| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Skupstina / Parliamentary Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Predstavnicki dom / House of Representatives |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Dom Naroda / House of Peoples
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
12 April 1996
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| Mode of designation |
Directly elected 42 |
| Constituencies |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Direct election in both the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska.
Proportional representation system based on party lists or independent candidatures, using the simple quotient and greatest remainders formula for left-over seats. Only parties having won at least one seat in the initial (simple quotient) allocation qualify for the latter allotment.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ineligibility: persons serving a sentence imposed by International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, under indictment by the Tribunal or having failed to comply with an appearance order by the Tribunal |
| Incompatibilities |
- judges
- prosecutors and their deputies
- solicitors and their deputies
- ombudsmen and their deputies
- members of courts/council for human rights
- members of police and military forces (incluiding financial police, judicial police, State Border Service members, security and intelligence service)
- diplomatic and consular representatives
- members of the Executive |
| Candidacy requirements |
- individual or party (single or coalition) candidatures
- for registration, each political party needs signed backing of at least 10,000 electors
- individual candidates need the support of at least 5,000 electors |
