Balgarianovinite.com The candidate of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Sinisa Karan, won Sunday’s snap presidential election in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, according to official preliminary data from the Bosnian Central Election Commission (CEC).
With votes counted from 92.79% of polling stations in Republika Srpska, Karan received 200,116 votes, or 50.89%. His opponent from the opposition Serb Democratic Party (SDS), Branko Blanusa, received 188,010 votes, or 47.81%.
The SDS stated that it does not recognize Karan’s victory and demanded a re-run of the vote in three towns: Doboj, Zvornik and Laktasi.
Earlier on Sunday evening, the SNSD leader and former president Milorad Dodik declared Karan’s victory, saying that he had received a total of 215,226 votes, while his opponent Blanusa had received 205,212 votes.
Bosnian Serbs voted in a snap presidential election in Republika Srpska, which was called after the mandate of former president Milorad Dodik was terminated following a final court ruling sentencing him to one year in prison and banning him from political activity for six years for failing to comply with decisions of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt.
Under the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), the country is divided into two semi-autonomous entities: Republika Srpska, populated mainly by Bosnian Serbs, and the Muslim-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) and Bosnian Croats live. Each entity has its own government, parliament and police, but the two are linked through state-level institutions, including the judiciary, armed forces, security services and tax administration. The Dayton Agreement also sets out the role of the High Representative of the international community, who has broad powers, including the authority to impose laws and dismiss officials. Sinisa Karan Claims Win in Republika Srpska’s Snap Presidential Election, Vote Count Challenged 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-24 07:24:50 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law