Polls closed in BiH, vote counting to follow

(Patria) - Most polling stations in the Local Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina closed at 7 p.m. Vote counting follows.

A total of 3,400,204 voters were eligible to vote, of which 44,789 citizens were registered to vote outside Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Local elections were not held in the municipalities affected by floods - Jablanica, Konjic, Kiseljak, Fojnica, and Kreševo.

Voter turnout by 3 p.m. was 34.98 percent.

It was announced that the Central Election Commission (CEC) of BiH will announce preliminary results tonight at midnight.

However, as before, results will also be known earlier as the parties themselves will announce them as information on the number of votes arrives from the field, reports Faktor.