Bosnia holds general elections with 3.4 million voters amid delays over new digital voting system

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Polls opened Sunday in Bosnia and Herzegovina for general elections, with around 3.4 million voters choosing the three members of the country’s multi-ethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national Parliament, and leaders of its two entities: the Muslim-majority Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska. The complex system was established by the 1995 US-brokered peace agreement to manage divisions among Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats.

Voting was delayed at several polling stations due to issues with new digital voting technology, introduced to address past concerns about vote tampering. For the first time, authorities deployed electronic voter identification and ballot scanning to curb irregularities, with over 4,000 technical operators and 500 field technicians supporting the process across 5,569 polling stations .

The campaign has been dominated by Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian separatist former president of Republika Srpska, despite his ban from public office after defying the international envoy overseeing the peace agreement. Current Presidency member Željka Cvijanović of the SNSD, Dodik’s party, is running for re-election, while Denis Bećirović of the SDP BiH and Bakir Izetbegović of the SDA are among the candidates for the Bosniak seat .

Preliminary results are expected by 8 p.m. local time, according to the Central Election Commission . Polls close at 7 p.m. local time.

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Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over race and a stalled EU bid dominate election Around 3.4 million voters in Bosnia are choosing the three members of the countrys multi-ethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national Parliament, and heads of institutions for the countrys two entities.

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lsm.lv · about 2 hours ago

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france24 · about 2 hours ago

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vijesti · about 2 hours ago

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n1 serbia · about 2 hours ago

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sarajevo times · about 2 hours ago

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financial times · about 2 hours ago

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rfi.fr · about 3 hours ago

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france24 · about 3 hours ago

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danas · about 3 hours ago

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mastodon bot · about 3 hours ago

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