Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, imposed changes to the country's electoral law after voting hours ended for the election.

In spite of the SDA emerging as the largest party, its failure to form a functional coalition led to the liberal alliance Troika and the HDZ BiH to form a coalition alongside the Croatian Democratic Union 1990, with Nermin Nikšić getting appointed as the new Prime Minister in April 2023, albeit after interventions by Christian Schmidt.

On 29 November 2022, a coalition led by the liberal alliance Troika and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH) reached an agreement on the formation of a new government for the 2022–2026 parliamentary term, designating Social Democratic Party president Nermin Nikšić as the new Federal Prime Minister.

[6] On 28 February 2023, Lidija Bradara (HDZ BiH) was elected president after a vote in the Federal House of Representatives.

[8] Former Federal Prime Minister, Fadil Novalić, who Nikšić succeeded following the election after Schmidt's intervention, at first refused to concede the power, and continues contesting his forceable deposing as illegal and unconstitutional.