Voters in Bosnia and Herzegovina cast ballots on Sunday for the tripartite presidency, the state parliament and entity legislatures, with preliminary results expected after polls close.
Bosnians voted on Sunday, 4 October 2026, for the three members of the state presidency, the House of Representatives and legislatures in the two entities, Reuters reported from Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Al Jazeera said more than 3.4 million people were eligible, and the Atlantic Council noted that the roll is widely thought to be inflated.
The vote is the first general election to use biometric voter identification and scanners for paper ballots, according to Al Jazeera and the Atlantic Council. Ballots are still cast on paper. Polls were due to close at 7 p.m. local time, 17:00 GMT, with the Central Election Commission expected to release preliminary results later on Sunday.
Reuters said the contest matters for the pace of European Union accession talks and for the influence sought by the United States and Russia. Voters have complained about a weak economy and repeated deadlocks between parties based in the Bosniak-Croat Federation and Serb-majority Republika Srpska.
In Republika Srpska, the SNSD of Milorad Dodik was ahead on the Poliwave tracking platform cited by Reuters, at 34.2 percent. Nationally, that platform put the SDA on 21.4 percent and the SDP on 16.7 percent. Those figures are campaign trackers, not official results.
Presidency candidates on the Bosniak seat include Denis Becirovic of the SDP and Bakir Izetbegovic of the SDA, Al Jazeera reported. No official outcome was available at the time of this brief.