Croatian local elections, 2017

Last updated March 22, 2019

First round of the 2017 Croatian local elections was held on 21 May and the second round, where necessary, on 4 June. All seats of the county prefects, city and municipal mayors and members of county, municipal and city councils were up for election.^[1]

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

In total, there were 9,576 open seats contested by 47,601 candidates. Voters were electing: 20 county prefects, 128 city mayors, 428 municipal mayors, 51 deputy county prefects, 195 deputy city mayors, 440 deputy municipal mayors, 63 deputy city and municipal mayors elected by the national minorities, 836 county councilors, 2,226 city councilors and 5,152 municipal councilors.^[2] 3,719,182 voters had the right to vote, which was 39,500 fewer than at the previous local elections. There were around 73,000 members of the polling and electoral commissions and more than 12,000 observers. State Election Commission distributed around 14,000,000 ballots.^[3] In the second round, held on 4 June, there were runoffs in eight counties, City of Zagreb, 54 towns and 102 municipalities. 2,791,000 voters had a right to vote. There were 4,443 polling stations.^[4] A third election round was held in Stari Grad on 18 June 2017 since both candidates got the same number of votes in the second round.^[5]

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. The estimated population of the city in 2018 is 810,003. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is about 1.2 million, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia.

Stari Grad is a town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. One of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at the end of a long, protected bay and next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement. Stari Grad is also a municipality within the Split-Dalmatia County.

Election results

Counties

Results of Croatian local elections, 2017
County	County council			County prefect
County	Plurality		Turnout	Prefect		Turnout	Notes
Bjelovar-Bilogora		HDZ (39.36%)	44.96%		Damir Bajs, Ind. (52.05%)	39.47%	first round win
Brod-Posavina		HDZ (41.76%)	44.67%		Danijel Marušić, HDZ (53.46%)	44.71%	first round win
Dubrovnik-Neretva		HDZ (44.99%)	56.84%		Nikola Dobroslavić, HDZ (58.54%)	46.93%	runoff election
Istria		IDS (56.78%)	45.14%		Valter Flego, IDS (65.61%)	45.14%	first round win
Karlovac		HDZ (44.42%)	48.08%		Damir Jelić, HDZ (50.46%)	48.10%	first round win
Koprivnica-Križevci		SDP (31.38%)	46.36%		Darko Koren, MREŽA (51.41%)	37.37%	runoff election
Krapina-Zagorje		SDP (49.66%)	52.41%		Željko Kolar, SDP (58.77%)	52.47%	first round win
Lika-Senj		HDZ (55.30%)	59.84%		Darko Milinović, HDZ (53.68%)	59.82%	first round win
Međimurje		HNS (37.21%)	44.67%		Matija Posavec, HNS (58.74%)	44.80%	first round win
Osijek-Baranja		HDZ (36.62%)	45.42%		Ivan Anušić, HDZ	34.80%	runoff election
Požega-Slavonia		HDZ (41.76%)	44.67%		Danijel Marušić, HDZ (53.46%)	44.71%	first round win
Primorje-Gorski Kotar		SDP (41.66%)	42.54%		Zlatko Komadina, SDP (51.32%)	42.54%	first round win
Sisak-Moslavina		HDZ (42.77%)	46.32%		Danijel Marušić, HDZ (64.28%)	37.71%	runoff election
Split-Dalmatia		HDZ (38.24%)	47.82%		Blaženko Boban, HDZ	36.37%	runoff election
Šibenik-Knin		HDZ (44.40%)	48.40%		Goran Pauk, HDZ (67.76%)	34.03%	runoff election
Varaždin		HNS (40.28%)	49.28%		Radimir Čačić, NS-R	41.14%	runoff election
Virovitica-Podravina		HDZ (58.67%)	49.42%		Igor Andrović, HDZ (56.14%)	49.43%	first round win
Vukovar-Syrmia		HDZ (49.57%)	45.30%		Božo Galić, HDZ	30.55%	runoff election
Zadar		HDZ (52.07%)	45.50%		Božidar Longin, HDZ (50,09%)	45.47%	first round win
Zagreb County		HSS (37.01%)	45.14%		Stjepan Kožić, HSS (50,18%)	44.71%	first round win
City of Zagreb		BM 365 (23.03%)	47.62%		Milan Bandić, BM 365 (51.79%)	41.141%	runoff election
Source: ^[6]

