Bosnia and Herzegovina elections: Return to a nationalist political order?

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general election did not bring about many surprises in voter trends, but some developments could change the country’s political atmosphere, analysts have told Al Jazeera.Most voters on Sunday moved further along ethnic lines, turning away from the idea of a civic society that gained momentum in the previous election when the centre-right Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA) did not participate in the state government.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Bosnia’s elections explainedlist 2 of 4Dodik declared Bosnia ‘dead’. Irrelevant rhetoric or serious threat?list 3 of 4Dodik urges Serb turnout against ‘Sarajevo crooks’ in Bosnia electionlist 4 of 4Bosnian Serb nationalist claims party victory in Bosnia electionsend of listThis trend has long been a fixture in the Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, where Milorad Dodik’s Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) once again swept aside its competition in Sunday’s elections.Voters in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina elected a candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Darijana Filipovic, to the state presidency; for eight years that seat had been ...