The turnout of voters with Serbian citizenship in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was 70.14 per cent by 2pm. Banja Luka is the administrative centre of the mostly Serb entity Republika Srpska.
Of 721 voters registered at the polling station in Banja Luka, 505 voted by 2pm. The Serbian State Electoral Commission, RIK, does not yet have data from the second polling station in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo.
President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, voted earlier today. Dodik, who holds dual Serbian and Bosnian citizenship, told the press this was his first time voting in a Serbian election.
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