PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BOSNIAN ELECTIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON

( Editorial: --> 0545 ) SARAJEVO, Sept 15 (Hina) - The preliminary and partial results of the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be announced on Tuesday at 5PM, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina spokeswoman Nicole Szulc told reporters in Sarajevo on Tuesday. According to the OSCE spokeswoman, the counting of ballots is going according to plan and without obstacles. The counting of votes of people who cast their ballots abroad began in Lukavica and Rajlovac, near Sarajevo. Szulc emphasised the assessments of electoral results given by political parties were incomplete. Only the OSCE mission is authorised to announce the final and official results of the elections, she added. (hina) it/ha 151450 MET sep 98