http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/04/bosnia-election-muslim-moderate-serbian-hardlinerA moderate Muslim is set to become one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's three presidents, early election results suggested today. But one of the other presidents looked likely to be a Serbian hardliner.
Voters choose Serbian, Croatian and Muslim presidents, along with deputies in the central, regional and cantonal parliaments. They also cast ballots for a new president and vice-president of the Serb Republic – one of the country's two autonomous regions.
Zeljko Komsic, the Social Democratic party incumbent, was leading the race for the Croatian seat. Like Izetbegovic, he favours a unified, multi-ethnic Bosnia.
Nebojsa Radmanovic recaptured the Serbian seat in the country's presidency. His party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was also far ahead in the parliamentary vote in the Serb Republic. The party's leader, Milorad Dodik, threatened secession from Bosnia during the election campaign.