2008 Bosnian municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2008. Parties and independent candidates had to register by 23 May 2008, party or coalition lists by 25 June 2008. These were the first local elections were representatives of minorities were elected to the municipal assemblies.[1]

2008 Bosnian municipal elections
5 October 2008
All 143 municipal/city mayors
All 143 municipal/city councils
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Milorad Dodik Sulejman Tihić Dragan Čović
Party SNSD SDA HDZ BiH
Mayors 39 38 17
Change Increase 22 Increase 2 Decrease 4
Percentage 27.27% 26.57% 11.88%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Mladen Bosić Zlatko Lagumdžija Haris Silajdžić
Party SDS SDP BiH SBiH
Mayors 16 11 4
Change Decrease 19 Decrease 2 Steady
Percentage 11.18% 7.69% 2.79%
Results by municipality.
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64 political parties and 183 independent candidates were certified to stand in the election.[2]

Nationalist parties (the Party of Democratic Action and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the federation and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats in the RS) were the most successful in the election, while the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered to have been the loser of the election.[3][4] Turnout was 55% (an increase and more than expected), but only 40% in the cities, were the voters were the most supportive of smaller, multi-ethnic parties.[5]

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main article: Bosnia and Herzegovina
MunicipalityMayor's party
BanovićiParty of Democratic Action
BihaćSocial Democratic Party
Bosanska KrupaIndependent
Bosanski PetrovacOur Party
Bosansko GrahovoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
BrezaParty of Democratic Action
BugojnoParty of Democratic Action
BusovačaParty of Democratic Action
BužimParty of Democratic Action
ČapljinaCroatian Democratic Union
CazinParty of Democratic Activity
ČelićParty of Democratic Action
Centar, SarajevoSocial Democratic Party
ČitlukCroatian Democratic Union
DrvarAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Doboj EastParty of Democratic Action
Doboj SouthParty of Democratic Action
DobretićiCroatian coalition (HDZ 1990, HSP, HSS, NHI)
Domaljevac-ŠamacCroatian Democratic Union 1990
Donji VakufParty of Democratic Action
Foča-UstikolinaParty of Democratic Action
FojnicaParty of Democratic Action
GlamočAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
GoraždeParty for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gornji Vakuf-UskopljeParty of Democratic Action
GračanicaSocial Democratic Party
GradačacParty of Democratic Action
GrudeCroatian Democratic Union
HadžićiParty of Democratic Action
IlidžaParty of Democratic Action
IlijašParty of Democratic Action
JablanicaParty of Democratic Action
JajceParty of Democratic Action
KakanjSocial Democratic Party
KalesijaParty of Democratic Action
KiseljakCroatian Democratic Union
KladanjParty for Bosnia and Herzegovina
KljučParty of Democratic Action
KonjicParty of Democratic Action
KreševoCroatian Democratic Union
KupresCroatian Democratic Union
LivnoCroatian Democratic Union
LjubuškiCroatian Democratic Union
LukavacParty of Democratic Action
MaglajParty of Democratic Action
MostarCroatian Democratic Union
NeumCroatian Democratic Union
Novi Grad, SarajevoSocial Democratic Party
Novo SarajevoParty of Democratic Action
Novi TravnikParty of Democratic Action
OdžakCroatian Democratic Union
OlovoParty for Bosnia and Herzegovina
OrašjeCroatian Democratic Union
Pale-PračaParty of Democratic Action
PosušjeCroatian Democratic Union 1990
Prozor-RamaCroatian Democratic Union 1990
RavnoCroatian coalition (HDZ, HDZ 1990)
Sanski MostParty of Democratic Action
SapnaParty of Democratic Action
SarajevoSocial Democratic Party
Široki BrijegCroatian Democratic Union
SrebrenikParty of Democratic Action
Stari Grad, SarajevoParty of Democratic Action
StolacCroatian Democratic Union
TeočakParty of Democratic Action
TešanjParty of Democratic Action
TomislavgradCroatian Democratic Union
TravnikParty of Democratic Action
Trnovo (FBiH)Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina
TuzlaSocial Democratic Party
UsoraCroatian coalition (HSS, NHI)
VarešSocial Democratic Party
Velika KladušaDemocratic People's Community
VisokoParty of Democratic Action
VitezCroatian Democratic Union
VogošćaParty of Democratic Action
ZavidovićiParty of Democratic Action
ZenicaParty of Democratic Action
ŽepčeCroatian Democratic Union
ŽiviniceSocial Democratic Party

