{"id":193613,"date":"2025-11-23T23:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=193613"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:53:08","slug":"presidential-elections-in-the-republic-of-srpska-snsd-declares-karans-victory-based-on-93-blanusa-dominant-in-banja-luka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/presidential-elections-in-the-republic-of-srpska-snsd-declares-karans-victory-based-on-93-blanusa-dominant-in-banja-luka\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA: SNSD Declares Karan’s Victory Based on 93%, Blanu\u0161a Dominant in Banja Luka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2,211 polling stations for the snap presidential elections in the Republic of Srpska (RS) closed at 7 p.m., where 1,264,364 voters were eligible to cast a ballot.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 9:30 p.m., the SNSD declared victory based on 92.93 percent of the processed electoral material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“93 percent of polling stations have been processed. Sini\u0161a Karan’s lead is approximately 6,500 votes,” stated the SNSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They announced that Milorad Dodik, as the party president, would address the public at 10 p.m. to declare the victory of candidate Sini\u0161a Karan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the SDS stated that Branko Blanu\u0161a had won in Banja Luka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With a current difference of over 13,000 votes, Prof. Dr. Branko Blanu\u0161a has secured a dominant victory in Banja Luka,” announced Dra\u0161ko Stanivukovi\u0107, who stated that this proved “that their city remains a bastion of the opposition struggle, the strongest driver of change, and an unconquerable fortress for the SNSD!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of BiH, 443,472 voters cast ballots in the RS presidential elections today, representing a turnout of 35.78 percent. For comparison, the turnout in the 2022 General Elections in the RS was about 53 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEC announced that the first preliminary results would be published at 11 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contradictory Claims from Parties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SNSD Claims:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The SNSD maintains that their candidate Karan is leading by 6,500 votes with 93 percent of the polling stations processed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The SNSD declared victory in Brod and Doboj, marking the party’s first victory in Brod since 2010, as reported by N1 Sarajevo<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    SDS Claims:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The SDS party announced that their presidential candidate, Branko Blanu\u0161a, is leading by 17,000 votes across 11 local self-government units.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u017delimir Ne\u0161kovi\u0107 said that “the trend is extremely good for our candidate and we are optimistic,” adding that “only a miracle” could change the results so they would not be in Blanu\u0161a’s favor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      SNSD Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • The SNSD says this is a “tried and tested manner of the opposition,” alleging that they are only naming locations where they know they will get a majority, and that Sini\u0161a Karan is “the winner by the will of the citizens.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SNSD spokesman Radovan Kova\u010devi\u0107 addressed the media from the party’s election headquarters. He expressed confidence that victory would be declared very soon. He thanked everyone who voted, and even those who did not, adding that they had “understood the situation in a specific way.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Candidate Information and Turnout<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        There were six candidates on the ballots for the RS Presidency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Sini\u0161a Karan (SNSD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Branko Blanu\u0161a (SDS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Dragan \u0110okanovi\u0107 (Alliance for a New Policy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Nikola Lazarevi\u0107 (Ecological Party of RS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Igor Ga\u0161evi\u0107 (Independent)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Slavko Dragi\u010devi\u0107 (Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          The BiH Central Election Commission announced that the turnout for the snap presidential elections in the Republic of Srpska was 26 percent by 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          20,269 voters registered to vote by mail, and voting also took place in BiH diplomatic and consular missions in Munich, Berlin, Vienna, and Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Source:<\/strong> N1<\/em> Photo:<\/strong> Srpska.info<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          2,211 polling stations for the snap presidential elections in the Republic of Srpska (RS) closed at 7 p.m., where 1,264,364 voters were eligible to cast a ballot. Around 9:30 p.m., the SNSD declared victory based on 92.93 percent of the processed electoral material. “93 percent of polling stations have been processed. Sini\u0161a Karan’s lead is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":100000201843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9679,59,219,8929],"class_list":["post-193613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkan","tag-branko-blanusa","tag-elections","tag-republic-of-srpska","tag-sinisa-karan","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t