# Bosnia election: New technology may have stopped dead voters’ ballots, but result is unchanged

https://mins.news/en/item/86240

- DW, 2026-10-05 10:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/bosnia-election-new-technology-might-have-stopped-votes-being-cast-on-behalf-of-dead-voters-but-the-result-remains-unchanged/a-79544717?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Bosnia and Herzegovina’s October 4 election used biometric fingerprint checks at every polling station, preventing ballots from being cast for dead or absent voters. Turnout fell to just over 40%, the lowest since the 1995 war ended. Yet nationalist parties SNSD, SDA and HDZ BiH again won within their respective communities. Milorad Dodik’s SNSD nearly swept Republika Srpska, while Dodik called for a return to the “original Dayton.”

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