The total of 52,865 voters (55%) cast their ballots on Sunday in the first election that the city of Mostar held in the past 12 years, according to official data presented by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Polling stations opened at 7 am and closed 12 hours later.

Citizens elected 35 city councillors, with 13 candidates being elected in the central city zone and the remaining 22 candidates being elected in six other ethnically-based constituencies, meaning that Mostarians cast their votes on two ballots.

The central electoral roll for Mostar was concluded on 11 November 2020 with the total of 100,864, who could cast their vote at 150 regular polling stations, 16 polling stations for voters in absentia and through 20 mobile teams for Covid-19 patients.

The Central Election Commission accredited the total of 361 observers and the City Election Commission of Mostar 1,356 observers of the political entities.

Only minor problems were reported but they did not and cannot influence the final election results, said Chairman of the City Election Commission, Hilmo Djidelija.

No incident has been reported on the election day, the police earlier confirmed.