Official from CIK BiH: Voter turnout in early elections in RS 35.78 percent

(Patria) - Voter turnout in the early presidential elections in the BiH entity of Republika Srpska was 35.78 percent, or 443,472 out of the total number of voters, the CIK announced at a press conference at 9:00 PM.

Voter turnout in the early elections for the president of RS is lower than expected," said Jovan Kalaba, president of the Central Election Commission of BiH.

"443,472 voters voted, or 35.78 percent. In 2022, about 53 percent of voters voted. The first preliminary results will be published at 11:00 PM on the website izbori.ba," said Kalaba.

Kalaba stated that three irregularities were reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RS, but some of them were rejected as unfounded.

At one polling station, it was reported that a person who had already voted attempted to vote.

Polling stations in the early elections for the president of RS. At 2,211 polling stations, slightly more than 1.2 million citizens had the right to vote for the new president of RS. The turnout is low, i.e., lower than in previous cycles of regular elections.

The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina certified the candidacies of Dragan Đokanović (Alliance for New Politics), Branko Blanuša (SDS-Serb Democratic Party), Siniša Karan (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats – SNSD – Milorad Dodik), Nikola Lazarević (Ecological Party of RS), as well as independent candidates Igor Gašević and Slavko Dragičević for participation in the early elections for the president of RS.

A total of 1,264,364 voters were registered in the Central Voter Register.