Cities

Croatian local elections, 2017
	City Council			Mayor
City	Plurality		Turnout	Mayor		Turnout	Note
Bakar		HDZ (56,25%)	45,78%		Tomislav Klarić, HDZ (70,78%)	45,78%	first round win
Beli Manastir		HDZ, HSU (47,55%)	44,64%		Tomislav Rob, HDZ (51,65%)	44,64%	first round win
Belišće		Ind. (60,28%)	48,65%		Dinko Burić, Ind. (71,06%)	48,64%	first round win
Benkovac		HDZ, HSP (50,16%)	30,76%		Tomislav Bulić, HDZ (49,15%)	30,76%	first round win
Biograd na Moru		HDZ (52,52%)	52,57%		Ivan Knez, HDZ, HSU (54,68%)	52,57%	first round win
Bjelovar		HDZ (27,28%)	38,13%		Dario Hrebak, HSLS (64.25%)	29.15%	runoff election
Buje		IDS (41,77%)	40,13%		Fabrizio Vižintin, IDS (49.54%)	41.58%	runoff election
Buzet		IDS, HSU (51,46%)	55,03%		Siniša Žulić, IDS (55,54%)	55,03%	first round win
Cres		HNS, SDP, PGS, HSS, HSU (29,04%)	58,20%		Kristijan Jurjanko, HNS (51.14%)	50.78%	runoff election
Crikvenica		HDZ, HSP AS, HSS, HSLS (46,44%)	42,62%		Damir Rukavina, HDZ (50,31%)	42,60%	first round win
Čabar		SDP (32,56%)	49,07%		Kristijan Rajšel, SDP (65.29%)	34.73%	runoff election
Čakovec		SDP, HSS, HSU, MDS, HL (43,03%)	43,22%		Stjepan Kovač, SDP (56,23%)	44,21%	first round win
Čazma		HSS (37,07%)	49,61%		Dinko Pirak, HSS (56,15%)	49,70%	first round win
Daruvar		HDZ, HSU, HSS, HSLS (34,66%)	48,22%		Damir Lneniček, HDZ (55.03%)	46.84%	runoff election
Delnice		Ind. (33,26%)	49,74%		Ivica Knežević, Ind. (52.09%)	40.94%	runoff election
Donja Stubica		SDP, HNS, HSU,HL (46,16%)	48,20%		Nikola Gospočić, SDP (58,50%)	48,35%	first round win
Donji Miholjac		Ind. (33,52%)	39,92%		Goran Aladić, Ind. (57.15%)	35.26%	runoff election
Drniš		HDZ (47,14%)	53,57%		Josip Begonja, HDZ (52,12%)	53,69%	first round win
Dubrovnik		HDZ (32,76%)	47,63%		Mato Franković, HDZ (58.45%)	39.77%	runoff election
Duga Resa		HDZ (30,45%)	51,16%		Tomislav Boljar, HSS (60,99%)	47.55%	runoff election
Dugo Selo		HDZ (32,33%)	36,08%		Nenad Panian, HNS (51.14%)	30.73%	runoff election
Đakovo		HDZ (38,92%)	44,34%		Marin Mandarić, HDZ (50.93%)	47.52%	runoff election
Đurđevac		Ind. (64,74%)	51,83%		Zlatko Mađeruh, Ind. (60,19%)	51,83%	first round win
Garešnica		HDZ, HSLS (43,62%)	43,42%		Josip Bilandžija, HDZ (55,27%)	43,42%	first round win
Glina		HDZ (45,72%)	45,83%		Stjepan Kostanjević, HDZ (53,81%)	45,89%	first round win
Gospić		HDZ, HSS, HSP AS (48,32%)	61,56		Karlo Starčević, HSP (50.14%)	66.68%	runoff election
Grubišno Polje		HDZ (45,20%)	53,00%		Zlatko Mađeruh, HDZ (54,11%)	53,11%	first round win
Hrvatska Kostajnica		HDZ (59,64%)	59,59%		Dalibor Bišćan, HDZ (62,29%)	59,94%	first round win
Hvar		HDZ (27,46%)	48,36%		Rikardo Novak, Ind. (52.73%)	43.31%	runoff election
Ilok		HDZ, HSLS (59,64%)	49,43%		Marina Budimir, Ind. (58.65%)	46.48%	runoff election
Imotski		HDZ, HSS, HSP AS, BUZ (50,68%)	51,92%		Ivan Budalić, HDZ (52.17%)	61.18%	runoff election
