2020 Bosnian municipal elections

The 2020 Bosnian municipal elections will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 November 2020 to elect mayors and assemblies in 143 municipalities.[1] Originally scheduled for 4 October, they were postponed due to a lack of funds.[2][3][4]

2020 Bosnian municipal elections
15 November 2020
Mayors and city/municipal assemblies
 
Party SNSD SDA HDZ BiH
Mayors before[lower-alpha 1] 38 31 17
 
Party SDS Independent SDP BiH
Mayors before[lower-alpha 2] 14 7 6

Occurring under the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they come less than a year following the delayed formation of the state government.[5] 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, are each defending the most number of positions.

This election will mark the first time since 2008 that Mostar is contested at a local level, after previous disputes around electoral laws were resolved.[6]

Electoral system

Municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprise the election of a mayor and municipal assembly across the 143 municipalities of Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are governed by the Law on Elections.[7]

Mayors are elected by a first-past-the-post system, with the candidate receiving the plurality of votes winning. For this reason, multi-party coalitions are more common at the mayor level, with a united political or ethnic slate presented in situations where several candidates may divide the electorate. Assembly elections use open list proportional representation, with the number of assembly members varying by population.

Sarajevo and Istočno Sarajevo are further subdivided into four and five municipalities which also elect mayors and assemblies, respectively. Brčko District, formally a condominium belonging to both entities, in reality acts as an independent self-administrative unit, electing an assembly which in turn selects a mayor.

Results

Denotes municipality within city

Notes
  1. Represents number of mayors directly before the 2020 election, including any changes in affiliation from the 2016 election.
  2. Represents number of mayors directly before the 2020 election, including any changes in affiliation from the 2016 election.
  3. Local elections have not been held in Mostar since 2008 due to disputes around electoral laws.

References
  1. I.P. (23 May 2020). "CIK odlučio: Lokalni izbori se odgađaju za 15. novembar" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. https://balkaninsight.com/2020/05/23/budget-delays-force-bosnia-to-postpone-local-elections/
  3. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bosnia-postpones-local-elections-due-lack-funding-70848304
  4. https://corporatedispatch.com/bosnia-local-elections-to-be-postponed-due-to-lack-of-funding/
  5. https://www.dw.com/en/bosnia-gets-government-after-14-month-impasse/a-51785707
  6. https://www.google.com/search?q=mostar+local+elections&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU880AU880&oq=mostar+local+elections&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57.3110j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>
  7. https://www.izbori.ba/Documents/documents/ZAKONI/Sl_gl_BiH_23_01/IZ-Sl_gl_23-01-bos.pdf


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