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2007 Republika Srpska presidential election

Subnational election in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Subnational election in Bosnia and Herzegovina

FieldValue
countryRepublika Srpska
flag_year1992
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election2006 Republika Srpska general election
previous_year2006
next_election2010 Republika Srpska general election
next_year2010
election_date9 December 2007
turnout37.11%
image1Rajko Kuzmanović 2010 (cropped).jpeg
candidate1Rajko Kuzmanović
party1Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
popular_vote1169,863
percentage141.33%
image2Ognjen Tadic 5 (cropped).jpg
candidate2Ognjen Tadić
party2Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
popular_vote2142,898
percentage234.77%
image3Mladen Ivanic (cropped).jpg
candidate3Mladen Ivanić
party3Party of Democratic Progress
popular_vote369,522
percentage316.91%
titlePresident
before_electionIgor Radojičić
(Acting)
before_partyAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
after_electionRajko Kuzmanović
after_partyAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
map_imagePRS 2007.png
map_captionColours denote the candidate with the most votes by municipalities.

(Acting) Early presidential elections were held in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 9 December 2007 after the premature death of President Milan Jelić on 30 September 2007. Until the election took place, Igor Radojičić, also from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was acting president. The election had to be called within fifteen days of Jelić's death; it was called on 11 October 2007, with candidates to be nominated by 16 October 2007.

Candidates

There were ten candidates, with the frontrunners being the Republika Srpska Academy of Sciences chairman Rajko Kuzmanović of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, MP Ognjen Tadić of the main opposition Serb Democratic Party, and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanić of the Party of Democratic Progress.

All three main candidates supported Republika Srpska's status in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Accords. President of Serbia Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party in Serbia supported the SNSD and its candidate Kuzmanović. According to the electoral law, there would be no run-off.

The other candidates were:

  • Mirko Blagojević of the Serbian Radical Party "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"
  • Slobodan Popović of the Social Democratic Party
  • Krsto Jandrić of the National Democratic Party
  • Anton Josipović of the People's Party Work for Prosperity
  • Nedžad Delić of the Democratic Party of the Disabled
  • Dragan Đokanović independent candidate
  • Nikola Lazarević of the European Ecological Party E5

Results

According to unofficial results (with 55% of the votes counted), Kuzmanović won the election with 44.53% of the votes to Tadić's 33.28% and Ivanić's 16%. Turnout was close to 36%.

Official results released on 2007-12-17 confirmed these preliminary results. Kuzmanović was sworn in on 2007-12-28.

References

References

  1. [http://www.24sata.info/7767 9. decembar: Prijevremeni izbori za predsjednika Republike Srpske. 24sata.info - Vijesti, gradovi, sport, zabava, tehnologija, lifestyle, kolumne]{{Dead link. (August 2019)
  2. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/01/europe/EU-GEN-Bosnia-Next-President.php Radojcic nominated as interim president in Republika Srpska – International Herald Tribune]
  3. [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/117996.html Thousands expected at late Bosnian Serb leader Jelic's funeral : World]
  4. "Bosnian Serbs to elect new president - Europe".
  5. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7135341.stm BBC NEWS. Europe. Bosnian Serbs get new president]
  6. [http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newssummary/#setimes/newsbriefs/2007/11/26/nb-04 News]
  7. "B92 - News - Region - RS holds presidential elections".
  8. [http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/12/06/feature-02 Republika Srpska poised to elect new president Sunday (SETimes.com)]
  9. [http://derstandard.at/?id=3138248 derStandard.at / Registrierung]
  10. "Home".
  11. [http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/12/10/feature-01 Unofficial results declare Kuzmanovic new president of Republika Srpska (SETimes.com)]
  12. "B92 - News - Region - Kuzmanović on track to become Bosnian Serb president".
  13. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/28/europe/EU-GEN-Bosnia-Serb-President.php New Bosnian Serb president vows to work to prevent further unification of country – International Herald Tribune]
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