2013 Croatian local elections

The 2013 Croatian local elections were held on 19 May, with the second round held on 2 June where necessary.

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 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.

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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
Further information: Zagreb local elections, 2013
Mayoral elections First round[2] Second round[3]
Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
Milan Bandić Independent 142,646 47.30 170,798 65.67
Rajko Ostojić Social Democratic Party of Croatia 68,475 22.71 84,179 32.37
Vladimir Ferdelji Croatian Social Liberal Party 52,263 17.33
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)

References
  1. "Izbori 2013" [Elections 2013] (in Croatian). State Election Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-04-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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