Bosnia: Divided city of Mostar holds first local vote in over a decade Voters in Bosnia's Mostar headed to local polls for the first time since 2008 after Croat and Bosniak politicians finally settled a row over election rules. Smaller parties may act as tiebreakers, early results show. The town in southern Bosnia is known for its Ottoman-era bridge Preliminary results from Mostar's first local election in 12 years showed that rival ethno-nationalist parties won most of the votes. However, multiethnic moderate parties and alliances were also projected to win enough support to act as a kingmaker in the future 35-member city council.