2026 Republika Srpska general election
Bosnian subnational election
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General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 4 October 2026 as part of the Bosnian general elections.[1] Voters will decide the President of Republika Srpska and the 83 members of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.
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4 October 2026
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83 seats in the National Assembly 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Incumbent president Siniša Karan of the SNSD, though eligible, will not run for the second term.
Opinion polling
National Assembly
Opinion polling for the 2026 National Assembly election has been limited. A Geostrategy poll conducted from 31 August to 4 September 2026 among 850 respondents found the SNSD to be the largest party on 28.3%, followed by the PSS on 23.7% and the SDS on 18.5%. Za pravdu i red was on 9.5%, while SP-Demos was on 5.0%, the SPS and United Srpska each on 4.0%, and DNS-NPS on 2.0%. Bosniak parties collectively received 5.0%.[2]
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SNSD | PSS | SDS | ZPR | SP-Demos | SPS | US | DNS-NPS | Bosniak parties |
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| Geostrategy | 31 Aug–4 Sep 2026 | 850 | 28.3 | 23.7 | 18.5 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
Presidential candidates
Full list of candidates for position of president and two vice presidents was published on 18 August 2026 in Official Gazette:[3]
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Ramiz Salkić | SDA | Bosniak | Bosniak Vice President of Republika Srpska (2014–2022) | ||
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Ivan Begić | Social Democratic Party | Croat | Journalist | [4] | |
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Branko Blanuša | Serb Democratic Party | Serb | Professor at the University of Banja Luka | [5] | |
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Ćamil Duraković | Independent | Bosniak | Bosniak Vice President of Republika Srpska | [6] | |
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Franjo Jukić | Croatian Democratic Union | Croat | Clerk | [7] | |
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Savo Minić | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | Serb | Prime Minister of Republika Srpska | [8] | |
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Bogdan Jovanović | Party of life | Serb | |||
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Igor Balukčić | Croatian Democratic Union 1990 | Croat | Vice President of Town council of Teslić | [9] | |
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Begija Smajić | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosniak | Member of Town council of Srebrenica | [10] | |
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Jusuf Arifagić | People and Justice | Bosniak | Businessman | [10] | |
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Marko Jorgić | Independent | Croat | |||
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Ivo Kamenjašević | Croatian Peasant Party | Croat | |||