Bosnia General Election 2026
On Saturday, about 3.4 million voters are choosing the three members of the country’s multiethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national Parliament and heads of institutions for the country’s two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska, which is dominated by ethnic Serbs.Reported by 6 of 8 outlets; wording from Al Jazeera.
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While Bosnia has been peaceful in recent years, its politicians have kept alive the divisions between the country’s Bosniaks, who are mainly Muslim, and its Serbs and Croats.
Milorad Dodik, the separatist and nationalist former president of the Serb-majority Republika Srpska, has been banned from holding public office after being convicted of defying decisions by the international envoy overseeing the 1995 peace agreement.
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At his party’s final election rally Friday night in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska’s administrative capital, Dodik told supporters that Bosnia “is dead.”
Bosnia secured EU candidate status in December 2022 and the green light to open accession negotiations in 2024, but actual talks have not started because domestic political leaders have yet to enact core requirements such as bolstering judicial oversight and passing anti-corruption laws.
Analysis
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The Balkan nation remains one of Europe's poorest countries, still recovering from a war that began after it declared independence from Serb-led Yugoslavia and ethnic Serbs took up arms to carve out their own state.
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Polls have opened in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a general election to choose new leaders at the national and regional levels, in a vote that could affect the country’s European Union membership bid.
The campaign has been dominated by Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian, separatist former president of Republika Srpska.
Serb separatist Dodik declares victory in Bosnia vote as ethnic tensions, EU hopes collide
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How it changed
- 1 Oct
Bosnia, the former Yugoslavia's most ethnically mixed republic, has struggled to heal since its 1992-95 war which divided the country along ethnic lines.
- 2 Oct
Bosnia and Herzegovina votes on October 4 in an election that may determine whether the country breaks its political deadlock, strengthens its path towards the European Union or faces fresh divisions that could reverberate across the Balkans.
- 4 Oct
Milorad Dodik, the separatist and nationalist former president of the Serb-majority Republika Srpska, has been banned from holding public office after being convicted of defying decisions by the international envoy overseeing the 1995 peace agreement.
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- 5 Oct
The SDA, the largest Bosniak nationalist party, won the most seats and did well.
Coverage 20 articles
8 Oct Bosnia’s political future looks increasingly like its past
Al Jazeera
5 Oct What’s next for Bosnia after elections?
Al Jazeera
5 Oct Bosnia and Herzegovina elections: Return to a nationalist political order?
Al Jazeera
5 Oct Bosnia election: New steps to prevent electoral fraud, but nationalist parties remain on top
Deutsche Welle
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5 Oct Bosnian Serb nationalist claims party victory in Bosnia elections
Al Jazeera- 4 Oct Serb nationalist credits Trump, Putin after declaring his party's victory in Bosnian election
CBC 
4 Oct Nationalists top Bosnia-Herzegovina's divisive election
Deutsche Welle
4 Oct Bosnian Serb nationalist Dodik declares party victory in Bosnia election
The Guardian
4 Oct Serb separatist Dodik declares victory in Bosnia vote as ethnic tensions, EU hopes collide
South China Morning Post
4 Oct Will elections bring change to multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Al Jazeera- 4 Oct Polls close in Bosnia-Herzegovina's divisive election
Deutsche Welle 
4 Oct Dodik urges Serb turnout against ‘Sarajevo crooks’ in Bosnia election
Al Jazeera- 4 Oct Bosnia-Herzegovina votes amid divisive campaigns, EU bid
Deutsche Welle 
4 Oct Bosnia votes in one of world’s most complicated general elections
Al Jazeera
4 Oct Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over race and a stalled EU bid dominate election
Euronews
4 Oct Bosnia general election 2026 explained in maps and charts
Al Jazeera4 Oct Bosnia votes Sunday in election that could affect EU bid
The Straits Times
4 Oct Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over the race and ethnic tensions simmer
Toronto Star
2 Oct Bosnia’s elections explained
Al Jazeera1 Oct Bosnia votes as foreign powers jostle for influence
The Straits Times
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