BELGRADE, Oct 5 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Sunday announced preliminary results of Oct 4 general elections after counting 95 per cent of ballots, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported.
On Sunday, BiH citizens voted for candidates for the tripartite BiH Presidency, the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, the House of Representatives of the Federation of BiH, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, as well as for the president and vice president of Republika Srpska and 10 municipal assemblies across BiH. In total, more than 7,000 candidates are vying for 518 seats.
According to the commission, Zeljka Cvijanovic, the candidate from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in Republika Srpska, is winning the race for the Serb seat on the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with 55.34 per cent of the vote.
Incumbent Denis Becirovic of the Social Democratic Party of BiH (SDP) is leading the race for the Bosniak seat of the tripartite presidency, while Darijana Filipovic of the Croatian Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ) is winning the race for the Croat seat of the presidency.
-- BERNAMA-SPUTNIK/RIA NOVOSTI
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