman of the presidential council rotation every 8 months, with the first president being the one with most votes in the election.