General elections were held in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

on 2 October 2022 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters decided the

President of Republika Srpska The president of Republika Srpska (, ; ) is the highest executive authority in Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the executive authorities, along with the Government of Republika Srpska. The president of Repu ...

and the 83 members of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. Incumbent president

Željka Cvijanović Željka Cvijanović (; sr-cyr, Жељка Цвијановић, ; born 4 March 1967) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 8th and current Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2022. She has also been serving as i ...

was eligible to run for a second four-year term, but opted not to do so, instead deciding to run for Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Instead of Cvijanović, former president and incumbent Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency

Milorad Dodik Milorad Dodik ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Додик, ; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician currently serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2018. He also served as ...

decided to run for president once again.

Results

President

Partial results with 2,239 out of the 2,239 (100.00%) polling stations counted are shown below. On 10 October, the

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ordered a recount of all ballots cast after reports of fraud.

National Assembly

For the

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, 63 seats are allocated to each of the nine electoral units and a further 20 "compensation seats" are allocated to ensure proportionality.

Allegations of voter fraud

Following the release of the preliminary results, opposition parties filed accusations of electoral fraud direct against

who they claimed coordinated stuffing ballot boxes with thousands of illegal votes to put the

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (; abbr. СНСД or SNSD) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb Serbian nationalism, nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1996, it is the governing party in Republika ...

ahead in the polls and that Jelena Trivić was the true winner of the presidential election. As a result of the allegations, the central electoral commission conducted a recount of the preliminary results for the Republika Srpska alongside the rest of the country's elections. On 22 October, it confirmed the presidential and parliamentary results. On 27 October, officials confirmed Dodik's victory. The commission noted that while there were irregularities, none were on a level that would have changed the outcome of the election.

Aftermath and government formation

On 23 November 2022, President Dodik stated that he had given the mandate to form a government to the incumbent

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Radovan Višković and expects him to be elected in the first week of December 2022 with the support of 53 members of parliament. Eventually on 21 December 2022, the assembly elected a new government headed by Višković with the support of 51 among the 74 assembly members being present. The ministries were distributed according to party strength, with 10 being allocated to the SNSD, two to the SP and one portfolio each for

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, the Greens, the People's Party of Srpska, and US.

Notes

References

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