2013 Croatian local elections

2013 Croatian local elections

19 May and 2 June 2013

Party HDZ SDP HSS Prefects 10 3 3 Prefects +/- 2

Elected county prefects in each county of Croatia   HDZ   SDP   HSS   HNS-LD   HDSSB   IDS   Independent

The 2013 Croatian local elections were held on 19 May, 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-third 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.

Election results

City of Zagreb

Further information: Zagreb local elections, 2013

Mayoral elections			First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Milan Bandić	Independent	142,646	47.30	170,798	65.67
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color|	Rajko Ostojić	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	68,475	22.71	84,179	32.37
bgcolor=Template:Croatian Social Liberal Party/meta/color|	Vladimir Ferdelji	Croatian Social Liberal Party	52,263	17.33
bgcolor=Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color|	Margareta Mađerić	Croatian Democratic Union	16,316	5.41

City of Split

Further information: Split local elections, 2013

Candidates			First round		Runoff
Candidate		Sustaining Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ivo Baldasar	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Croatian Party of Pensioners	21,280	29.24	33,365	49.08
	Vjekoslav Ivanišević	Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Social Liberal Party Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević Croatian Christian Democratic Union Pensioners Block	15,803	21.72	32,750	48.18
	Željko Kerum	Croatian Civic Party Croatian Peasant Party Pensioner Party	13,471	18.51
	Marijana Puljak	Independent	6,998	9.62
	Anđelka Visković	Independent	5,777	7.94
	Tomislav Zaninović	Independent	2,115	2.91
	Damir Vidošević	Independent	1,340	1.84
	Sanja Bilač	Independent	1,339	1.84
	Pero Vučica	Croatian Growth	1,043	1.43
	Hrvoje Tomasović	Croatian Democratic Free Alliance of Dalmatia	990	1.36
	Marijo Popović	Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Party of Rights	942	1.29
Valid votes:			71,098	97.76	66,115	97.30
Invalid votes:			1,626	2.24	1,837	2.70
Turnout:			72,768	47.78	67,979	44.56
Expected voters:			152,290		152,572
The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid voters The percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout number The turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters
Source: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) [1] [2]