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2007 Republika Srpska presidential election

2007 Republika Srpska presidential election

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The presidential election of 2007 in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina was announced after the premature death of President Milan Jelić on 30 September 2007 and was held on 9 December 2007.[1] Until the election took place, Igor Radojičić, also from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was acting president.[2] The election had to be called within fifteen days of Jelić's death;[3] it was called on 11 October 2007, with candidates to be nominated by 16 October 2007.[4]

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Candidates

There were ten candidates,[5] with the frontrunners being the Republika Srpska Academy of Sciences chairman Rajko Kuzmanović of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, MP Ognjen Tadić of the main opposition Serbian Democratic Party, and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanić of the Party of Democratic Progress.[6]

All three main candidates supported Republika Srpska's status in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Accords. President of Serbia Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party in Serbia supported the SNSD and its candidate Kuzmanović.[7] According to the electoral law, there would be no run-off.[8]

The other candidates were:[9]

Results

According to unofficial results (with 55% of the votes counted), Kuzmanović won the election with 44.53% of the votes to Tadić's 33.28% and Ivanić's 16%.[11] Turnout was close to 36%.[12]

Official results released on 2007-12-17 confirmed these preliminary results. Kuzmanović was sworn in on 2007-12-28.[13]

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    New Bosnian Serb president vows to work to prevent further unification of country – International Herald Tribune
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