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A referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia was held in the parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a significant Serb population on 10 November 1991.[1] The referendum was organised by the Bosnian Serb Assembly and asked two questions; to Serbs it asked:
Do you agree with the decision of Assembly of the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina of October 24, 1991, that the Serbian people should remain in a common Yugoslav state with Serbia, Montenegro, the SAO Krajina, SAO Slavonija, Baranja and Western Srem, and with others who have come out for remaining?[2]
Non-Serbs were asked:
Are you agreed that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an equal republic, should remain in a common state of Yugoslavia with all others who take this position?[2]
It was approved by 98% of voters, and Republika Srpska was subsequently established on 9 January 1992.[1]
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 | Approved | |||
Bosnia-Herzegovina to remain in Yugoslavia | 48,845 | Approved | |||||||
Source: Direct Democracy |
The Bosnian government declared the referendum unconstitutional.[3] It later held a nationwide independence referendum between 29 February and 1 March 1992, which was in turn boycotted by most of the Serbs.[4] 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.[5]
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