2020 Bosnian municipal elections

2020 Bosnian municipal elections
← 2016 15 November 2020[a] 2024 →
All 143 municipal/city mayors
All 143 municipal/city councils
Registered3,283,194
Turnout50.40% (Decrease 3.48 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Milorad Dodik Bakir Izetbegović Dragan Čović
Party SNSD SDA HDZ BiH
Mayors 44 27 22
Change Increase 11 Decrease 7 Increase 3
Percentage 30.77% 18.88% 15.38%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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IND
Leader Mirko Šarović Nermin Nikšić None
Party SDS SDP BiH Independent
Mayors 16 9 5
Change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 9
Percentage 11.19% 6.29% 3.49%

Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 November 2020 to elect mayors and assemblies in 143 municipalities.[2] Originally scheduled for 4 October, they were postponed due to a lack of funds.[3][4][5]

Occurring under the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, they came less than a year following the delayed formation of the state government.[6] National coalition partners and the hegemonic Bosniak, Serb and Croat political parties, the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), respectively, each defended the most number of positions.

A total of 3,283,194 citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina were registered to vote[7][8] – almost on par with the total population of the country, 3,531,159 at the 2013 census[9] – pointing to issues of outdated data in the voters' registry.

Out of 425 mayoral candidates, 29 were women.[10] Only 4 women were elected mayors, down from 7.


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  1. ^ "2020 Bosnian municipal elections results – izbori.ba". Central Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina News. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. ^ I.P. (23 May 2020). "CIK odlučio: Lokalni izbori se odgađaju za 15. novembar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Budget Delays Force Bosnia to Postpone Local Elections". 23 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Bosnia postpones local elections due to lack of funding". United States: ABC News.
  5. ^ "Bosnia local elections to be postponed due to lack of funding". 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Bosnia gets government after 14-month impasse | DW | 23.12.2019". Deutsche Welle.
  7. ^ "Over 3.2 Million Voters on Central Voter List for Local Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina". 22 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Central Election Commission of BiH revealed Number of Voters for Local Elections". 9 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Almost the same Number of Inhabitants and Voters in Bosnia and Herzegovina". 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Monopol nad demokratijom: Žene manjina na izbornim listama!". 6yka.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.