2013 Croatian local elections

Local elections were held in Croatia on 19 May 2013, with the second round held on 2 June where necessary.

2013 Croatian local elections

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Party HDZ SDP HSS
Prefects 10 3 3
Prefects +/- Steady Decrease2 Steady

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

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

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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

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Counties

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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

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan BandićIndependent142,64647.76170,79866.99
Rajko OstojićSocial Democratic Party68,47522.9384,17933.01
Vladimir FerdeljiCroatian Social Liberal Party55,26318.50
Margareta MađerićCroatian Democratic Union16,3165.46
Tatjana HoljevacZagreb Independent List6,1612.06
Branko VukšićCroatian Labourists – Labour Party5,9081.98
Ante-Zvonimir GolemIndependent2,3340.78
Siniša ŠukundaCroatian Party of Rights1,5450.52
Total298,648100.00254,977100.00
Valid votes298,64898.14254,97798.08
Invalid/blank votes5,6491.864,9971.92
Total votes304,297100.00259,974100.00
Registered voters/turnout682,20444.60683,57338.03
Source: State Election Committee

City of Split

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ivo BaldasarSDPHNSHSU21,28029.9333,36550.47
Vjekoslav IvaniševićHDZHČSPHSLSHSP ASHKDU–BUZ15,80322.2332,75049.53
Željko KerumHGSHSS–SU13,47118.95
Marijana PuljakIndependent6,9989.84
Anđelka ViskovićIndependent5,7778.13
Tomislav ZaninovićIndependent2,1152.97
Damir VidoševićIndependent1,3401.88
Sanja BilačIndependent1,3391.88
Pero VučicaCroatian Growth1,0431.47
Hrvoje TomasovićCroatian Democratic Free Alliance of Dalmatia9901.39
Marijo PopovićA-HSPHSP9421.32
Total71,098100.0066,115100.00
Valid votes71,09897.7666,11597.30
Invalid/blank votes1,6262.241,8372.70
Total votes72,724100.0067,952100.00
Registered voters/turnout152,29047.75152,57244.54
Source: State Election Committee

References

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  1. ^ "Izbori 2013" [Elections 2013] (in Croatian). State Election Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2014.