Elections in Croatia
2013 Croatian local elections Party HDZ SDP HSS Prefects 10 3 3 Prefects +/- 2
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Counties [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] ^ "Izbori 2013" [Elections 2013] (in Croatian). State Election Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2014 .