Nationalist Serb, Bosniak Leaders Both Claim Victory In Today's Bosnia Presidential Vote

Reuters: Nationalist Serb, Bosniak leaders win Bosnia's presidential vote

Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and Sefik Dzaferovic, the candidate of the largest Muslim Bosniak party, have won the Serb and Bosniak seats in Bosnia’s triumverate presidency, the election commission said early Monday.

Moderate Croat Zeljko Komsic, who already served two terms in the presidency, won the Croat seat with 49.5 percent of the vote, winning over nationalist Dragan Covic from the largest Croat party, HDZ.

Dodik secured 55 percent of the vote and Dzaferovic 38 percent, based on about 42 percent of counted ballots, election commission President Branko Petric said at a news conference.

The turnout was 53.3 percent of voters, Petric said.

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WNU Editor: So much for the reconciliation process.

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