2002 Republika Srpska general election

2002 Republika Srpska general election

5 October 2002
Presidential election
 
Candidate Dragan Čavić Milan Jelić
Party SDS SNSD
Popular vote 183,121 112,612
Percentage 35.89% 22.07%

President before election

Mirko Šarović
SDS

Elected President

Dragan Čavić
SDS

National Assembly election

83 seats in the National Assembly
42 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SDS Dragan Kalinić 31.19 26 −5
SNSD Milorad Dodik 21.79 19 +8
PDP Mladen Ivanić 10.73 9 −2
SDA Sulejman Tihić 7.10 6 0
SRS RS Radislav Kanjerić 4.39 4 +4
SP Petar Đokić 4.21 3 −1
DNS Dragan Kostić 3.99 3 0
SBiH Haris Silajdžić 3.65 4 0
SDP BiH Zlatko Lagumdžija 3.38 3 −1
PS RS 1.77 1 New
SNP 1.26 1 New
SNS Biljana Plavšić 0.98 1 −1
DPS 0.93 1 −1
DS 0.85 1 0
NHI Krešimir Zubak 0.61 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Mladen Ivanić
PDP
Dragan Mikerević
PDP

General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 5 October 2002, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dragan Čavić of the Serb Democratic Party was elected president.

As of 2025, This was the most recent Presidential election that the Serb Democratic Party or any other party other then Alliance of Independent Social Democrats won.