2016 Bosnian municipal elections

2016 Bosnian municipal elections

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All 143 municipal/city mayors
All 143 municipal/city councils
Registered3,179,720
Turnout53.88% (Decrease 2.63 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Milorad Dodik (cropped).jpg
Dragan Čović, portrait 2.jpg
Leader Bakir Izetbegović Milorad Dodik Dragan Čović
Party SDA SNSD HDZ BiH
Mayors 34 33 19
Change Decrease 3 Increase 13 Increase 5
Percentage 23.77% 23.07% 13.28%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Mladen Bosic-mc.rs.jpg
IND
Nermin Nikšić (0804) (cropped).jpg
Leader Mladen Bosić None Nermin Nikšić
Party SDS Independent SDP BiH
Mayors 16 14 8
Change Decrease 16 Increase 9 Decrease 2
Percentage 11.18% 9.79% 5.59%

Results by municipality.

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.[1]

30,000 candidates were contesting the election for 2,835 local councillors, 301 city councillors, 131 municipal mayors and 12 city majors.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference coe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Dodik's referendum – opening Pandora's box in the Balkans?, IFIMES, 17 September 2016
  3. ^ Central Electoral Commission, 2016 elections