Mira Pekić

How this office is filled

The House of Representatives has 42 directly elected members: 28 from the Federation of BiH and 14 from Republika Srpska. The term is four years; elections use multi-member constituencies and compensatory lists.

1. Voters in the entities

   Vote directly: in FBiH for 21 seats in five multi-member constituencies and seven compensatory seats; in RS for nine seats in three multi-member constituencies and five compensatory seats. Each voter has one ballot in their constituency.

   • Ustav BiH — član IV.2(a) · checked 03/11/2026
   • Izborni zakon BiH — član 9.1–9.2a · p. 55 · checked 03/11/2026
2. Central Election Commission of BiH

   Allocates seats using vote quotients (divisors 1, 3, 5, 7…), and compensatory seats according to entity-wide results; compensatory seats go to unelected candidates in compensatory-list order.

   • Izborni zakon BiH — član 9.5–9.7 · p. 56 · checked 03/11/2026
3. House

   Convenes in Sarajevo within 30 days after selection or election; by majority vote adopts rules of procedure and chooses one Bosniak, one Croat and one Serb as Chair and Deputy Chairs, with a rotating Chair.

   • Ustav BiH — član IV.3(a)–(b) · checked 03/11/2026

• Subjects must receive more than 3% of valid votes in a constituency to participate in its seat allocation; for compensatory seats a party or coalition must receive more than 3% of valid votes in the entity.

  • Izborni zakon BiH — član 9.5(3), 9.6(a) · p. 57 · checked 03/11/2026

• The term is four years. A majority of all elected members (22 of 42) constitutes a quorum.

  • Izborni zakon BiH — član 9.1(1) · p. 55 · checked 03/11/2026
  • Ustav BiH — član IV.2(b) · checked 03/11/2026

• Confirmed election results are not the composition of a constituted house. A newly elected legislator continuing an executive function from the previous term must suspend the legislative mandate before the constitutive session; the next candidate from the same list replaces them.

  • Izborni zakon BiH — član 1.8a(2)–(3) · p. 8 · checked 03/11/2026

No individual election or appointment date is stated in this record. The general procedure is not evidence of an individual election or appointment.