Banja LukaSavo Minić won 55 of Republika Srpska’s 64 municipalities.
Milorad Dodik, barred from office, says his party and allies hold two-thirds of the assembly.
Preliminary results show Croat nationalist Darijana Filipović replacing civic-oriented Željko Komšić on Bosnia’s three-member presidency.
Coalition talks come next, and historian Dragan Markovina expects the three largest nationalist parties to govern together.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- Sarajevo Times
- emphasizes sweep scale (55 of 64 municipalities) and attributes SNSD dominance to low opposition turnout
- RT leans favorable
- frames SNSD victory as Dodik positioning against Schmidt's authority, while praising Trump and Putin
- Al Jazeera Online
- analyzes results as part of broader trend toward ethnic-nationalist over civic politics amid European uncertainty
Sources: Sarajevo Times, RT, Al Jazeera Online