Bosnia and Herzegovina
local elections
02/10/2004
Sources: www.europeanforum.net; RFE/RL
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) held local elections for the mayors and town councils in 142 municipalities on 2 October 2004. This was the first ballot since the 1992-1995 conflict to be funded and organized by Bosnians themselves, and also the first in which mayors were directly elected.
Of the 122 municipalities, 99 were won by one of the three ruling nationalist parties -- the Muslim Party of Democratic Action (SDA), the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS), or the Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ).
Former Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) won in 20 municipalities -- including Banja Luka and Trebinje in eastern Herzegovina.
Many attribute the nationalists' successes to the low turnout. In Republika Srpska, turnout was 48 per cent, in the Federation of BiH, it was 45 per cent.
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