Bosnia and Herzegovina votes in general elections under its three-member presidency system
4 October 2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina holds general elections on Sunday, 4 October.
More than 3.4 million people are eligible to vote, and the Central Election Commission registered 75 political parties and four independent candidates.
Voters choose 14 governments and three presidency members, one each for Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
The Bosniak and Croat members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Serb member from Republika Srpska.
The state parliament has a 42-member House of Representatives and a House of Peoples of 15 delegates, five from each group.
The system dates to the Dayton agreement of November 1995; official results will be known no later than 20 November.
In plain words
Dayton agreement — The 1995 peace deal that ended the Bosnian war and set up its power-sharing system.
Constituent peoples — The three groups the constitution names as equal: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
Republika Srpska — The Serb-run entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina.