2000 Republika Srpska general election

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| ← 1998 | 11 November 2000 | 2002 →

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Presidential election

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Candidate  | Mirko Šarović | Milorad Dodik
Party  | SDS | SNSD
Popular vote  | 313,607 | 162,154
Percentage  | 50.14% | 25.93%

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| President before election

Petar Đokić
(acting)
SP RS

| Elected President

Mirko Šarović
SDS

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Parliamentary election

| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| SDS | Dragan Kalinić [sr] | 36.09  | 31  | +12
| SNSD | Milorad Dodik | 13.00  | 11  | +5
| PDP | Mladen Ivanić | 12.25  | 11  | New
| SDA | Alija Izetbegović | 7.56  | 6  | −9
| SBiH | Haris Silajdžić | 5.18  | 4  | New
| SDP BiH | Zlatko Lagumdžija | 4.97  | 4  | +2
| SP | Živko Radišić | 4.89  | 4  | −6
| DSP | Nebojša Radmanović | 4.11  | 4  | New
| DNS | Dragan Kostić | 3.52  | 3  | New
| SNS | Biljana Plavšić | 2.27  | 2  | −10
| PUP |  | 1.33  | 1  | +1
| NHI | Krešimir Zubak | 0.73  | 1  | 0
| DS |  | 0.62  | 1  | New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before | Prime Minister after

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Milorad Dodik
SNSD | Mladen Ivanić
PDP

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 11 November 2000 alongside nationwide parliamentary elections. They were the third general elections in Republika Srpska since the end of Bosnian War.

After refusing to nominate Milorad Dodik as prime minister, President Nikola Poplašen was deposed in 1999 after less than a year in position by Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2] Petar Đokić was named acting president until election. In the meantime Poplašen's Serbian Radical Party was banned from elections.

The presidential election was won by Mirko Šarović from the Serb Democratic Party, who had been in power during the war years. The runner-up was Prime Minister Milorad Dodik.[3]

In the parliamentary election, the Serb Democratic Party won the most seats for the fourth time in a row. However, unlike the past two election cycles, they managed to form a government, with Mladen Ivanić from Party of Democratic Progress elected as the new prime minister.

## Results

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### President

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Candidate| Party| First preferences| First transfer

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Votes| %| Votes| %
| Mirko Šarović| Serb Democratic Party| 313,572| 49.82| 313,607| 50.14
| Milorad Dodik| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats| 161,942| 25.73| 162,154| 25.93
| Momčilo Tepić| Party of Democratic Progress| 54,392| 8.64| 54,433| 8.70
| Slobodan Popović| Social Democratic Party| 48,992| 7.78| 52,411| 8.38
| Zijad Mujkić| Civic Democratic Party| 37,614| 5.98| 42,834| 6.85
| Aljo Dugonjić| Bosnian Party| 12,851| 2.04|
Total| 629,363| 100.00| 625,439| 100.00
Source: CEC

### Parliament

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Serb Democratic Party| 226,226| 36.09| 31| +12
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats| 81,467| 13.00| 11| +5
| Party of Democratic Progress| 76,810| 12.25| 11| New
| Party of Democratic Action| 47,379| 7.56| 6| –9
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina| 32,450| 5.18| 4| New
| Social Democratic Party| 31,176| 4.97| 4| +2
| Socialist Party| 30,636| 4.89| 4| –6
| Democratic Socialist Party| 25,763| 4.11| 4| New
| Democratic People's Alliance| 22,083| 3.52| 3| New
| Serb National Alliance| 14,239| 2.27| 2| –10
| Party of United Pensioners| 8,363| 1.33| 1| +1
| New Croatian Initiative| 4,590| 0.73| 1| 0
| Democratic Party| 3,876| 0.62| 1| New
| Other parties| 21,804| 3.48| 0| –
Total| 626,862| 100.00| 83| 0
Valid votes| 626,862| 92.65|
Invalid/blank votes| 49,735| 7.35|
Total votes| 676,597| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 1,104,969| 61.23|
Source: RZS, National Assembly, CEC

## References

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1. ^ "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
2. ^ "GLAS JAVNOSTI - 06-07.03.1999 - Glavne vesti". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
3. ^ "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

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