General elections were held in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October 2014 as part of the Bosnian general elections. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Results House of Representatives
Assemblies of the Cantons
PartyUna-SanaPosavinaTuzlaZenica-DobojBosnian-Podrinje GoraždeCentral BosniaHerzegovina-NeretvaWest HerzegovinaSarajevo10Votes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SSDA3152532.38610209512.14136839732.229134681128.60311311422.02762845825.69582061020.8297---5284425.0161021447.2252SBB BiH94909.74936363.68612633912.41153209019.6088261318.48351214810.969483088.3963---3517916.65372440.822-DF1121211.51845162.990-2325910.96042055312.55959576.769294438.526356195.6792---3612917.10374501.517-HDZ BiH4380.450-568132.922750252.368-97635.9662---2521322.76583191032.249111920856.5641415050.712-907030.5679SDP1055010.83845233.03112907813.70261851911.316411918.42521204110.872476457.72636171.817-198669.404413064.4011SBiH24502.517-2751.594-177518.364372674.440212078.538224172.182-18101.829----53872.550-1300.438-HDZ 19904100.421-512329.68876680.315-25381.551----74926.765289169.0113511715.069411230.532-449715.1554BPS11991.232----93394.401263913.90518285.857232732.955-36463.6851---101654.8122---A-SDA1652616.9776------91215.57325243.707124622.223-------------NSRzB5470.562-4202.434-94154.436225241.542-3182.249-14821.338-6420.649-19065.613125211.193-17505.8982HSP690.071-6603.82513840.181-2870.175-120.085-35013.161117261.744-22406.596212330.584-16465.5472Others1292613.279313277.69012256610.633-77934.762-337323.859528232.549-81188.204-487014.34124529321.4415843628.4305Total97342100301725610021212221100351636571003514137100251107531003098950100303395810023211245100352967310025Source: CEC
Aftermath Four months after the elections, Marinko Čavara (HDZ) was elected president. Six months after the elections, Fadil Novalić (SDA) was elected prime minister, heading a coalition of the SDA, HDZ, and DF.
See also 2014 Bosnian general election 2014 Republika Srpska general election
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