Municipal elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 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.

64 political parties and 183 independent candidates were certified to stand in the election.

Nationalist parties (the Party of Democratic Action

Party of Democratic Action

The Party of Democratic Action is a Bosniak national political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The Party of Democratic Action was founded in May 1990 by Alija Izetbegović, representing the Bosnian Muslim population...

 and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party ....

 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

Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina is a liberal conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Haris Silajdžić. On the issues of the internal divisions of Bosnia, SBiH wants to eliminate two entities, and establish a "one man-one vote political system" in an unified...

 was considered to have been the loser of the election. 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.

Republika Srpska

Municipality	Mayor's party
Berkovići Berkovici Berkovići is a village and a municipality in southeastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The municipality was created in 1995, after the Bosnian War out of the Republika Srpska controlled portions of the pre-war municipality of Stolac.-Demographics:The majority of the population...	Serbian Democratic Party
Bijeljina Bijeljina Bijeljina is a city and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is the second largest in the Republika Srpska entity after Banja Luka and fifth largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is situated on the flat rich plains of Semberija...	Serbian Democratic Party
Bileća Bileca Bileća is a town and municipality in the southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the entity of Republika Srpska. It is in eastern Herzegovina near the border with Montenegro, north of Trebinje and south of Gacko...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Bosanska Kostajnica Bosanska Kostajnica Kostajnica, also known as Bosanska Kostajnica , is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town and municipality are situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska entity and northern part of the Bosanska Krajina region. The municipality was created from part of...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Bosanski Brod Bosanski Brod Brod also known as Bosanski Brod is a town and municipality located on the south bank of the river Sava in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska and the western part of the Posavina region.-Name:Prior to the Bosnian War it...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
Bratunac Bratunac Bratunac is a town and municipality located in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The easternmost point of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the municipality of Bratunac which lies in the Republika Srpska.-1971:26.513 total...	Serbian Democratic Party, Democratic People's Alliance Democratic People's Alliance The Democratic People's Alliance is a political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.At the last legislative elections in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2002, the party won seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 3 out of 83... , SRS RS Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska The Serbian Radical Party of the Republika Srpska is a Serbian ultra-nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.... , Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
Čajniče Cajnice Čajniče is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-1971:11.602 total* Muslims - 6.065 * Serbs - 5.353 * Croats - 29 * Yugoslavs - 14 * others - 141...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Čelinac Celinac Čelinac is a town and municipality in north-west Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality lies about to the east of the city of Banja Luka.-Geography:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Derventa Derventa Derventa is the name of a town and municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northern part of Republika Srpska just northwest of the town of Doboj, in the Posavina region...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Doboj Doboj Doboj is a city and a municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity on the river Bosna. Doboj is the largest national railway junction; as such, the seats of the Republika Srpska Railways, and the Railways Corporation of Bosnia and...	Serbian Democratic Party
Donji Žabar Donji Žabar Donji Žabar is a village and a municipality in Republika Srpska, one of two entities comprising the sovereign state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Foča Foca Foča is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river, in the Foča Region of the Republika Srpska entity.-Early history:...	Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
Gacko Gacko Gacko is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity. It is situated in the Foča Region.-Geography:The town is in a short distance from Montenegro...	Serbian Democratic Party
Grad Banja Luka Banja Luka -History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Gradiška	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Han Pijesak Han Pijesak Han Pijesak is a town and municipality of Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Settlements:• Babine Gornje• Berkovina• Brložnik• Džimrije• Gođenje• Han Pijesak• Japaga• Jelovci• Kraljevo Polje• Kram...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Istočni Drvar Istocni Drvar Istočni Drvar is a municipality in western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Istočna Ilidža Istocna Ilidža Istočna Ilidža is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Istočna Ilidža is a one of the six municipalities of the City of East Sarajevo...	Serbian Democratic Party
Istočni Mostar Istocni Mostar Istočni Mostar is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was also known as Srpski Mostar , and was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Mostar...	Serbian Democratic Party
Istočni Stari Grad Istocni Stari Grad Istočni Stari Grad is a municipality in City of East Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was also known as Srpski Stari Grad , and was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Stari Grad...	Serbian Democratic Party
Istočno Novo Sarajevo Istocno Novo Sarajevo (Republika Srpska) East New Sarajevo , formerly known as Srpsko Novo Sarajevo and Lukavica , is a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina...	Serbian Democratic Party
Jezero Jezero Jajce or Jezero is a village and a municipality in western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina uses both Jajce and Jezero as the official names of the municipality...	Serbian Democratic Party
Kalinovik Kalinovik Kalinovik is a town and municipality in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Kalinovik is located about 40 kilometres south of Sarajevo, in the middle of one of the karstic landscapes characteristic of the region...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Kneževo Kneževo Kneževo , is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies about south-east of Banja Luka and is part of the Republika Srpska entity. In 1992, during the Bosnian War, the town was renamed from Skender Vakuf Kneževo (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежево; formerly Skender Vakuf), is a town...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Kozarska Dubica	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Kotor Varoš Kotor Varoš Kotor Varoš is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The city was first mentioned in the 10th century, when it was called Kotor. Varoš, added later, means "town" in Hungarian...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Krupa na Uni Krupa na Uni Krupa na Uni is a municipality in northern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region...	Democratic People's Alliance Democratic People's Alliance The Democratic People's Alliance is a political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.At the last legislative elections in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2002, the party won seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 3 out of 83...
