In Bosnia’s Mostar, ethnic parties win 1st local vote in 12 years
Mostar has not held an election since 2008 because the Croat and Bosniak nationalist HDZ and SDA parties were unable to agree on electoral rules.
December 21, 2020 12:04:34 pm
Irma Baralija greets supporters in her headquarters after local election in Mostar, Bosnia, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)
Preliminary results from the first local election in 12 years in the Bosnian town of Mostar on Sunday showed most votes going to the Croat and Bosniak parties whose rivalry had left the ethnically divided town without a city council since 2012.
The coalition of multi-ethnic moderate parties BH Bloc won enough votes to act as a kingmaker in the future 35-member city council, according to unofficial preliminary results from the parties and election authorities.