CVIJANOVIĆ AND MINIĆ IN CLEAR LEAD

SARAJEVO, OCTOBER 4 /SRNA/ - SNSD candidate for Serb member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović is leading the race with 213,812 votes, according to the first preliminary results released by the BiH Central Election Commission /CEC/.

CEC President Jovan Kalaba said at a press conference that SDS candidate Marinko Božović had won 102,877 votes, while List for Justice and Order candidate Nebojša Vukanović had received 67,707.

He said the results were based on about 80 percent of polling stations.

In the race for president of Republika Srpska, SNSD candidate Savo Minić had won 202,245 votes, while SDS candidate Branko Blanuša had received 160,936.

A total of 3,408,517 voters were eligible to cast ballots in today's general elections.