Croatian citizens who live in Bosnia and Herzegovina and are eligible to vote will cast their ballots on Sunday at 44 polling stations which opened at 7 am in six cities and towns.
Most of the polling stations are in Mostar (19), followed by the central town of Vitez (10), and capital Sarajevo (6). Livno, Tuzla and Banja Luka each opened three polling stations.
According to N1’s Djenana Kaminic-Puce, reporting live from Mostar, this southern city has seen large crowds arriving at polling stations soon after the opening. Most of the voters are expected to cast their ballots in the afternoon.
Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Covic said upon the arrival at a polling station in Mostar that “the election will be interesting.”
“It is true, everything suggests there is going to be the second round (of the vote) so we will have to check in here again. It is particularly interesting because in the first half of 2020 Croatia will be presiding the European Union”, said Covic, the leader of the Croat Democratic Union (HDZ BiH).
A little over 7,000 voters were registered for the vote in Sarajevo.
“I expect changes to better, if I hadn’t expected it, I wouldn’t have come,” said one of the voters.
The Central Election Commission of Croatia will publish the first information on turnout at 1200.
