Municipal elections were held in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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on 2 October 2016.
A total of 3,263,906 voters were registered in the Central Voters’ Register, including 65,111 by-mail voters. Around 25,000 citizens voted at polling stations in diplomatic representations abroad.
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30,000 candidates were contesting the election for 2,835 local councillors, 301 city councillors, 131 municipal mayors and 12 city majors.
The Central Electoral Commission registered a total of 3,179,720 persons eligible to vote (excluding Stolac); 1,739,756 votes were cast, of which 1,635,602 (94.01%) valid, and 104,154 (5.99%) invalid.][Central Electoral Commission, 2016 elections]
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Summary
Local elections took place in a rather heated political environment, being preceded by one week by an illegal referendum in the Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...
entity on the 9 January holiday, which had been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...
. Although the same Court declared the referendum null and void, it took place equally. The political discourse in the pre-electoral period focus on ethno-national issues rather than local administration.[
Voting took place regularly and without major incidents. For the first time, a 40% gender quota was applied to candidate lists; however, only seven women were elected as mayor out of 143.
Some irregularities in the electoral process were reported, including as regards inflated voters' lists and the politicisation of electoral administration. No elections could be held in ]Mostar
Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is sit ...
, for the second time in a row. Elections in Stolac
Stolac is an ancient city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the region of Herzegovina. Stolac is one of the oldest cities in Bosnia and Herzego ...
were suspending following violent incidents and later repeated on 19 February.[Council of Europe, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities]
Observation of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 - Report CG32(2017)16finalPod Lupom
2016 Elections in Stolac]
Results
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
By municipality
By party
Republika Srpska
By municipality
By party
Assembly of Brčko District
References
External links
* Council of Europe, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Observation of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 - Report CG32(2017)16final
{{Bosnian local elections
Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian municipal elections
Municipal
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
Municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian municipal elections