波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的全国大选于周日拉开帷幕，超过341万合格选民将从中选出各级政府的新领导人及议员。
Voting began Sunday in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general elections, with more than 3.4 millioned voters eligible to choose new leadership and lawmakers at several levels of government.
据中央选举委员会消息，投票站于当地时间上午7时（格林尼治标准时间05时）开放，预计将于晚上7时关闭。
Polling stations opened at 7 am local time (0500GMT) and are scheduled to close at 7 pm, according to the Central Election Commission (CIK).
此次大选每四年举行一次，共有3,414,364名选民具备投票资格。
A total of 3,414,364 voters are eligible to vote in the elections, which are held every four years.
选民们将选出波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那主席团中的波斯尼亚族、克罗地亚族及塞尔维亚族成员，以及国家级议会的议员。
Voters will elect the Bosniak, Croat and Serb members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-member presidency, as well as members of the state-level Parliamentary Assembly.
他们还将选出该国两大政治实体之一——波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那联邦的众议院议员；另一个政治实体为塞族共和国国民议会。
They will also elect lawmakers to the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the country’s two entities. The National Assembly of Republika Srpska is the other.
此外，选民们还将选出塞族共和国的总统与副总统，以及联邦境内10个州的州议会成员。此次选举共将产生518名公职人员。
Voters will also choose the president and vice presidents of Republika Srpska and members of the 10 cantonal assemblies in the Federation entity. A total of 518 officials will be elected.
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的政治体制较为复杂，该体制系根据1995年签署的《代顿和平协议》确立，该协议结束了1992年至1995年间的战争。
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a complex political system established under the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the 1992 - 1995 war.
该国由波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那联邦、塞族共和国以及自治的布尔奇科特区组成。
The country consists of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, as well as the self-governing Brcko District.
共有10名候选人角逐主席团的三个席位。此次选举中，共有10名候选人参与竞选。
10 candidates seek seats on tripartite presidency Ten candidates are competing for the three seats on the presidency.
在联邦地区，选民可投票选出主席团中的波斯尼亚族或克罗地亚族成员；而在塞族共和国地区，选民则负责选出塞尔维亚族成员。
Voters in the Federation can vote for either a Bosniak or Croat member of the Presidency, while voters in the Republika Srpska entity elect the Serb member.
现任候选人丹尼斯·贝西罗维奇、巴基尔·伊泽特贝戈维奇、塞米尔·埃芬迪奇以及法鲁丁·拉东契奇均参与波斯尼亚族席位的角逐。
Incumbent Denis Becirovic, Bakir Izetbegovic, Semir Efendic and Fahrudin Radoncic are running for the Bosniak seat.
达里亚娜·菲利波维奇、兹德科·卢契奇以及斯拉文·科瓦切维奇则竞争克罗地亚族席位；现任总统泽利卡·茨维亚诺维奇、马里尼科·博佐维奇以及内博伊沙·武卡诺维奇则参与塞尔维亚族席位的竞选。此外，还有12名候选人参与塞族共和国总统职位的角逐。
Darijana Filipovic, Zdenko Lucic and Slaven Kovacevic are competing for the Croat seat, while incumbent Zeljka Cvijanovic, Marinko Bozovic and Nebojsa Vukanovic are running for the Serb seat. Twelve candidates are also competing for the presidency of Republika Srpska.
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那选举委员会已批准75个政党、29个政治联盟以及4名独立候选人参选。目前，各级政府职位的候选人申请总数已逾7000人。
The CIK approved 75 political parties, 29 coalitions and four independent candidates. More than 7,000 candidacies have beened at all levels of government.
本次选举还首次全面采用了旨在提升选民身份识别效率、选票统计准确性及结果传输速度的新技术。约4500个投票点均配备了生物识别选民验证系统、选票扫描仪以及视频监控系统。
New election technology used for first time The election also marks the first nationwide use of new voting technology designed to improve the identification of voters, counting of ballots and transmission of results. Biometric voter verification, ballot scanners and video surveillance systems are being used at around 4,500 polling locations.
选民完成身份核验后还需进行指纹验证。投票过程仍采用纸质选票，这些选票经扫描后才会被投入票箱。扫描所得的数据将直接传输至选举委员会，使得初步且非完整的结果能在晚上8点左右公布，这一时间较以往选举有所提前。
After their identities are checked, voters will undergo fingerprint verification. Voting will continue to be conducted using paper ballots, which will be scanned before being placed in ballot boxes. Data from the scanned ballots will be transmitted directly to the CIK, allowing preliminary and incomplete results to be announced at around 8 pm, earlier than in previous elections.
此外，选票还会经过人工统计。若扫描结果与人工统计结果出现较大偏差，选举委员会将启动进一步核查程序；若差异依然存在，则以人工统计结果作为最终官方结果。
The ballots will also be counted manually. The election commission has said additional checks will be conducted if there is a significant discrepancy between scanned and manually counted ballots. If the discrepancy remains, the manual count will be accepted as the official result.
海外选民方面，居住在国外的波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那公民也参与了本次选举。共有48,078名海外选民申请邮寄投票，这一比例属于近年选举周期中海外选民登记率的最低水平。
Voting abroad Bosnians living abroad are also taking part in the elections. A total of 48,078 votersed to cast ballots by mail, marking one of the lowest levels of diaspora registration in recent election cycles.
目前，在包括德国、奥地利、克罗地亚、塞尔维亚、斯洛文尼亚、瑞士、比利时、丹麦、瑞典、荷兰、挪威、美国、卡塔尔及约旦在内的13个国家，共有20个波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那外交及领事机构负责办理投票事宜。
Voting is also taking place at 20 Bosnian diplomatic and consular missions in 13 countries, including Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, the US, Qatar and Jordan.
本次登记选民人数略高于2022年大选，当时登记选民总数为337万人。在2022年的选举中，贝西罗维奇当选为波什尼亚克族代表，泽利科·科姆希奇当选为克罗地亚族代表，茨维亚诺维奇则当选为塞尔维亚族代表。
The number ofed voters is slightly higher than in the 2022 general elections, when 3.37 million people were on the electoral roll. In the 2022 elections, Becirovic was elected as the Bosniak member of the presidency, Zeljko Komsic as the Croat member and Cvijanovic as the Serb member.
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那于1992年宣布独立，战后首次选举则于1996年9月举行。
Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992, and its first elections following the war were held in September 1996.