1996 Republika Srpska general election explained
| Country: | Republika Srpska |
| Election Date: | 14 September 1996 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Type: | presidential | | Ongoing: | no | | Next Year: | 1998 | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Candidate1: | Biljana Plavšić | | Image1: | Biljana Plavsic (6938761997) (cropped).jpg | | Party1: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | | Popular Vote1: | 636,654 | | Percentage1: | 59.19% | | Candidate2: | Adib Đozić | | Party2: | Party of Democratic Action | | Popular Vote2: | 197,389 | | Percentage2: | 18.35% | | Candidate3: | Živko Radišić | | Image3: | Zivko Radisic (cropped).jpg | | Party3: | People's Alliance for Free Peace | | Popular Vote3: | 168.024 | | Percentage3: | 15.62% | | President | | Before Election: | Biljana Plavšić | | Before Party: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | | After Election: | Biljana Plavšić | | After Party: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Parliamentary election | | Next Election: | 1997 | | First Election: | yes | | Party1: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | | Leader1: | Aleksa Buha | | Seats1: | 45 | | Percentage1: | 52.31 | | Party2: | SDA | | Leader2: | Alija Izetbegović | | Seats2: | 14 | | Percentage2: | 16.31 | | Party3: | NSSM | | Leader3: | Živko Radišić | | Seats3: | 10 | | Percentage3: | 11.53 | | Party4: | Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska | | Leader4: | Nikola Poplašen | | Seats4: | 6 | | Percentage4: | 6.67 | | Party5: | DPB | | Seats5: | 2 | | Percentage5: | 3.02 | | Color5: | - 6858B6
| | Party6: | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | | Leader6: | Haris Silajdžić | | Seats6: | 2 | | Percentage6: | 2.35 | | Party7: | SDP coalition | | Leader7: | Nijaz Duraković | | Seats7: | 2 | | Percentage7: | 2.05 | | Party8: | SSK | | Seats8: | 1 | | Percentage8: | 1.60 | | Color8: | - 7F7F7F
| | Party9: | SPS | | Seats9: | 1 | | Percentage9: | 1.33 | | Color9: | - C8BFE7
| | Prime Minister | | Before Election: | Gojko Kličković | | Before Party: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | | After Election: | Gojko Kličković | | After Party: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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General elections were held for the first time in Republika Srpska on 14 September 1996. They were the first direct elections in Republika Srpska since its proclamation in 1992 and Bosnian War that ended in 1995. Previous National Assembly was created in 1991 and was made up of Serb MPs that were elected to the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament following 1990 Bosnian general election. Presidential election were held simultaneously because incumbent President Radovan Karadžić resigned in 1996 due to international pressure.Biljana Plavšić, who succeeded Karadžić as Srpska's president, won absolute majority of votes, with Bosniak Adib Đozić finishing as runner-up. On parliamentary election, Plavšić's and Karadžić's Serb Democratic Party, that led Republika Srpska throughout Bosnian War, won and incumbent Prime Minister Gojko Kličković formed his second cabinet.
