1921 Zagreb local elections

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1921 Zagreb local elections
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  1920 11 December 1921 1927  

50 seats to the Zagreb City Assembly
Turnout75.52%
 First partySecond party
  Vjekoslav Heinzel.JPG
Candidate Vjekoslav Heinzel Milan Krešić
Party Croatian Bloc Democratic Party
Seats won
36 / 50
6 / 50
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote15,2972,546
Percentage70.16%11.68%

Mayor before election

Vjekoslav Heinzel
Croatian Union

Elected Mayor

Vjekoslav Heinzel
Croatian Bloc

Local elections for the Zagreb City Assembly were held on 11 December 1921. These were the third elections in Zagreb since the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Croatian Bloc won a majority and incumbent mayor Vjekoslav Heinzel was reelected as mayor of Zagreb.

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Results

Political partyVotes%Seats%
Croatian Bloc
Hrvatski blok
15,29770.16%3672%
Democratic Party
Demokratska stranka
2,54611.68%612%
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Komunistička partija Jugoslavije
1,0744.93%24%
People's Socialist Party
Narodna socijalistička stranka
8193.76%24%
Jew Party
Židovska stranka
6913.17%24%
Social Democratic Party
Socijaldemokratska stranka
4542.08%12%
Croatian Popular Party
Hrvatska pučka stranka
3661.68%12%
People's Radical Party
Narodna radikalna stranka
1100.5%00%
Total21,804100%50100%
Registered Voters/Turnout28,87275.52%

Mayoral elections

The Croatian Bloc, a coalition formed by the Croatian People's Peasant Party, Croatian Union and the Croatian Party of Rights, won the majority of votes. Vjekoslav Heinzel was reelected as mayor. [1]

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References

  1. Izvještaj Gradskog poglavarstva o sveopćoj upravi slobodnog i kraljevskog glavnog grada Zagreba za godine 1919. – 1925., 243.

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