2022 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina parliamentary election

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98 seats in the House of Representatives 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.06% ( 1.77 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SDA Bakir Izetbegović 24.40 26 −1 SDP BiH Nermin Nikšić 13.46 15 −1 HDZ BiH and allies Dragan Čović 13.38 15 −1 DF–GS Željko Komšić 11.04 12 +2 NiP Elmedin Konaković 6.89 7 +5 NS Edin Forto 5.21 6 0 NES Nermin Ogrešević 4.34 5 +3 SBiH Semir Efendić 3.74 4 +4 HDZ 1990 Ilija Cvitanović 2.72 3 +1 PDA Elzina Pirić 1.88 1 −3 BHI Fuad Kasumović 1.86 1 New HRS Slaven Raguž 1.34 1 +1 HNP Ivan Vukadin 0.55 1 New POMAK Šuhret Fazlić 0.46 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Fadil Novalić SDA Nermin Nikšić SDP

General elections were held in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2022 as part of the Bosnian general elections.^[1] Voters elected the 98 members of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the assemblies of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, imposed changes to the country's electoral law after voting hours ended for the election. The changes prominently included an expansion of the Federal House of Peoples from 56 to 80 members, changes in the election process for the house as well as changes in the election process for the president and vice presidents of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2][3]

The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 26 of the 98 seats. The Social Democratic Party and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) each won 15 seats. The Democratic Front won 12 seats, while People and Justice won 7 seats, up five from the previous general election in 2018. Our Party repeated its result from the previous election, winning six seats.

In spite of the SDA emerging as the largest party, its failure to form a functional coalition led to the liberal alliance Troika and the HDZ BiH to form a coalition alongside the Croatian Democratic Union 1990, with Nermin Nikšić getting appointed as the new Prime Minister in April 2023, albeit after interventions by Christian Schmidt.^[4]

Electoral system

Presidency

The president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the two vice-presidents are not elected by direct election: The first chamber of the Federal Parliament, the House of Peoples, nominates candidates for the presidency and the vice-presidencies, followed by the second chamber, the House of Representatives, must confirm this nomination by election. Subsequently, confirmation by the majority of the delegates of all three constitutive ethnic groups in the House of Peoples is required.^[5]

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a total of 98 members who are elected by proportional representation. The election takes place in 12 multi-person constituencies with entity-wide balancing mandates. In the Federal House of Representatives, each constitutive ethnic group should be represented by at least four members. The threshold is three percent.^[5]

Cantonal Assemblies

The assemblies of the 10 cantons of the Federation are also elected. The election is based on proportional representation with a threshold of three percent. The individual cantonal assemblies send members to the House of Peoples.^[5]

Results

House of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats
					Direct	Comp.	Total	+/−
	Party of Democratic Action	238,111	24.40	−0.85	21	5	26	−1
	Social Democratic Party	131,323	13.46	−1.07	11	4	15	−1
	Croatian Democratic Union and allies[a]	130,567	13.38	−0.97	12	3	15	−1
	Democratic Front–Civic Alliance	107,735	11.04	+1.68	10	2	12	+2
	NiP–SPU	67,200	6.89	+4.57	3	4	7	+5
	Our Party	50,815	5.21	+0.12	2	4	6	±0
	People's European Union	42,322	4.34	+1.06	4	1	5	+3
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	36,465	3.74	+1.44	2	2	4	+4
	Union for a Better Future	27,597	2.83	−4.22	0	0	0	−8
	Croatian Democratic Union 1990	26,518	2.72	+0.16	3	0	3	+1
	Movement of Democratic Action	18,312	1.88	−1.89	1	0	1	−3
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative	18,150	1.86	New	1	0	1	New
	PzP–NB–ZzD	15,090	1.55	−1.94	0	0	0	−4
	Bosnian Party	13,577	1.39	+0.68	0	0	0	±0
	Croatian Republican Party	13,050	1.34	+0.67	1	0	1	+1
	Social Democrats	11,639	1.19	New	0	0	0	New
	Croatian National Shift	5,351	0.55	New	1	0	1	New
	For New Generations	5,334	0.55	New	0	0	0	New
	Movement for a Modern and Active Krajina	4,465	0.46	New	1	0	1	New
	Labour Party	3,808	0.39	−0.40	0	0	0	−1
	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats	3,133	0.32	New	0	0	0	New
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party	2,292	0.23	−1.17	0	0	0	±0
	Liberal Party	899	0.09	New	0	0	0	New
	People's Party Work for Prosperity	850	0.09	New	0	0	0	New
	Coalition for Human (DNZ BiH–DNS)	746	0.08	−0.11	0	0	0	±0
	Bosnian-Herzegovinian Greens	597	0.06	New	0	0	0	New
Total		975,946	100.00	–	73	25	98	16
Valid votes		975,946	92.42
Invalid votes		35,594	3.37
Blank votes		44,472	4.21
Total votes		1,056,012	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,109,344	50.06
Source: CEC

Results by constituency