US EditionBosnia's Serb region votes for new president after Dodik's removal
Snap election in Republika Srpska follows removal of Milorad Dodik amid sanctions lift; 31% turnout reported among 1.2 million eligible voters, signaling political continuity or change.
- On Sunday, Republika Srpska voters cast ballots in a snap presidential election after Milorad Dodik was stripped of the presidency, with polls open 7am–7pm and preliminary results expected after 18:00 GMT.
- Following his conviction, Bosnia's institutions appointed Ana Trisic-Babic as interim president, and Bosnian law required a new poll within 90 days, as the court removed Milorad Dodik after a conviction for refusing to obey Christian Schmidt, the international High Representative.
- On the ballot, six candidates contend, including Sinisa Karan, SNSD candidate and former interior minister, and Branko Blanusa, Serb Democratic Party candidate and professor, with polls neck-and-neck.
- The immediate outcome is procedural: the winner of the snap election will serve less than a year until next October general elections, and analysts say a Karan victory would likely keep SNSD, Dodik's party, dominant.
- Beyond the ballot, the broader stakes include Bosnia's Central Election Commission funding over six million Bosnian marks , mixed international signals from the United States, Russia, and Serbia, and Republika Srpska's secessionist rhetoric raising stability concerns.
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Karan becomes new president of the ethnically predominantly Serbian Republika Srpska. He is a confidant of former President Dodik. This had been deposed because of his separatist policy.
Karan becomes new president of the ethnically predominantly Serbian Republika Srpska. He is a confidant of former President Dodik. This had been deposed because of his separatist policy.
Milorad Dodik had been prevented from running for the early presidential election. The candidate of his movement, Sinisa Karan, still won. Milorad Dodik had led the Bosnian Serb entity for two decades before he was recently removed from office by the...
Ally of separatist leader Dodik leads election race for Bosnian Serb president
An ally of separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Sunday was leading the presidential election in the Serb-run half of Bosnia. Preliminary results released by the Bosnian election authorities after some 92% of the ballots were counted showed that…
According to partial census results, the confidant of the deposed President Dodik wins the presidential election in the Bosnian part of Republika Srpska.
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