2013 Croatian local elections
2013 Croatian local elections
Party
HDZ
SDP
HSS
Prefects
10
3
3
Prefects +/-
Local elections were held in Croatia on 19 May 2013, with the second round held on 2 June where necessary .
The elections were held to elect members of city councils, mayors, members of county councils and county prefects. The turnout was 47%, and 43% in the second round.
Summary of mayoral results
In Zagreb , populist right-wing and former Social Democrat Milan Bandić won 47.9% of the vote against Social Democrat Health Minister Rajko Ostojić 's 22.7%. Bandic received a two-thirds majority in the second round.
The incumbent mayor of Split, Željko Kerum , placed third with 18.54% of the vote and was eliminated from the second round which was narrowly won by the Socialist candidate Ivo Baldasar .
In Slavonia's largest city, Osijek , the HDSSB candidate, mayor Krešimir Bubalo , won 36.3% of the vote in the first round, but lost to Independent candidate Ivan Vrkić, who gained 27.8% in the second round.
Results
Counties
Results of 2013 Croatian local elections
County
County council
County prefect
Plurality
Turnout
Prefect
Turnout
Notes
Bjelovar-Bilogora
HDZ (29.84%)
47.46%
Damir Bajs, HSS (64.4%)
39.47%
runoff election
Brod-Posavina
HDZ (39.62%)
46.8%
Danijel Marušić, HDZ (51.59%)
46.8%
first round win
Dubrovnik-Neretva
HDZ (41.57%)
56.73%
Nikola Dobroslavić, HDZ (55.04%)
56.73%
first round win
Istria
IDS (43.93%)
45.33%
Ivan Jakovčić, IDS (55.04%)
37.9%
runoff election
Karlovac
HDZ (47.42%)
46.16%
Ivan Vučić, HDZ (55.42%)
39.52%
runoff election
Koprivnica-Križevci
SDP (45.9%)
46.37%
Darko Koren, HSS (53.22%)
46.39%
first round win
Krapina-Zagorje
SDP (45.49%)
51.12%
Željko Kolar, SDP (51.72%)
50.89%
first round win
Lika-Senj
HDZ (58.31%)
52.89%
Milan Kolić, HDZ (52.34%)
52.89%
first round win
Međimurje
SDP (30.32%)
45.04%
Matija Posavec, HNS (52.79%)
34.39%
runoff election
Osijek-Baranja
HDSSB (33.39%)
49.59%
Vladimir Šišljagić, HDSSB (53.4%)
45.06%
runoff election
Požega-Slavonia
HDZ (40.56%)
52.85%
Alojz Tomašević, HDZ (60.54%)
46.04%
runoff election
Primorje-Gorski Kotar
SDP (42.55%)
41.4%
Zlatko Komadina, SDP (54.01%)
44.41%
first round win
Sisak-Moslavina
HDZ (34.95%)
47.51%
Marina Lovrić, SDP (54.8%)
46.64%
runoff election
Split-Dalmatia
HDZ (33.97%)
49.82%
Zlatko Ževrnja, HDZ (55.84%)
44.5%
runoff election
Šibenik-Knin
HDZ (39.73%)
46.8%
Goran Pauk, HDZ (55.37%)
40.09%
runoff election
Varaždin
HNS (48.09%)
48.62%
Predrag Štromar, HNS (62.79%)
38.73%
first round win
Virovitica-Podravina
HDZ (51.01%)
50.33%
Tomislav Tolušić, HDZ (52.67%)
50.34%
first round win
Vukovar-Syrmia
HDZ (48.86%)
51.58%
Božo Galić, HDZ (54.76%)
51.55%
first round win
Zadar
HDZ (47.73%)
46.95%
Stipe Zrilić, HDZ (61.31%)
37.02%
runoff election
Zagreb County
HDZ (28.10%)
45.14%
Stjepan Kožić, HSS (56.53%)
45.15%
first round win
Source: State Electoral Commission[ 1]
City of Zagreb
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Milan Bandić Independent 142,646 47.76 170,798 66.99 Rajko Ostojić Social Democratic Party 68,475 22.93 84,179 33.01 Vladimir Ferdelji Croatian Social Liberal Party 55,263 18.50 Margareta Mađerić Croatian Democratic Union 16,316 5.46 Tatjana Holjevac Zagreb Independent List 6,161 2.06 Branko Vukšić Croatian Labourists – Labour Party 5,908 1.98 Ante-Zvonimir Golem Independent 2,334 0.78 Siniša Šukunda Croatian Party of Rights 1,545 0.52 Total 298,648 100.00 254,977 100.00 Valid votes 298,648 98.14 254,977 98.08 Invalid/blank votes 5,649 1.86 4,997 1.92 Total votes 304,297 100.00 259,974 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 682,204 44.60 683,573 38.03 Source: State Election Committee
City of Split
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Ivo Baldasar SDP –HNS –HSU 21,280 29.93 33,365 50.47 Vjekoslav Ivanišević HDZ –HČSP –HSLS –HSP AS –HKDU –BUZ15,803 22.23 32,750 49.53 Željko Kerum HGS –HSS –SU13,471 18.95 Marijana Puljak Independent 6,998 9.84 Anđelka Visković Independent 5,777 8.13 Tomislav Zaninović Independent 2,115 2.97 Damir Vidošević Independent 1,340 1.88 Sanja Bilač Independent 1,339 1.88 Pero Vučica Croatian Growth 1,043 1.47 Hrvoje Tomasović Croatian Democratic Free Alliance of Dalmatia 990 1.39 Marijo Popović A-HSP –HSP 942 1.32 Total 71,098 100.00 66,115 100.00 Valid votes 71,098 97.76 66,115 97.30 Invalid/blank votes 1,626 2.24 1,837 2.70 Total votes 72,724 100.00 67,952 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 152,290 47.75 152,572 44.54 Source: State Election Committee
References
^ "Izbori 2013" [Elections 2013] (in Croatian). State Election Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
