US EditionPartial Annulment of Presidential Vote Results in Bosnia's Serb Entity
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The leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Milorad Dodik, stated today in Banja Luka that the decision of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIK) to annul the early elections for the president of Republika Srpska at 136 polling stations in 17 cities and municipalities in that BiH entity is a conspiracy against the SNSD, in which the CIK, Bosniaks and the opposition from RS participate.
The Bosnian election commission has partially annulled the results of the early presidential election in Republika Srpska, reports MTI. The election commission's decision could change the outcome of the November 23 election, which was won by a slim majority by Sinisa Karan, supported by separatist Milorad Dodik, a close ally of Viktor Orbán, and the governing coalition of Republika Srpska. Karan received 50.39 percent of the vote, while his oppo…
Orbán's ally was banned from politics, but his party ran in the election under the leadership of Siniša Karan. They won, but the election commission has now overturned the results.
The results from 136 snap elections in Republika Srpska have been declared invalid. The Bosnia and Herzegovina Electoral Commission ruled this was due to "irregularities." According to the commission's head, these irregularities may have affected the outcome. Republika Srpska is the part of Bosnia and Herzegovina where mainly Bosnian Serbs live. In the November 23 elections, residents could vote at over 2,200 polling stations. A successor to the…
Partial annulment of presidential vote results in Bosnia's Serb entity
Bosnia's electoral commission on Wednesday annulled results at 136 polling stations over 'irregularities' from November's snap vote to choose a successor to the banned president of the Bosnian Serb statelet.
The decision follows the allegations of fraud launched by opposition immediately after the November trial, marked by a weak participation of 35.5% where Sinisa Karan (supported by Dodik and SNSD) obtained 50.39% (approx. 222,000 votes), compared to 48.22% for Branko Blanca (opposite).The lower difference of less than 10,000 votes makes it possible to cancel the result, by ordering Cik to renumber more than 100 sections where major irregularities…
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