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Bosnia voted along ethnic lines at recent local elections

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Iryna Chupryna October 13th, 2008

Regrettably, local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina that were held on 5 October confirmed deep ethnic divisions within the Balkan country. Serb, Muslim and Croat nationalists obtained high scores in the race for mayorships in the country’s 149 municipalities following a campaign marked by nationalist rhetoric and lack of interest in the real problems faced by citizens. 

The biggest winner in the Serbian part of the country (Republika Srpska) was the Independent Union of Social Democrats (SNSD) of Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, which reportedly elected mayors in at least 32 municipalities. The nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS), founded by indicted genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic, was the second strongest party in the Serb republic.

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, comprising Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats, the Muslim nationalist Party of Democratic Action (SDA) obtained the highest score, winning in at least 28 municipalities. The nationalist Croat Democratic Union (HDZ) obtained high scores in mainly Croat municipalities, winning 15 mayoral posts. The multi-ethnic Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 9 mayoral posts in several cities, including two Sarajevo municipalities.

Overall, turnout was estimated at 55%. However, voters in bigger cities reportedly shunned the poll as citizens rejected predominantly nationalist rhetoric. They would have liked to see the political rhetoric addressing other issues beyond nationalist, but vainly. Namely, the turnout in Sarajevo was less than 40 percent, with a similar trend in the towns of Tuzla, Zenica and Banja Luka.  But in rural areas, voters turned out in big numbers and helped the nationalists to gain ground.

Generally, more than 29,000 candidates from 72 political parties and dozens of coalitions and independent lists competed for 140 mayors in 78 municipalities in the Muslim-Croat federation and 62 in the Serb Republic.

 The results of local elections look disappointing for all who would like to see Bosnia’s ethnic groups cooperating with each other on many social issues. Yet, in the political environment where nationalist rhetoric secures electoral gains politicians do not bother to address issues of unemployment and rampant corruption – why should they care? The third sector, although active, primarily engages with small issues and does not yet provide a united platform to demand the accountability of politicians and, as an option, to press for a new unifying political project to emerge. Those challenges remain and should be addressed before the general elections in 2010.