text: Nationalists primed for victory in Bosnia | Elections News | Al Jazeera
  Parties that led country into war two decades ago scoring high in one of Europe's poorest nations.
  Nationalist candidates of Bosnia's Croats, Muslims and Serbs were ahead in elections for the country's tripartite presidency, with just over half of the votes counted.
  "Those who are ready will make an almost identical programme about the most essential issues like moving Bosnia and Herzegovina out of a reform standstill, and putting it on the path of EU and NATO integration, put up a determined fight against corruption and crime," Izetbegovic said on Monday.
  Nearly 20 years after a devastating war between its Croats, Muslims and Serbs, the country is one of Europe's poorest nations and remains split along its ethnic lines.
  Izetbegovic, son of Bosnia's late wartime leader Alija Izetbegovic, won 33.16 percent of the votes, according to results based on almost 77 percent of ballots counted.
  Although less important than the parliament, the results for Bosnia's presidency show the trend that parties that led Bosnia into a war two decades ago could be back in power.