Kupres Kupres (Republika Srpska) Kupres , also known as Kupres Republike Srpske , is a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity, bordering the region of Bosanska Krajina to the north...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Laktaši Laktaši Laktaši is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Republika Srpska entity near the city of Banja Luka.-Geography:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Ljubinje Ljubinje Ljubinje is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in south-eastern part of Herzegovina region.-Demographics:...	Serbian Democratic Party
Lopare Lopare Lopare is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Majevica region of the Republika Srpska entity.-Demographics:...	Serbian Democratic Party
Milići Milici Milići is a small town and a municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-1991:total: 16,038* Serbs - 7,931 * Muslims by nationality - 7,805 * "Yugoslavs" - 68 * Croats - 7...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Modriča Modrica Modriča is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Republika Srpska entity. It is located near the towns of Šamac, Derventa and Doboj...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Mrkonjić Grad Mrkonjic Grad Mrkonjić Grad is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. It is located in the Bosanska Krajina, between Banja Luka and Jajce.-Name:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Nevesinje Nevesinje Nevesinje is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in eastern Herzegovina between Mostar and Gacko. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity.-Geography:...	Serbian Democratic Party
Novi Grad Novi Grad Novi Grad is a town and municipality in northern Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is situated on the Una river on the border with Croatia . Today, the municipality has a population of about 30,000 people with 8,500 households...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Novo Goražde Novo Goražde Novo Goražde , also known as Ustiprača, is a municipality of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was split from the pre-existing municipality of Goražde and given to Republika Srpska by the Dayton treaty. The other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and...	Serbian Democratic Party
Osmaci Osmaci Osmaci is a village and a municipality located in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity of BiH.-History:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Oštra Luka Oštra Luka Oštra Luka is a village and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is situated in the northwestern part of the Republika Srpska entity and the central part of the Bosanska Krajina region...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Pale Pale (town) Pale is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southeast of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The municipality of Pale is one of the six municipalities of the City of Istočno Sarajevo located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Middle Ages:The area of Pale...	Serbian Democratic Party
Pelagićevo Pelagicevo Pelagićevo is a village and a municipality in Republika Srpska, one of two entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pelagićevo is located in Bosanska Posavina...	independent
Petrovac	Democratic People's Alliance Democratic People's Alliance The Democratic People's Alliance is a political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.At the last legislative elections in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2002, the party won seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 3 out of 83...
Petrovo Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosansko Petrovo Selo or Petrovo is a town and relatively young municipality located in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Prijedor Prijedor Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....	Democratic People's Alliance Democratic People's Alliance The Democratic People's Alliance is a political party in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina.At the last legislative elections in Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2002, the party won seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 3 out of 83...
Prnjavor Prnjavor Prnjavor is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity. The municipality is near the town of Banja Luka, which is located to the west of Prnjavor....	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Ribnik Ribnik Ribnik is a village and a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the southern part of the Bosanska Krajina region...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Rogatica Rogatica Rogatica is a municipality and town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina located 60 kilometres northeast of Sarajevo; midway on the road from Goražde towards Sokolac...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Rudo Rudo Rudo is a town and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near the border with Serbia. It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo."-1971:15,982 total* Serbs – 10.155...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Šamac	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Socialist Party of Republika Srpska
Šekovići Šekovici Šekovići is a municipality and town in northeastern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Municipality Šekovići for the most part is equal with territory “Donjeg Birča” and has an area of , which represents 0.365% of BiH territory which is , or 0.806% of Republika Srpska which is . The main...	Serbian Democratic Party
Šipovo Šipovo Šipovo is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of the Republika Srpska entity and the southern part of the Bosanska Krajina region. The municipality covers an area of , much of which is forested. The Glogovac monastery of the Serb Orthodox...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Sokolac Sokolac Sokolac is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the part of the City of East Sarajevo in the Republika Srpska entity....	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Srbac Srbac Srbac , is a town and municipality on the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia. Srbac is located in the Republika Srpska entity at the entry of river Vrbas into river Sava.-Name:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Srebrenica Srebrenica Srebrenica is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War, the town was the site of the July 1995 massacre,...	Party of Democratic Action Party of Democratic Action The Party of Democratic Action is a Bosniak national political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:The Party of Democratic Action was founded in May 1990 by Alija Izetbegović, representing the Bosnian Muslim population...
Teslić Teslic Teslić is a town and municipality in north-central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska entity. Teslić is located on the Usora River.-History:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Trebinje Trebinje Trebinje is the southernmost municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina, some from the Adriatic Sea....	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Trnovo Trnovo Municipality Istocno Sarajevo Trnovo is a town and municipality in the city of East Sarajevo , Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of part of the pre-war municipality of Trnovo...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Ugljevik Ugljevik Ugljevik is a municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality located in the eastern foothills of Mount Majevica, in picturesque countryside, where wondrous and beautiful mountain starts descending towards the flatlands of Semberija, to which it is tied more than any other...	Serbian Democratic Party
Višegrad Višegrad Višegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Vlasenica Vlasenica Vlasenica is a municipality and town of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Administratively it is part of Vlasenica Region.-1912:...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Vukosavlje Vukosavlje Vukosavlje is a municipality in north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity and in the southern part of the Bosanska Posavina region...	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multi-ethnic social-democratic political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The party is the successor of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was enlarged by the inclusion of the Socijaldemokrati BiH party to the original...
Zvornik Zvornik Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats