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House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina

House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lower house of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article is about the lower house of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the lower house of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, see House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Predstavnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine, Croatian: Zastupnički Dom Bosne i Hercegovine and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 14 from Republika Srpska. Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 2 October 2022.

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Electoral system

The house is elected by party-list proportional representation with open lists. For the first two elections, representatives were elected from nationwide lists, but in 2000, local representation was introduced. Eight constituencies, known as electoral units, each elect between three and six representatives, giving a total of 30. To ensure proportionality, a further 12 representatives are elected on a entity-wide basis. Each entity is allocated a number of these entity-wide seats, 7 members from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 from Republika Srpska.[2] When a party is entitled to one of these entity-wide seats, it is given to the candidate from the party who receives the most votes without being elected in his or her electoral unit, located in one of the two entities.

Brčko District voters are entitled to vote in only one of the two entities. Their vote is allocated to the corresponding electoral unit, depending on which entity the voter is voting from.[2]

Current composition

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Chairmen of the House of Representatives

  Croatian Democratic Union   Serb Democratic Party   Party of Democratic Action   Social Democratic Party   Alliance of Independent Social Democrats   Croatian Democratic Union 1990   Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina   Union for a Better Future   People and Justice

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Koliko će rasti plate zvaničnicima u BiH?". Al Jazeera Balkans. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001). "Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Unofficial Translation)" (PDF). Office of the High Representative. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Poslanici saziv 2022 - 2026". parlament.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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