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1991 Bosnian Serb referendum

Referendum in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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:

Non-Serbs were asked:

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
Bosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia	48,845
Source: [Direct Democracy](http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=ba011991)

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.

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References

[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=ba011991 Bosnien-Herzegowina, serbischer Teil, 10. November 1991 : Unabhängige Serbische Republik in Bosnien-Herzegowina] Direct Democracy
Steven L Burg & Paul S Shoup (2000) ''The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention'' M.E. Sharpe, p74
[[#ICTY-Karadzic. ''Prosecutor v. Karadžić – Judgement'', 24 March 2016]], p. 20.

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