Ivanec		HNS, HSU (41,28%)	48,36%		Milorad Batinić, HNS (51,26%)	48,36%	first round win
Ivanić-Grad		HDZ, HSLS, NS-R (42,38%)	45,70%		Javor Bojan Leš, HDZ (58,94%)	45,70	first round win
Jastrebarsko		SDP, HNS, HSU (45,74%)	55,01%		Zvonimir Novosel, SDP (54,64%)	55,01%	first round win
Karlovac		HDZ, HSLS (39,69%)	44,33%		Damir Mandić, HDZ (52.82%)	33.63%	runoff election
Kastav		HNS, SDP, PGS, HSS, HSU, ARS (41,93%)	37,76%		Matej Mostarac, SDP (50.07%)	31.90%	runoff election
Kaštela		HDZ, HSS (48,26%)	32,42%		Denis Ivanović, HDZ (55,04%)	32,43%	first round win
Klanjec		SDP, ZDS, HNS,HSU, HL (53,63%)	56,03%		Zlatko Brlek, SDP (56,19%)	56,03%	first round win
Knin		HDZ (40,06%)	48,91%		Marko Jelić, Ind. (58.65%)	56.55%	runoff election
Komiža		SDP, HSS, HNS, (47,98%)	46,49%		Tonka Ivčević, SDP (61,19%)	46,49%	first round win
Koprivnica		SDP, HSS, HNS,HSU (46,84%)	40,91%		Mišel Jakšić, SDP (59.24%)	38.34%	runoff election
Korčula		HDZ, HSS, HSP AS, HSLS (43,40%)	60,91%		Andrija Fabris, HDZ (54,70%)	60,90%	first round win
Kraljevica		HDZ, HSLS (52,24%)	55,29%		Dalibor Čandrlić, HDZ (52,86%)	55,34%	first round win
Krapina		HDZ, A-HSS 1904, HSS, ZDS (51,84%)	58,48%		Zoran Gregurović, HDZ, (58,63%)	58,47%	first round win
Križevci		Ind. (32,59%)	44,36%		Mario Rajn, Ind. (61.58%)	48.42%	runoff election
Krk		PGS, SDP, HNS (58,25%)	32,66%		Darijo Vasilić, PGS (85,97%)	32,63%	first round win
Kutina		HDZ, HSP, HSP AS, HSLS, HSU (38,76%)	44,70%		Zlatko Bbaić, HDZ (49.56%)	45.33%	runoff election
Kutjevo		HDZ, HDSSB, HSS (72,46%)	38,43%		Josip Budimir, HDZ (77,85%)	38,43%	first round win
Labin		IDS, HNS, HSU (49,81%)	45,09%		Valter Glavičić, IDS (59,17%)	45,09%	first round win
Lepoglava		HNS, SDP, HSU (43,41%)	42,80%		Marijan Škvarić, HNS (51.69%)	42.30%	runoff election
Lipik		HDZ (64,17%)	49,02%		Vinko Kasana, HDZ (77,55%)	49,19%	first round win
Ludbreg		SDP, HNS, HSU, HL (50,82%)	48,47%		Dubravko Bilić, SDP (58,78%)	48,48%	first round win
Makarska		HDZ (38,33%)	43,37%		Jure Brkan, HDZ (50.88%)	42.55%	runoff election
Mali Lošinj		HDZ, HRAST, HSS, HKDU, SU (36,02%)	49,21%		Ana Kučić, HDZ (50,79%)	49,19%	first round win
Metković		MOST (40,65%)	65,38%		Dalibor Milan, HDZ (49.83%)	67.10%	runoff election
Mursko Središće		HDZ, HSS, HDS, HSLS (50,38%)	43,17%		Dražen Srpak, HDZ (62,11%)	43,23%	first round win
Našice		HDZ (52,74%)	41,55%		Josip Miletić, HDZ (50,68%)	41,55%	first round win
Nin		HDZ (52,52%)	53,45%		Emil Ćurko, HDZ (58,24%)	53,48%	first round win
Nova Gradiška		SDP, HL (50,76%)	46,00%		Vinko Grgić, SDP (62,04%)	46,01%	first round win
Novalja		Ind. (51,59%)	65,07%		Ante Dabo, Ind. (57,93%)	65,12%	first round win
Novi Marof		HDZ, HSS, HSU (58,11%)	48,33%		Siniša Jenkač, HDZ (60,74%)	48,35%	first round win
Novi Vinodolski		HDZ, HSS (56,10%)	54,79%		Velimir Piškulić, HDZ (58,11%)	54,79%	first round win
