1998 Bosnian general election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1998 Bosnian general election
| country = Bosnia and Herzegovina
| previous_election = 1996 Bosnian general election
| previous_year = 1996
| next_election = 2002 Bosnian general election
| next_year = 2002
| election_date = 12 and 13 September 1998
| turnout = 67.87% (presidential) {{decrease}} 12.55 pp
67.99% (parliamentary) {{decrease}} 11.41 pp
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| election_name = Bosniak member of the Presidency
| image1 = Alija Izetbegovic (cropped).jpg
| candidate1 = Alija Izetbegović
| party1 = Party of Democratic Action
| popular_vote1 = 511,541
| percentage1 = 86.80%
| image2 = 3x4.svg
| candidate2 = Fikret Abdić
| party2 = Democratic People's Union
| popular_vote2 = 36,438
| percentage2 = 6.18%
| module = {{Infobox election
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| election_name = Croat member of the Presidency
| image1 = 3x4.svg
| candidate1 = Ante Jelavić
| party1 = Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| popular_vote1 = 189,438
| percentage1 = 52.91%
| image2 = Gradimir Gojer (cropped).jpg
| candidate2 = Gradimir Gojer
| party2 = Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
| popular_vote2 = 113,961
| percentage2 = 31.83%
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| election_name = Serb member of the Presidency
| image1 = Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg
| candidate1 = Živko Radišić
| party1 = Socialist Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
| popular_vote1 = 359,937
| percentage1 = 51.31%
| image2 = Momcilo Krajisnik crop.jpeg
| candidate2 = Momčilo Krajišnik
| party2 = Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
| popular_vote2 = 314,236
| percentage2 = 44.79%
| title = Presidency members
| before_election = Alija Izetbegović (Bosniak)
Krešimir Zubak (Croat)
Momčilo Krajišnik (Serb)
| after_election = Alija Izetbegović (Bosniak)
Ante Jelavić (Croat)
Živko Radišić (Serb)
| module = {{Infobox legislative election
| embed = yes
| previous_election = 1996
| next_election = 2000
| seats_for_election = All 42 seats in the House of Representatives
| majority_seats = 22
| election_name = House of Representatives
| party1 = SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS | leader1 = Alija Izetbegović | seats1 =17 | percentage1 = 33.83 | last_election1 = 21
| party2 = SNS–SP–SNSD |leader2 = Biljana Plavšić | seats2 =4 | percentage2 =12.44 | last_election2 = New
| party3 = HDZ BiH| leader3 = Ante Jelavić | seats3 =6 | percentage3 = 11.59 | last_election3 = 8
| party4 = SDS | leader4 = Dragan Kalinić | seats4 = 4 | percentage4 = 9.43 | last_election4 = 9
| party5 = Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | leader5 = Zlatko Lagumdžija | seats5 =4 | percentage5 = 9.26 | last_election5 = 2
| party6 = SRS RS |leader6 = Nikola Poplašen | seats6 =2 | percentage6 = 6.87 | last_election6 = 0
| party7 = NHI–HKDU | leader7 = Krešimir Zubak | seats7 =1 | percentage7 = 2.32 | last_election7 = New
| party8 = UBSD | leader8 = Sejfudin Tokić | percentage8 = 1.66 | seats8 = 2 | last_election8 = 0
| party9= RS RS | leader9 = Dragan Đurđević | percentage9 = 1.60 | seats9 = 1 | last_election9 = New
| party10 = DNZ |leader10 = Fikret Abdić | seats10 = 1 | percentage10 = 1.24 | last_election10 = 0
| title = Co-Chairmen
| before_election = Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Boro Bosić (SDS)
| before_party =
| after_election = Haris Silajdžić (SBiH)
Svetozar Mihajlović (SP)
| after_party =
}}}}}}}}}}
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 and 13 September 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p330 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} Voter turnout was 67.99% in the parliamentary election and 67.87% in the presidential election.
The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, voters in the Federation re-elected Bosniak Alija Izetbegović and elected Croat Ante Jelavić, while voters in Republika Srpska elected Serb Živko Radišić. The Coalition for Unity and Democracy, an alliance of the Party of Democratic Action, the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Liberal Party and the Civic Democratic Party,Nohlen & Stöver, p332 emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 17 of the 42 seats.
