Nationalist parties are set to win a weekend election in Mostar, the Bosnian city that symbolises the communal splits and broken politics that have haunted the country since the 1990s’ war.
Sunday’s vote was the first local election in 12 years in Mostar, which remains divided on ethnic lines between the predominately Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.
HDZ, the main Croat party, won in the city’s Croat zones and was also leading across Mostar, with more than 37 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results announced by the electoral commission on Monday.
The country’s main Bosniak coalition, led by the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), was trailing behind with 29 percent.
Nationalists win vote in Bosnia s divided Mostar
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Nationalist parties have won a weekend election in Mostar, the Bosnian city that symbolises the communal splits and broken politics that have haunted the country since the 1990s war.
Sunday s vote was the first local election in 12 years in Mostar, which remains divided on ethnic lines between predominately Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.
The main Croat party the HDZ won in the city s Croat zones and was also leading across Mostar, with more than 37 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results announced by the electoral commission on Monday.