A referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia was held in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a significant Serb population on 10 November 1991.Bosnien-Herzegowina, serbischer Teil, 10. November 1991 : Unabhängige Serbische Republik in Bosnien-Herzegowina Direct Democracy The referendum was organised by the Bosnian Serb Assembly and asked two questions; to Serbs it asked:
Non-Serbs were asked:
It was approved by 98% of voters, and Republika Srpska was subsequently established on 9 January 1992.
Results QuestionForAgainstInvalid/blankTotalvotesRegisteredvotersTurnoutResultVotes%Votes%Remaining of all Serbs in Yugoslavia1,161,14698.002.00 1,550,00085.00Bosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia48,845Source: Direct Democracy
Aftermath The Bosnian government declared the referendum unconstitutional. It later held a nationwide independence referendum between 29 February and 1 March 1992, which was in turn boycotted by most of the Serbs.Prosecutor v. Karadžić – Judgement, 24 March 2016, p. 20. Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup interpreted the question in the plebiscite, which asked voters to stay in a "common state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and Serb Autonomous Regions" as promoting, in effect, a Greater Serbia.
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