The electoral geography is a branch of political geography that studies the spatial aspect of the organization and implementation of elections and elections results. In this paper we have geographically analyzed the results of the 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency election. Primarily, we were interested to identify the effects of the electoral system and ethnic composition of the population on the voter turnout, percentage of invalid ballots and the election outcome. In the first part of the paper, with the help of scientific literature, we have introduced different perspectives on the role of the electoral systems in multiethnic societies, such as the one in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Furthermore, we have presented the unique administrative-territorial division of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Presidency role in it. In the third part of the paper we have utilized quantitative research methods and cartographic representations to analyze the influence of the ethnic composition of the population on the voter turnout, the percentage of invalid ballots and the election outcome. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a very complex ethnic composition of the population with three constituent peoples, an intricate electoral system and a divided government, hence researching a country like that is even more engaging.
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