2000 Republika Srpska general election

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 11 November 2000 alongside nationwide parliamentary elections. They were the third general elections in Republika Srpska since the end of Bosnian War.

2000 Republika Srpska general election

11 November 2000

Presidential election

Candidate Mirko Šarović Milorad Dodik Party SDS SNSD Popular vote 313,607 162,154 Percentage 50.14% 25.93%

President before election Petar Đokić (acting) SP RS Elected President Mirko Šarović SDS

Parliamentary election

Party Leader % Seats +/– SDS Dragan Kalinić 36.09 31 +12 SNSD Milorad Dodik 13.00 11 +5 PDP Mladen Ivanić 12.25 11 New SDA Alija Izetbegović 7.56 6 -9 SBiH Haris Silajdžić 5.18 4 New SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 4.97 4 +2 SP Živko Radišić 4.89 4 -6 DSP Nebojša Radmanović 4.11 4 New DNS Dragan Kostić 3.52 3 New SNS Biljana Plavšić 2.27 2 -10 PUP 1.33 1 +1 NHI Krešimir Zubak 0.73 1 0 DS 0.62 1 New Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Milorad Dodik SNSD Mladen Ivanić PDP

After refusing to nominate Milorad Dodik as Prime Minister, President Nikola Poplašen was deposed in 1999 after less than a year in position by Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2] Petar Đokić was named acting president until election. In the meantime Poplašen's Serbian Radical Party was banned from elections.

Elected President was Mirko Šarović from Serb Democratic Party, which was in power during war years. The runner up was Milorad Dodik, then incumbent List of prime ministers of Republika Srpska.[3]

On parliamentary election Serb Democratic Party gained majority of seats fourth time in a row, but unlike past two election circles managed to form a government with Mladen Ivanić from Party of Democratic Progress elected new Prime Minister.