2000 Republika Srpska general election

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 11 November 2000 alongside nationwide parliamentary elections. They were the third general elections in Republika Srpska since the end of Bosnian War.

2000 Republika Srpska general election

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Presidential election
 
Candidate Mirko Šarović Milorad Dodik
Party SDS SNSD
Popular vote 313,607 162,154
Percentage 50.14% 25.93%

President before election

Petar Đokić
(acting)
SP RS

Elected President

Mirko Šarović
SDS

Parliamentary election
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SDS Dragan Kalinić [sr] 36.09 31 +12
SNSD Milorad Dodik 13.00 11 +5
PDP Mladen Ivanić 12.25 11 New
SDA Alija Izetbegović 7.56 6 −9
SBiH Haris Silajdžić 5.18 4 New
SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 4.97 4 +2
SP Živko Radišić 4.89 4 −6
DSP Nebojša Radmanović 4.11 4 New
DNS Dragan Kostić 3.52 3 New
SNS Biljana Plavšić 2.27 2 −10
PUP 1.33 1 +1
NHI Krešimir Zubak 0.73 1 0
DS 0.62 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Milorad Dodik
SNSD
Mladen Ivanić
PDP

After refusing to nominate Milorad Dodik as prime minister, President Nikola Poplašen was deposed in 1999 after less than a year in position by Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2] Petar Đokić was named acting president until election. In the meantime Poplašen's Serbian Radical Party was banned from elections.

The presidential election was won by Mirko Šarović from the Serb Democratic Party, who had been in power during the war years. The runner-up was Prime Minister Milorad Dodik.[3]

In the parliamentary election, the Serb Democratic Party won the most seats for the fourth time in a row. However, unlike the past two election cycles, they managed to form a government, with Mladen Ivanić from Party of Democratic Progress elected as the new prime minister.

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFirst transfer
Votes%Votes%
Mirko ŠarovićSerb Democratic Party313,57249.82313,60750.14
Milorad DodikAlliance of Independent Social Democrats161,94225.73162,15425.93
Momčilo TepićParty of Democratic Progress54,3928.6454,4338.70
Slobodan PopovićSocial Democratic Party48,9927.7852,4118.38
Zijad MujkićCivic Democratic Party37,6145.9842,8346.85
Aljo DugonjićBosnian Party12,8512.04
Total629,363100.00625,439100.00
Source: CEC

Parliament

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Serb Democratic Party226,22636.0931+12
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats81,46713.0011+5
Party of Democratic Progress76,81012.2511New
Party of Democratic Action47,3797.566–9
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina32,4505.184New
Social Democratic Party31,1764.974+2
Socialist Party30,6364.894–6
Democratic Socialist Party25,7634.114New
Democratic People's Alliance22,0833.523New
Serb National Alliance14,2392.272–10
Party of United Pensioners8,3631.331+1
New Croatian Initiative4,5900.7310
Democratic Party3,8760.621New
Other parties21,8043.480
Total626,862100.00830
Valid votes626,86292.65
Invalid/blank votes49,7357.35
Total votes676,597100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,104,96961.23
Source: RZS, National Assembly, CEC

References

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  1. ^ "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. ^ "GLAS JAVNOSTI - 06-07.03.1999 - Glavne vesti". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. ^ "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.