Results
=Presidency=
{{Election results
|header1=Bosniak member
|cand2=Alija Izetbegović|party2=Party of Democratic Action|votes2=511541
|cand3=Fikret Abdić|party3=Democratic People's Union|votes3=36438
|cand4=Sefer Halilović|party4=Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party|votes4=33687
|cand5=Hajrija Rahmanović|party5=Bosnian Party|votes5=7694
|embedded={{Election results|embed=y
|header1=Croat member
|cand2=Ante Jelavić|party2=Croatian Democratic Union|votes2=189438
|cand3=Gradimir Gojer|party3=Social Democratic Party|votes3=113961
|cand4=Krešimir Zubak|party4=New Croatian Initiative|votes4=40880
|cand5=Senka Nožica|party5=Republican Party|votes5=11089
|cand6=Saša Nišandžić|party6=Bosnian Party|votes6=2638
|embedded={{Election results|embed=y
|header1=Serb member
|cand2=Živko Radišić|party2=Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD)|votes2=359937
|cand3=Momčilo Krajišnik|party3=Serb Democratic Party|votes3=314236
|cand4=Zoran Tadić|party4=Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska|votes4=27388
|valid=1648927
|invalid=218019
|electorate=2750705
|source=[http://www.izbori.ba/Documents/Documents/Rezultati%20izbora%2096-2002/98results/results98.pdf CEC], Nohlen & Stöver
}}}}}}
=House of Representatives=
{{Election results
|image=File:BiH HoR 1998.svg
|party1=Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS)|votes1=583945|seats1=17|sc1=–4
|party2=Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD)|votes2=214716|seats2=4|sc2=New
|party3=Croatian Democratic Union|votes3=200092|seats3=6|sc3=–2
|party4=Serb Democratic Party|votes4=162721|seats4=4|sc4=–5
|party5=Social Democratic Party|votes5=159876|seats5=4|sc5=–
|party6=Serbian Radical Party|votes6=118522|seats6=2|sc6=+2
|party7=NHI–HKDU|votes7=40080|seats7=1|sc7=New
|party8=Union of Social Democrats|votes8=28740|seats8=2|sc8=–
|party9=Radical Party of Republika Srpska|votes9=27686|seats9=1|sc9=New
|party10=Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska|votes10=24957|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=Democratic People's Union|votes11=21452|seats11=1|sc11=+1
|party12=Bosnian Party|votes12=17075|seats12=0|sc12=0
|party13=Democratic Party of Republika Srpska|votes13=14956|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=Democratic Party of Pensioners|votes14=12991|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party|votes15=11726|seats15=0|sc15=0
|party16=Social Democrats|votes16=11301|seats16=0|sc16=New
|party17=Croatian Party of Rights|votes17=10305|seats17=0|sc17=0
|party18=Coalition of Centre|votes18=8697|seats18=0|sc18=New
|party19=Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska|votes19=8204|seats19=0|sc19=New
|party20=Zdravko Grebo|votes20=6962|seats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=Serbian Peasant Party|votes21=4925|seats21=0|sc21=New
|party22=Bosniak Party of Rights|votes22=4900|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=Bosnian Greens|votes23=4448|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=Coalition for the King and Fatherland|votes24=3878|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=Democratic Party of the Disabled|votes25=3851|seats25=0|sc25=New
|party26=Croatian Peasant Party|votes26=3119|seats26=0|sc26=–
|party27=Croat People's Union|votes27=3112|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=Serbian Renewal Movement|votes28=2925|seats28=0|sc28=New
|party29=Muslim Bosniak Organisation|votes29=1777|seats29=0|sc29=–
|party30=For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance|votes30=1743|seats30=0|sc30=New
|party31=Party of Economic Prosperity|votes31=1613|seats31=0|sc31=New
|party32=Yugoslav Left|votes32=1387|seats32=0|sc32=New
|party33=Serbian Fatherland Front|votes33=1342|seats33=0|sc33=New
|party34=Liberal-Social Party|votes34=1239|seats34=0|sc34=New
|party35=Party for Yugoslavia|votes35=970|seats35=0|sc35=New
|total_sc=0
|invalid=143850
|electorate=2750705
