1998 Republika Srpska general election

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 12 and 13 September 1998. They were third parliamentary election and second presidential election in three years.

1998 Republika Srpska general election
12–13 September 1998
Presidential election
 
Candidate Nikola Poplašen Biljana Plavšić
Party SRS RS SNS
Popular vote 322,684 286,606
Percentage 43.86% 38.96%
President before election

Biljana Plavšić
SNS

 Elected President

Nikola Poplašen
SRS RS

Parliamentary election
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
SDS Dragan Kalinić 21.65 19 −5
SDA Alija Izetbegović 16.93 15 −1
SRS RS Nikola Poplašen 13.11 11 −4
SNS Biljana Plavšić 12.92 12 −3
SP Živko Radišić 10.67 10 +1
SNSD Milorad Dodik 7.29 6 +4
RS RS Dragan Đurđević 3.66 3 New
SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 2.68 2 0
SKRS 2.59 2 New
HDZ BiH Ante Jelavić 1.55 1 New
NHI–HKDU Krešimir Zubak 1.42 1 New
SKO 0.41 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Milorad Dodik
SNSD		 Milorad Dodik
SNSD

Incumbent president Biljana Plavšić, who served since July 1996 after Radovan Karadžić resigned, lost to Nikola Poplašen, leader of the Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska. Mirko Šarović was elected Vice President.

In the parliamentary election, the Serb Democratic Party again won the most seats, but failed to form a government. Although newly elected President Poplašen tried to name SDS leader Dragan Kalinić as the new Prime Minister, he faced opposition from High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Carlos Westendorp and was deposed shortly after. Prime Minister Milorad Dodik was subsequently chosen for another term.

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