2006 Republika Srpska general election

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 1 October 2006, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2006 Republika Srpska general election

1 October 2006

Candidate Milan Jelić Dragan Čavić Party SNSD SDS Popular vote 271,022 163,041 Percentage 48.87% 29.40%

Colours denote the candidate with the most votes by municipalities

President before election Dragan Čavić SDS Elected President Milan Jelić SNSD

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Milan Jelić	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	271,022	48.87
Dragan Čavić	Serb Democratic Party	163,041	29.40
Adil Osmanović	Party of Democratic Action	22,444	4.05
Slobodan Nagradić	Party of Democratic Progress	19,623	3.54
Mirsad Mahmutović	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	18,744	3.38
Đurađ Davidović	SRS "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	14,852	2.68
Pero Bukejlović	Democratic Movement of Serbia	12,690	2.29
Hakija Meholjić	Social Democratic Party	11,292	2.04
Davor Čordaš	Croatian Coalition for Equality (NHI–HDZ–HSP–HNZ)	4,598	0.83
Željko Grebenarević	People's Party for Work and Betterment	4,465	0.81
Dragan Krstić	Serbian New Power	3,380	0.61
Ivan Krndelj	Croats Together (HDZ 1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU)	3,270	0.59
Šaban Fejzić	National Congress Party	2,156	0.39
Nikola Lazarević	European Ecological Party E-5	1,686	0.30
Fatima Kararić	Democratic People's Union	971	0.18
Dragan Mrgan	Democratic People's Union	337	0.06
Invalid/blank votes		37,625	–
Valid votes		554,571	-
Total		592,196	100
Source: Central Elections Committee

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Direct	Compensatory	Total	+/–
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	244,251	43.31	32	9	41	+22
Serb Democratic Party	103,035	18.27	13	4	17	–9
Party of Democratic Progress	38,681	6.86	6	2	8	–1
Democratic People's Alliance	2,278	4.04	3	1	4	+1
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	22,642	4.01	1	3	4	0
Socialist Party	20,031	3.55	3	0	3	0
Party of Democratic Action	19,137	3.39	1	2	3	–3
Serbian Radical Party	16,454	2.92	2	0	2	–2
Social Democratic Party	14,079	2.50	1	0	1	–2
Pensioners' Party–National Democratic Party	14,055	2.49	0	0	0	–1
SRS "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	12,717	2.25	0	0	0	New
Democratic Movement of Serbia	10,058	1.78	0	0	0	New
People's Party for Work and Betterment	6,833	1.21	0	0	0	0
Croatian Coalition for Equality (NHI–HDZ–HSP–HNZ)	4,978	0.88	0	0	0	–1
Serbian Democratic Party	4,232	0.75	0	0	0	New
Serbian New Power	3,119	0.55	0	0	0	New
Independent Democratic Party	2,683	0.48	0	0	0	New
Croats Together (HDZ 1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU)	950	0.17	0	0	0	0
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović	759	0.13	0	0	0	0
Patriotic Bloc (BOSS–SDU)	455	0.08	0	0	0	0
European Ecological Party E-5	432	0.08	0	0	0	New
Youth Political Movement	419	0.07	0	0	0	New
Democratic People's Union	225	0.04	0	0	0	0
Bosansko Podrinjska Narodna Stranka	163	0.03	0	0	0	0
National Congress Party	102	0.02	0	0	0	New
Greens of Bosnia and Herzegovina	85	0.02	0	0	0	New
BH Free Democrats	62	0.01	0	0	0	New
Civic Democratic Party	27	0.00	0	0	0	0
Independents	551	0.09	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	27,931	–	–	–	–	–
Total	563,995	100	62	21	83	0
Source: Central Elections Committee

External links

• Bosnian Electoral Commission
• Bosnia’s “Historic” Elections: The Usual Tensions, Plus a Seed of Hope, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2006