{"id":226533,"date":"2026-10-04T18:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bosnia-votes-in-one-of-worlds-most-complicated-general-elections-aljazeera-com\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T18:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:57:40","slug":"bosnia-votes-in-one-of-worlds-most-complicated-general-elections-aljazeera-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bosnia-votes-in-one-of-worlds-most-complicated-general-elections-aljazeera-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosnia votes in one of world\u2019s most complicated general elections – aljazeera.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Polls have closed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending voting in a general election<\/a> to choose new leaders at national and regional levels, which could affect the country\u2019s European Union membership bid.
About 3.4 million voters were eligible to vote in Sunday\u2019s election to choose the three members of the country\u2019s multiethnic presidency, legislators for the national Parliament and heads of institutions for the country\u2019s two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska. The first results are expected later in the evening.
Bosnia\u2019s complex web of governing institutions was created by a United States-brokered peace agreement in 1995 in an effort to manage the ethnic divisions between Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats that gave rise to the 1992-95 war.
The major parties\u2019 repeated focus on war-era rhetoric and division was frustrating for some voters, activist Adi Selman of the Karton Revolucija protest group told the AFP news agency.
\u201cI don\u2019t think these new elections in Bosnia will change anything,\u201d the 34-year-old said in the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, ahead of the vote.
\u201cThe choice is limited to political parties that have already been around for 30 years and basically pick up votes by harping on about war, tensions, divisions and the past.\u201d
\u201cBosnia and Herzegovina is dead; it is an impossible country,\u201d Republika Srpska\u2019s former President, Milorad Dodik, told the final rally of his right-wing Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in the entity\u2019s capital Banja Luka late on Friday.
In the FBiH, Bosniak parties are pushing for a stronger central state, with incumbent Bosniak presidency member Denis Becirovic pledging a renewed path to the EU and NATO.
The EU granted Bosnia candidate status in December 2022, but accession negotiations scheduled for 2024 were delayed as Brussels demanded the country pass stronger anti-corruption laws and reform its judicial system.
Croat nationalist parties are also pushing for electoral reform, demanding a greater say in choosing the Croat member of the presidency in the entity they share with the more numerous Bosniaks.
Meanwhile, Russia is accused of slowing down the country\u2019s path towards joining the EU, while also holding close ties with the SNSD, which favours secession for Republika Srpska, which is dominated by ethnic Serbs.
This general election is the first in the country in which new electronic tools are being used to scan ballot papers and carry out biometric fingerprint verification to reduce voter fraud.
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