Bosnia and Herzegovina elects new members of Presidential Council
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Voters in Bosnia and Herzegovina elected new representatives of the three-member Presidential Council on Sunday.
According to the unofficial results of the general election from the Central Election Commission (CIK), Social Democratic Party candidate Denis Becirovic secured the Bosniak seat, incumbent Zeljko Komsic won the Croat seat and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats candidate Zeljka Cvijanovic took the Serbian seat.
The results are based on 54.3% of processed polling stations.
CIK earlier announced that the turnout was 50%.
Becirovic said it is time for a positive turn in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Any destabilization in the region would return us to the Middle Ages. We have no right to do that…Let’s unite around the future and around life’s issues. That’s what all people and nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina need,” he said.
According to the preliminary results, Becirovic, the joint candidate of 11 parties, has a convincing advantage over the president of the Democratic Action Party (SDA), Bakir Izetbegovic, and the president of the Platform for Progress Movement, Mirsad Hadzikadic.
In the other entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska (RS), 23% of the votes were counted.
According to data from the Union of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), SNSD candidate Cvijanovic won 60% of the vote and became the Serbian member of the council, while Serb Democratic Party candidate Mirko Sarovic received 35%.
Meanwhile, Milorad Dodik, who is running for RS president, is reported to have lost to his rival, Jelena Trivic.
Voters in Bosnia and Herzegovina headed to the polls Sunday to choose lawmakers at the canton, entity and national levels as well as the three members of the Presidential Council.
More than 5,900 polling stations across the country opened at 7 a.m. local time (0500GMT) to receive voters for 12 hours, according to the Central Election Commission, with 60,000 observers on duty on election day.
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