Election Name: | 2016 Bosnian municipal elections |
Country: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2012 Bosnian municipal elections |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2020 Bosnian municipal elections |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | All 143 municipal/city mayors All 143 municipal/city councils |
Election Date: | 2 October 2016 |
Registered: | 3,179,720 |
Turnout: | 53.88% |
1Blank: | Mayors |
2Blank: | Change |
3Blank: | Percentage |
Leader1: | Bakir Izetbegović |
Party1: | Party of Democratic Action |
1Data1: | 34 |
2Data1: | 3 |
3Data1: | 23.77% |
Leader2: | Milorad Dodik |
Party2: | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats |
1Data2: | 33 |
2Data2: | 13 |
3Data2: | 23.07% |
Leader3: | Dragan Čović |
Party3: | Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1Data3: | 19 |
2Data3: | 5 |
3Data3: | 13.28% |
Leader4: | Mladen Bosić |
Party4: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
1Data4: | 16 |
2Data4: | 16 |
3Data4: | 11.18% |
Image5: | IND |
Leader5: | None |
Party5: | Independent politician |
1Data5: | 14 |
2Data5: | 9 |
3Data5: | 9.79% |
Leader6: | Nermin Nikšić |
Party6: | Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
1Data6: | 8 |
2Data6: | 2 |
3Data6: | 5.59% |
Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October 2016 to elect mayors and assemblies in 143 municipalities.
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.
30,000 candidates were contesting the election for 2,835 local councillors, 301 city councillors, 131 municipal mayors and 12 city majors.[1]
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.[2]
Local elections took place in a rather heated political environment, being preceded by one week by an illegal referendum in the Republika Srpska entity on the 9 January holiday, which had been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. 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, for the second time in a row. Elections in Stolac were suspending following violent incidents and later repeated on 19 February.[3] [4] [5]
Party | Mayors in 2012 | Mayors in 2016 | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
39 | 34 | 4 | ||
14 | 19 | 5 | ||
10 | 8 | 2 | ||
3 | 2 | 1 | ||
3 | 2 | 1 | ||
/ | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | |||
/ | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 1 | ||
10 | 12 | 2 |
Party | Mayors elected in 2012 elections | Mayors elected in 2016 elections | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 | 30 | 13 | ||
32 | 16 | 16 | ||
2 | 5 | 3 | ||
0 | 4 | 4 | ||
1 | 1 | |||
/ | 1 | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | |||
/ | 1 | 1 | ||
Independents and coalitions | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Constituency[11] | Council[12] | Mayor[13] elected by Council | |||||||||
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Party | Popular vote | % | Seats | Mayor | Votes | % | |||||
Brčko | width=5px style="background-color:royalblue" | Serb Democratic Party—National Democratic Movement | 5,908 | 15.06 | 5 | width=5px style="background-color:" | Siniša Milić, SNSD | 21 | 68% | ||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 5,512 | 14.05 | 4 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Party of Democratic Action | 4,989 | 12.72 | 4 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Croatian Democratic Union | 3,940 | 10.04 | 3 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:salmon" | Brčko Democratic Movement | 3,247 | 8.28 | 2 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Party of Democratic Progress—Progressive Srpska | 2,754 | 7.02 | 2 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:darkgreen" | Croatian Peasant Party of Stjepan Radić | 2,335 | 5.95 | 2 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Union for a Better Future | 2,049 | 5.22 | 2 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Social Democratic Party | 2,045[14] | 5.21 | 3[15] | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,780 | 4.54 | 1 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Socialist Party | 1,773 | 4.52 | 1 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:" | Democratic Front | 1,312 | 3.34 | 1 | |||||||
width=5px style="background-color:grey" | Minority candidate Ćazim Dačaj | (384) | - | 1 | |||||||
Total | 41,772 | 31 | |||||||||