| Election Name: | 2008 Bosnian municipal elections |
| Country: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Bosnian municipal elections |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Bosnian municipal elections |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | All 143 municipal/city mayors All 143 municipal/city councils |
| Election Date: | 5 October 2008 |
| 1Blank: | Mayors |
| 2Blank: | Change |
| 3Blank: | Percentage |
| Leader1: | Milorad Dodik |
| Party1: | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats |
| 1Data1: | 39 |
| 2Data1: | 22 |
| 3Data1: | 27.27% |
| Leader2: | Sulejman Tihić |
| Party2: | Party of Democratic Action |
| 1Data2: | 38 |
| 2Data2: | 2 |
| 3Data2: | 26.57% |
| Leader3: | Dragan Čović |
| Party3: | Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1Data3: | 17 |
| 2Data3: | 4 |
| 3Data3: | 11.88% |
| Leader4: | Mladen Bosić |
| Party4: | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 1Data4: | 16 |
| 2Data4: | 19 |
| 3Data4: | 11.18% |
| Leader5: | Zlatko Lagumdžija |
| Party5: | Social Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 1Data5: | 11 |
| 2Data5: | 2 |
| 3Data5: | 7.69% |
| Leader6: | Haris Silajdžić |
| Party6: | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1Data6: | 4 |
| 3Data6: | 2.79% |
Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October 2008. Parties and independent candidates had to register by 23 May 2008, party or coalition lists by 25 June 2008. These were the first local elections were representatives of minorities were elected to the municipal assemblies.[1]
64 political parties and 183 independent candidates were certified to stand in the election.[2]
Nationalist parties (the Party of Democratic Action and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the federation and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats in the RS) were the most successful in the election, while the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered to have been the loser of the election.[3] [4] Turnout was 55% (an increase and more than expected), but only 40% in the cities, were the voters were the most supportive of smaller, multi-ethnic parties.[5]
See main article: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
See main article: Republika Srpska.
See main article: Brčko District.
| Constituency[6] | Council[7] | Mayor[8] elected by Council | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Popular vote | % | Seats | Mayor | Votes | % | |||||
| Brčko | width=5px style="background-color:#FF0000" | Social Democratic Party | 10,262[9] | 22.43 | 8[10] | width=5px style="background-color:" | Dragan Pajić, SNSD | 23 | 74% | ||
| width=5px style="background-color:#004878" | SDS—DNS—PDP—SRS RS | 8,448 | 13.05 | 6 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 5,878 | 11.53 | 4 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,712 | 8.24 | 3 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | Croatian Democratic Union | 3,618 | 8.03 | 2 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:#191970" | Independent Democratic Party—Democratic Serb Party | 2,750 | 6.10 | 2 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ 1990—HSS—NHI—HSP | 2,630 | 5.84 | 2 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | Party of Democratic Action | 2,188 | 4.86 | 2 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:" | Socialist Party—Pensioners Party of Republika Srpska | 1,969 | 4,37 | 1 | |||||||
| width=5px style="background-color:grey" | Minority candidate Avdo Aljić | (71) | - | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 45,055 | 31 | |||||||||