1990 Bosnian general election

General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 November 1990, with a second round of voting in the House of Peoples elections on 2 December.[1] These were the final general elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina while it was still a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia.

1990 Bosnian general election
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
18 November 1990
Chamber of Citizens
All 130 seats in the Chamber of Citizens
66 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.49%
PartyLeader % Seats
SDA Alija Izetbegović 31.48 43
SDS Radovan Karadžić 26.14 34
HDZ BiH Stjepan Kljuić 16.07 21
SK BiH Nijaz Duraković 12.31 15
SRSJ Nenad Kecmanović 8.90 12
SSO–DSS–DSZ Ibrahim Spahić 3.17 3
MBO Adil Zulfikarpašić 1.15 2
Prime Minister before Subsequent Prime Minister
Marko Ćeranić
SK BiH		 Jure Pelivan
HDZ BiH

A presidential election was held to elect candidates to a seven-member republic presidium. Six candidates were elected to represent Bosnia's nations (two each by Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats), and a seventh candidate was elected to represent all "others".

All of the presidential seats were won by parties structured around national lines: the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) won the two Muslim seats, the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) won the two Serb seats, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the two Croat seats, and the "other" seat was won by SDA member Ejup Ganić, who ran as a "Yugoslav". Although Fikret Abdić received more votes than any other candidate, he agreed to stand aside and permit fellow SDA member Alija Izetbegović to become president of the presidium.[2]

The Party of Democratic Action also emerged as the largest party in the election for the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 43 of the 130 seats in the Chamber of Citizens and 43 of the 110 seats in the Chamber of Municipalities. Voter turnout was 74.4% for the presidential election, 81.6% for the Chamber of Municipalities election and 77.5% for the Chamber of Citizens election.[1] However, the election was marred by irregularities; in Brčko, Doboj, Nevesinje and Sarajevo there were more votes than registered voters (13,316 registered voters in Brčko but 49,055 votes, 4,771 voters in the Old City of Sarajevo but 28,974 votes).[3]

Results

Presidency (seven members)
CandidatePartyVotes%
Bosniaks (two elected)
Fikret AbdićParty of Democratic Action1,045,53932.69
Alija IzetbegovićParty of Democratic Action879,26627.49
Nijaz DurakovićLeague of Communists558,26317.46
Džemal SokolovićUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia183,1715.73
Nazif GljivaLeague of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance133,5874.18
Fejsal HrustanovićLeague of Communists122,0023.82
Dževad HaznadarUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia120,5603.77
Bahrudin BijedićIndependent104,3353.26
Adil ZulfikarpašićMuslim Bosniak Organisation51,2251.60
Total3,197,948100.00
Serbs (two elected)
Biljana PlavšićSerb Democratic Party573,81222.16
Nikola KoljevićSerb Democratic Party556,21821.48
Nenad KecmanovićUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia500,78319.34
Mirko PejanovićLeague of Communists335,39212.95
Nikola StojanovićLeague of Communists238,3779.21
Đorđe LatinovićLeague of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance223,0448.61
Ranko ZrilićUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia161,9106.25
Total2,589,536100.00
Croats (two elected)
Stjepan KljuićCroatian Democratic Union473,00222.23
Franjo BorasCroatian Democratic Union416,62919.58
Ivo KomšićLeague of Communists353,70716.62
Zoran PerkovićLeague of Communists290,33313.65
Franjo BoškovićUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia250,09911.75
Tadej MateljanUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia213,51610.03
Martin RagužLeague of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance130,4286.13
Total2,127,714100.00
Others (one elected)
Ejup GanićParty of Democratic Action709,69143.10
Ivan ČerešnješSerb Democratic Party362,68122.03
Josip PejakovićUnion of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia317,97819.31
Zlatko LagumdžijaLeague of Communists194,72311.83
Azemina VukovićLeague of Socialist Youth – Democratic Alliance61,5423.74
Total1,646,615100.00
Valid votes2,204,94794.23
Invalid/blank votes135,0115.77
Total votes2,339,958100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,144,35374.42
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Citizens
PartyVotes%Seats
Party of Democratic Action711,07531.4843
Serb Democratic Party590,43126.1434
Croatian Democratic Union362,85516.0721
League of Communists278,02712.3115
Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia201,0188.9012
SSO–DSS–DSZ39,9821.772
Democratic Socialist Alliance31,6231.401
Muslim Bosniak Organisation25,9751.152
Other parties17,5220.780
Total2,258,508100.00130
Valid votes2,258,50896.57
Invalid/blank votes80,2193.43
Total votes2,338,727100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,018,20677.49
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Municipalities
PartyVotes%Seats
Party of Democratic Action788,61630.8443
Serb Democratic Party624,95124.4438
Croatian Democratic Union383,27914.9923
League of Communists378,19814.794
Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia281,43611.001
Serbian Renewal Movement4,2170.161
Other parties96,6503.780
Total2,557,347100.00110
Valid votes2,557,34796.83
Invalid/blank votes83,6233.17
Total votes2,640,970100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,235,36081.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Viktor Meier, Yugoslavia: A History of its Demise, Trans. Sabrina Ramet, (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), p. 193.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p329
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