Novigrad		IDS (70,59%)	41,26%		Ante Milos, IDS (91,79%)	41,26%	first round win
Novska		HDZ, HSS, (55,58%)	48,51%		Marin Piletić, HDZ (53,28%)	49,03%	first round win
Obrovac		HDZ (42,04%)	45,42%		Ante Župan, HDZ (57,66%)	45,40%	first round win
Ogulin		HDZ, HSS, HSLS, HSU (37,27%)	52,53%		Dalibor Domitrović, SDP (49.75%)	47.65%	runoff election
Omiš		Ind. (45,17%)	49,59%		Ivo Tomasović, Ind. (53,81%)	49,60%	first round win
Opatija		SDP, HNS, IDS, HSU, PGS, NS-R, HSS (36,49%)	47,04%		Ivo Dujmić, Ind. (45.95%)	44.75%	runoff election
Opuzen		HDZ, HSLS (50,89%)	63,32%		Ivo Mihaljević, HDZ (52,34%)	63,32%	first round win
Orahovica		HDZ (39,26%)	62,03%		Ana-Marija Petin, HSS (49.87%)	62.49%	runoff election
Oroslavje		HDZ, HSS BR, HSP AS, ZS (37,66%)	48,50%		Emil Gredičak, HDZ (56.46%)	49.29%	runoff election
Osijek		SDP, HNS, HSS, ANU (23,23%)	40,65%		Ivan Vrkić, Ind. (62.74%)	34.33%	runoff election
Otočac		HDZ, HSU, HSP, HSP AS, HSLS (52,84%)	60,38%		Stjepan Kostelac, Ind. (49,52%	60,43%	first round win
Otok		HDZ, HSS, HSP AS (57,73%)	49,55%		Josip Šarić, HDZ (57,69%)	49,59%	first round win
Ozalj		HDZ (37,72%)	51,33%		Gordana Lipšinić, HDZ (55.06%)	48.69%	runoff election
Pag		HDZ (25,94%)	65,54%		Ante Fabijanić, MODES (50.60%)	63.70%	runoff election
Pakrac		HDZ (53,79%)	41,51%		Anamarija Blažević, HDZ (62,48%)	41,68%	first round win
Pazin		IDS, HSU, HNS (46,53%)	47,37%		Renato Krulčić, IDS (58.44%)	36.79%	runoff election
Petrinja		HDZ, HSP, HSP AS, HSLS, HKS, UDU (41,35%)	44,50%		Renato Krulčić, NS-R (53.07%)	46.37%	runoff election
Pleternica		HDZ, HSU (48,60%)	53,78%		Anotnija Jozić, HDZ (50,69%)	53,90%	first round win
Ploče		HDZ, HSLS (40,04%)	65,36%		Mišo Krstičević, SDP (53.95%)	69.31%	runoff election
Popovača		HDZ (30,13%)	41,73%		Josip Mišković, HDZ (57,75%)	41,74%	first round win
Poreč		IDS (47,93%)	46,99%		Loris Peršurić, IDS (57,31%)	46,99%	first round win
Požega		HDZ, HSU (45,55%)	51,21%		Darko Puljašić, HDZ (61.49%)	41.63	runoff election
Pregrada		SDP, ZS, HL (65,81%)	49,44%		Marko Vešligaj, SDP (71,46%)	49,46%	first round win
Prelog		HDZ, HSS (57,64%)	49,37%		Ljubomir Kolarek, HDZ (63,58%)	49,57	first round win
Pula		IDS, HNS, ISU, Zeleni (48,90%)	37,31%		Boris Miletić, IDS (51,83%)	37,32%	first round win
Rab		HDZ, HSS, RPS (46,12%)	57,91%		Nikola Grgurić, HDZ (56,58%)	57,91%	first round win
Rijeka		SDP, PGS, HSU, IDS, HL, SDSS, HSS (37,78%)	36,63%		Vojko Obersnel, SDP (55.59%)	28.42%	runoff election
Rovinj		IDS (54,65%)	38,68%		Marko Paliaga, IDS (62,25%)	38,68%	first round win
Samobor		HSS, SDP (52,76%)	43,37%		Krešo Beljak, HSS (62,92%)	43,58%	first round win
Senj		HDZ, HSP AS, HSU, NS-R (51,36%)	63,58%		Sanjin Rukavina, HDZ (63.07%)	59.89%	runoff election
Sinj		HDZ (32,74%)	48,00%		Kristina Križanac, Ind. (50.37%)	47.91%	runoff election
Sisak		SDP, HL, HSS BR (31,71%)	47,10%		Kristina Ikić Baniček, SDP (55.80%)	43.20%	runoff election