Republika Srpska
Main article: Republika Srpska
MunicipalityMayor's party
BerkovićiSerbian Democratic Party
BijeljinaSerbian Democratic Party
BilećaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Bosanska KostajnicaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Bosanski BrodAlliance of Independent Social Democrats, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
BratunacSerbian Democratic Party, Democratic People's Alliance, SRS RS, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
ČajničeAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
ČelinacAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
DerventaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
DobojSerbian Democratic Party
Donji ŽabarAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
FočaSocialist Party of Republika Srpska
GackoSerbian Democratic Party
Grad Banja LukaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
GradiškaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Han PijesakAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Istočni DrvarAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Istočna IlidžaSerbian Democratic Party
Istočni MostarSerbian Democratic Party
Istočni Stari GradSerbian Democratic Party
Istočno Novo SarajevoSerbian Democratic Party
JezeroSerbian Democratic Party
KalinovikAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
KneževoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Kozarska DubicaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Kotor VarošAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Krupa na UniDemocratic People's Alliance
KupresAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
LaktašiAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
LjubinjeSerbian Democratic Party
LopareSerbian Democratic Party
MilićiAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
ModričaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Mrkonjić GradAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
NevesinjeSerbian Democratic Party
Novi GradAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Novo GoraždeSerbian Democratic Party
OsmaciAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Oštra LukaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
PaleSerbian Democratic Party
PelagićevoIndependent
PetrovacDemocratic People's Alliance
PetrovoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
PrijedorDemocratic People's Alliance
PrnjavorAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
RibnikAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
RogaticaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
RudoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
ŠamacAlliance of Independent Social Democrats, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
ŠekovićiSerbian Democratic Party
ŠipovoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
SokolacAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
SrbacAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
SrebrenicaParty of Democratic Action
TeslićAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
TrebinjeAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
TrnovoAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
UgljevikSerbian Democratic Party
VišegradAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
VlasenicaAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
VukosavljeSocial Democratic Party
ZvornikAlliance of Independent Social Democrats

Assembly of Brčko District
Main article: Brčko District
Constituency[6] Council[7] Mayor[8]
elected by Council
Party Popular vote  % Seats Mayor Votes  %
Brčko Social Democratic Party 10,262[9] 22.43 8[10] Dragan Pajić, SNSD 23 74%
SDS—DNS—PDP—SRS RS 8,448 13.05 6
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 5,878 11.53 4
Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,712 8.24 3
Croatian Democratic Union 3,618 8.03 2
Independent Democratic Party—Democratic Serb Party 2,750 6.10 2
HDZ 1990—HSS—NHI—HSP 2,630 5.84 2
Party of Democratic Action 2,188 4.86 2
Socialist Party—Pensioners Party of Republika Srpska 1,969 4,37 1
Minority candidate Avdo Aljić (71) - 1
Total 45,055 31

References
  1. BiH local elections scheduled for October 5th (SETimes.com)
  2. OHR again advises against nationalist rhetoric in BiH (SETimes.com)
  3. "B92 - News - SNSD, SDA win in Bosnian local vote". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  4. "AFP: Nationalists lead in Bosnia's local elections: official". Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  5. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/City_voters_boycott_Bosnia_s_local_polls.html?siteSect=143&sid=9809331&cKey=1223242646000&ty=ti%5B%5D
  6. The three-digit numbers in the municipality column are the codes used for the municipalities on the Central Electoral Commission site
  7. (in Croatian)Council results from Central Electoral Commission site
  8. (in Croatian)Major of Brčko Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. additional 158 votes from minority constituency
  10. including one minority candidate
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