|source=[http://www.izbori.ba/Documents/Documents/Rezultati%20izbora%2096-2002/98results/results98.pdf CEC], Nohlen & Stöver
}}
==By entity==
{{Election results
|firstround=Federation|secondround=Republika Srpska
|party1=Coalition for Unity and Democracy (SDA–SBiH–LS–GDS)|votes1=455668|seats1=14|votes1_2=128277|seats1_2=3|totseats1=17|sc1=
|party2=Sloga (SNS–SP–SNSD)|votes2=|seats2=|votes2_2=214716|seats2_2=4|totseats2=4|sc2=
|party3=Croatian Democratic Union|votes3=187707|seats3=6|votes3_2=12385|seats3_2=0|totseats3=6|sc3=
|party4=Serb Democratic Party|votes4=|seats4=|votes4_2=162721|seats4_2=4|totseats4=4|sc4=
|party5=Social Democratic Party|votes5=138004|seats5=4|votes5_2=21872|seats5_2=0|totseats5=4|sc5=
|party6=Serbian Radical Party|votes6=|seats6=|votes6_2=118522|seats6_2=2|totseats6=2|sc6=
|party7=NHI–HKDU|votes7=28572|seats7=1|votes7_2=11508|seats7_2=0|totseats7=1|sc7=
|party8=Union of Social Democrats|votes8=28740|seats8=2|votes8_2=|seats8_2=|totseats8=2|sc8=
|party9=Radical Party of Republika Srpska|votes9=|seats9=|votes9_2=27686|seats9_2=1|totseats9=1|sc9=
|party10=Serbian Coalition for Republika Srpska|votes10=|seats10=|votes10_2=24957|seats10_2=0|totseats10=0|sc10=
|party11=Democratic People's Union|votes11=21452|seats11=1|votes11_2=|seats11_2=|totseats11=1|sc11=
|party12=Bosnian Party|votes12=13601|seats12=0|votes12_2=3474|seats12_2=0|totseats12=0|sc12=
|party13=Democratic Party of Republika Srpska|votes13=|seats13=|votes13_2=14956|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0|sc13=
|party14=Democratic Party of Pensioners|votes14=12991|seats14=0|votes14_2=|seats14_2=|totseats14=0|sc14=
|party15=Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party|votes15=11726|seats15=0|votes15_2=|seats15_2=|totseats15=0|sc15=
|party16=Social Democrats|votes16=7847|seats16=0|votes16_2=3454|seats16_2=0|totseats16=0|sc16=
|party17=Croatian Party of Rights|votes17=10305|seats17=0|votes17_2=|seats17_2=|totseats17=0|sc17=
|party18=Coalition of Centre|votes18=7426|seats18=0|votes18_2=1271|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0|sc18=
|party19=Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska|votes19=|seats19=|votes19_2=8204|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0|sc19=
|party20=Zdravko Grebo|votes20=6962|seats20=0|votes20_2=|seats20_2=|totseats20=0|sc20=
|party21=Serbian Peasant Party|votes21=|seats21=|votes21_2=4925|seats21_2=|totseats21=0|sc21=
|party22=Bosnian Party of Rights|votes22=4900|seats22=0|votes22_2=|seats22_2=|totseats22=0|sc22=
|party23=Bosnian Greens|votes23=2551|seats23=0|votes23_2=1897|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0|sc23=
|party24=Coalition for the King and Fatherland|votes24=|seats24=|votes24_2=3878|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0|sc24=
|party25=Democratic Party of the Disabled|votes25=3851|seats25=0|votes25_2=|seats25_2=|totseats25=0|sc25=
|party26=Croatian Peasant Party|votes26=2226|seats26=0|votes26_2=893|seats26_2=0|totseats26=0|sc26=
|party27=Croat People's Union|votes27=2099|seats27=0|votes27_2=1013|seats27_2=0|totseats27=0|sc27=
|party28=Serbian Renewal Movement|votes28=|seats28=|votes28_2=2925|seats28_2=0|totseats28=0|sc28=
|party29=Muslim Bosniak Organisation|votes29=1777|seats29=0|votes29_2=|seats29_2=|totseats29=0|sc29=
|party30=For the King and Fatherland – Serbian Monarchist Alliance|votes30=|seats30=|votes30_2=1743|seats30_2=0|totseats30=0|sc30=
|party31=Party of Economic Prosperity|votes31=1613|seats31=0|votes31_2=|seats31_2=|totseats31=0|sc31=
|party32=Yugoslav Left|votes32=|seats32=|votes32_2=1387|seats32_2=0|totseats32=0|sc32=
|party33=Serbian Fatherland Front|votes33=|seats33=|votes33_2=1342|seats33_2=0|totseats33=0|sc33=
|party34=Liberal-Social Party|votes34=1239|seats34=0|votes34_2=|seats34_2=|totseats34=0|sc34=
|party35=Party for Yugoslavia|votes35=|seats35=|votes35_2=970|seats35_2=0|totseats35=0|sc35=
|invalid=71718|invalid2=72132
|source=[http://www.izbori.ba/Documents/Documents/Rezultati%20izbora%2096-2002/98results/results98.pdf CEC], Nohlen & Stöver
}}