1991 Bosnian Serb referendum

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A referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia was held in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a significant Serb population on 10 November 1991. The referendum was organised by the Bosnian Serb Assembly and asked two questions; to Serbs it asked:

Do you agree with the decision of Assembly of the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina of October 24, 1991, that the Serbian people should remain in a common Yugoslav state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and with others who have come out for remaining?

Non-Serbs were asked:

Are you agreed that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an equal republic, should remain in a common state of Yugoslavia with all others who take this position?

It was approved by 98% of voters, and Republika Srpska was subsequently established on 9 January 1992.

Results

Question For Against Invalid/
blank 		Total
votes 		Registered
voters 		Turnout Result
Votes % Votes %
Remaining of all Serbs in Yugoslavia 1,161,146 98.00 2.00 1,550,000 85.00 Approved
Bosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia 48,845 Approved
Source: Direct Democracy

Aftermath

The Bosnian government declared the referendum unconstitutional. It later held a nationwide independence referendum between 29 February and 1 March 1992, which was in turn boycotted by most of the Serbs. Steven L. Burg and Paul S. Shoup interpreted the question in the plebiscite, which asked voters to stay in a "common state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and Serb Autonomous Regions" as promoting, in effect, a Greater Serbia.

References

  1. ^ a b Bosnien-Herzegowina, serbischer Teil, 10. November 1991 : Unabhängige Serbische Republik in Bosnien-Herzegowina Direct Democracy
  2. ^ a b Steven L Burg & Paul S Shoup (2000) The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention M.E. Sharpe, p74
  3. ^ Nettelfield 2010, p. 67.
  4. ^ Prosecutor v. Karadžić – Judgement, 24 March 2016, p. 20.
  5. ^ Burg & Shoup 2015, p. 107.

Books

  • Burg, Steven L.; Shoup, Paul S. (2015). Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1990-93: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Routledge. ISBN 9781317471011.
  • Nettelfield, Lara J. (2010). Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76380-6. LCCN 2010002815.

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