Electoral units of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Elections to the various legislatures in Bosnia and Herzegovina are carried out using open Party-list proportional representation. Constituencies are numbered and are known as electoral units.

House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A map of the Parliamentary constituencies of Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]

For elections to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, each of the eight units is contained completely within one entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two cantons make up a unit; whereas in Republika Srpska, units are based on municipalities.[2]

Entity # Boundaries Seats
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st Una-Sana Canton and Canton 10 3
2nd Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and West Herzegovina Canton 3
3rd Sarajevo Canton and Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde 4
4th Zenica-Doboj Canton and Central Bosnia Canton 6
5th Posavina Canton and Tuzla Canton 5
Republika Srpska 1st The westmost stretch of Republika, extending far enough east to include the municipalities of Kotor Varoš, Čelinac, Prnjavor and Srbac 3
2nd The remainder of Republika, either side of the Brčko district 3
3rd The southmost stretch of Republika, extending far enough north to include the municipality of Zvornik 3

House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A map of the Parliamentary constituencies of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina[3]

There are twelve units for elections to the subnational House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five are cantons at large, three are sections of more populous cantons, and four contain whole small cantons and sections of larger ones.[4]

# Canton/District Boundaries Seats
1st Una-Sana Canton Whole Canton 9
2nd Posavina Canton All of Brčko and Posavina, and
the Tuzla Canton Municipalities of Gradačac,
Doboj East and Gračanica		 5
Brčko District
Tuzla Canton
3rd Tuzla, Lukavac, Srebrenik and Čelić 7
4th Southern half 4
5th Zenica-Doboj Canton Zavidovići, Zenica and everything farther north 8
6th Southern half 4
8th Central Bosnia Canton Whole Canton 9
9th Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Whole Canton 8
10th West Herzegovina Canton Whole Canton 3
7th Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde BPK and the southern part of Sarajevo,
including Novi Grad and Ilidža		 6
Sarajevo Canton
11th The remainder of Sarajevo 7
12th Canton 10 Whole Canton 3

National Assembly of Republika Srpska
A map of the Parliamentary constituencies of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina[5]

The nine units for the National Assembly of Republika Srpska are based on municipalities.[6] The current unit boundaries were drawn up for the 2014 election.

# Boundaries Seats
1st The area bounded by the IEBL and the outer borders of the municipalities of Prijedor and Kozarska Dubica 7
2nd Municipalities of Gradiška, Laktaši, Srbac and Prnjavor 7
3rd The area bounded by the IEBL and the outer borders of the municipalities of Kotor Varoš, Čelinac and Banja Luka 12
4th Municipalities of Brod, Derventa, Vukosavlje and Modriča 4
5th Municipalities of Doboj, Stanari, Teslić and Petrovo 6
6th The area from the city of Bijeljina to Šamac, including the Brčko District 9
7th The municipalities of Osmaci, Zvornik, Šekovići, Vlasenica, Bratunac, Srebrenica and Milići 7
8th The area bounded by the IEBL and the outer borders of the municipalities of Rogatica and Han Pijesak 4
9th Everything south of the municipalities of Novo Goražde and Višegrad 7

Previously there were six constituencies. In 2014, three of the most populous units were split and the remaining units were renumbered:

Old Units New Units
1st 1st
2nd
2nd 3rd
3rd 4th
5th
4th 6th
5th 7th
8th
6th 9th

References
  1. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
  2. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
  3. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
  4. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
  5. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
  6. "Central Electoral Commission B&H".
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