Municipal elections were held in Mostar on 6 October 2024 to elect members of the City Council and the mayor of Mostar. The elections are part of the Bosnian municipal elections. It was the first elections after 2008 to be held during the same time as the rest of the country, since last were held on 20 December 2020, 35 days apart.
Mostar is one of the cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina known for its ethnic division. Since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the city has been divided into a western part with a Croat majority and an eastern part with a Bosniak majority. According to the 2013 census, Croats make up 48.4% of the city, Bosniaks 44.1%, and Serbs 4.1%.
When electing councilors to the City Council of the City of Mostar, voters vote on two ballots. One is used to elect parties at the level of the entire city, and the other at the level of six city areas, in three of which Bosniaks make up the majority, and in three Croats. There are 35 councilors in the council, of which 13 are elected from the city constituency, and 22 are proportionally divided according to the number of voters in six city areas. Seats distributed by the Sainte-Laguë method for parties that have crossed the electoral threshold of 3%.
The mayor of Mostar is elected indirectly from the City Council. If in two rounds of voting none of the candidates receives two-thirds support from 35 councilors, a third round is organized in which a simple majority is sufficient.[2] In case of a tie, the mayor will become a younger candidate.[3]
On 25 July 2024, the Central Electoral Commission (CIK) made decisions on order of candidate lists.[4] The table below is a list of the all parties and electoral coalitions which are contesting the election in Mostar.[5]
The six city areas were divided in such a way that the city is divided into two parts, i.e. three cover majority Bosniak settlements and three majority Croats. The settlement of Mostar is divided into three parts, which belong to the city areas of Old City, West and Southwest. On the other hand North, Southeast and South includes rural parts on both riversides of Neretva.
