In spite of the SDA emerging as the largest party, its failure to form a functional coalition led to the liberal alliance Troika and the HDZ BiH to form a coalition alongside the Croatian Democratic Union 1990, with Nermin Nikšić getting appointed as the new Prime Minister in April 2023, albeit after interventions by Christian Schmidt.[4]
The House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a total of 98 members who are elected by proportional representation. The election takes place in 12 multi-person constituencies with entity-wide balancing mandates. In the Federal House of Representatives, each constitutive ethnic group should be represented by at least four members. The threshold is three percent.[5]
Cantonal Assembliesedit
The assemblies of the 10 cantons of the Federation are also elected. The election is based on proportional representation with a threshold of three percent. The individual cantonal assemblies send members to the House of Peoples.[5]
Former Federal Prime Minister, Fadil Novalić, who Nikšić succeeded following the election after Schmidt's intervention, at first refused to concede the power, and continues contesting his forceable deposing as illegal and unconstitutional.[9] Nikšić's appointment was also deemed unconstitutional by the opposition, but was afterwards accepted.[10]
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^S.H. (29 November 2022). "Osmorka i HDZ potpisali sporazum o formiranju vlasti u FBiH i na državnom nivou" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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^Sedin Spahić (28 April 2023). "Imenovana Vlada: Nikšić novi premijer, SDA i službeno opozicija u FBiH, ovo su imena svih ministara" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^"Novalić otkriva ostaje li u politici, kaje li se zbog nečega, kongresu SDA, novoj Vladi FBiH" (in Bosnian). Faktor.ba. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^"Nikšić: Razumijem da se SDA protivi tome da prepusti vlast, znaju šta gube" (in Bosnian). N1. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.