2002 Bosnian general election
Community Candidate Party Votes %
Bosniaks Sulejman Tihić Party of Democratic Action 192,661 37.3
Bosniaks Haris Silajdžić Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 179,726 34.8
Bosniaks Alija Behmen Social Democratic Party 90,434 17.5
Bosniaks Fikret Abdić Democratic People 's Community 21,164 4.1
Bosniaks Faruk Balijagić Bosnian Party 9,650 1.8
Bosniaks Emir Zlatar Bosnian Patriotic Party 6,500 1.2
Bosniaks Rasim Kadić Liberal Democratic Party 5,360 1.0
Bosniaks Adem Mujčić Labour Party 4,940 0.4
Bosniaks Ibrahim Spahić Civic Democratic Party 3,062 0.3
Bosniaks Asim Ibrahimpašić Bosniak Party of Rights 2,026 0.2
Bosniaks Bakir Tanović People 's Bosniak Party 1,087 0.1
Croats Dragan Čović Croatian Democratic Union 114,606 61.5
Croats Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović Economic Bloc 32,411 17.4
Croats Mijo Anić New Croatian Initiative 16,345 8.7
Croats Stjepan Kljuić Republican Party 9,413 4.0
Croats Željko Koroman Croatian Right Bloc 5,255 2.8
Croats Žarko Mišić Croatian Christian Democratic Union 5,142 2.7
Croats Marinko Brkić Independent 2,154 1.1
Croats Karmela Osmanović Civic Democratic Party 965 0.1
Serbs Mirko Šarović Serbian Democratic Party 180,212 35.5
Results -- President
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2002. The elections for the House of Representatives elections were divided into two; one for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, each of the three national communities elected a President. Bosniaks elected Sulejman Tihić, Croats elected Dragan Čović and Serbs elected Mirko Šarović. Voter turnout was 55.5%.