Skradin		HDZ (49,36%)	42,12%		Antonijo Brajković, HDZ (63,68%)	41,98%	first round win
Slatina		HDZ, HSP, HSLS, SU (40,82%%)	45,35%		Denis Ostrošić, SDP (53.47%)	43.71%	runoff election
Slavonski Brod		Ind. (34,97%)	39,10%		Mirko Duspara, Ind. (54.17%)	39.46%	runoff election
Slunj		HDZ (59,23%)	42,01%		Jure Katić, HDZ (60,79%)	42,01%	first round win
Solin		HDZ, HČSP, HDS, HSU (55,07%)	44,36%		Dalibor Ninčević, HDZ (57,14%)	44,35%	first round win
Split		HDZ, HSLS, HSS (25,31%)	45,50%		Andro Krstulović Opara, HDZ (46.19%)	38.07%	runoff election
Stari Grad		HDZ (38,06%)	53,51%		Antonio Škarpa, Ind. (49,65%)	63,35%	third round election
Supetar		SDP, HSU (48,96%)	56,82%		Ivana Marković, SDP (61,14%)	56,82%	first round win
Sveta Nedelja		HDZ (26,54%)	47,08%		Dario Zurovec, Ind. (57.73%)	43.43%	runoff election
Sveti Ivan Zelina		HDZ, HSLS, HSU (24,46%)	44,25%		Hrvoje Košćec, HNS (53.69%)	42.89%	runoff election
Šibenik		HDZ (45,62%)	43,20%		Željko Burić, HDZ (69.78%)	30.70%	runoff election
Trilj		HDZ, HDS (68,36%)	42,88%		Ivan Šipić, HDZ (79,99%)	42,84%	first round win
Trogir		HDZ, HSP (40,44%)	48,12%		Ante Bilić, SDP (49.06%)	47.51%	runoff election
Umag		SDP, HSU, HNS, SDA, SDSS (37,82%)	42,82%		Vili Bassanese, SDP (52,38%)	42,82%	first round win
Valpovo		HDZ, HSS (37,26%)	48,63%		Matko Šutalo, Ind. (54.80%)	53.85%	runoff election
Varaždin		Ind. (28,92%)	49,30%		Ivan Čehok, Ind. (68.50%)	41.56%	runoff election
Varaždinske Toplice		HDZ, HSLS (51,79%)	54,64%		Deagica Ratković, HDZ (56,79%)	54,70%	first round win
Velika Gorica		HDZ, HSLS, HSU (39,47%)	41,20%		Dražen Barišić, HDZ (61.11%)	29.29%	runoff election
Vinkovci		HDZ, HSU, BUZ (41,09%)	45,05%		Ivan Bosančić, HDZ (51.10%)	40.17%	runoff election
Virovitica		HDZ, HSLS, HSP AS (57,51%)	46,88%		Ivica Kirin, HDZ [[(60,50%)	46,89%	first round win
Vis		HDZ (39,26%)	60,13%		Ivo Radica, HDZ (51,71%)	60,13%	first round win
Vodice		HDZ (46,30%)	46,76%		Nelka Tomić, HDZ (56.01%)	45.63%	runoff election
Vodnjan		IDS, ISU, HNS (68,28%)	38,47%		Klaudio Vitasović, IDS (63,22%)	38,49%	first round win
Vrbovec		SDP, HL (27,65%)	51,08%		Denis Kralj, SDP (63.51%)	48.97%	runoff election
Vrbovsko		Ind. (36,18%)	51,88%		Dražen Mufić, Ind. (53,76%)	52,04%	first round win
Vrgorac		NLM (44,71%)	67,29%		Ante Pranić, NLM (60,68%)	67,33%	first round win
Vrlika		HDZ (51,71%)	60,82%		Jure Plazonić, HDZ (54.51%)	61.91%	first round win
Vukovar		HDZ, HKS (54,23%)	41,14%		Ivan Penava, HDZ (61,72%)	41,18%	first round win
Zabok		SDP, HSU, HNS,HL, HSS BR (43,57%)	52,67%		Ivan Hanžek, SDP (55,16%)	52,71%	first round win
Zadar		HDZ, HSP AS, HSU, HRAST, NS-R (46,47%)	38,90%		Branko Dukić, HDZ (51,20%)	38,91	first round win
Zaprešić		HDZ, HSS, HSU, BM 365, HSLS (38,34%)	41,95%		Željko Turk, HDZ (57.02%)	33.00%	runoff election
Zlatar		SDP, HSU, HNS,HL (59,17%)	51,08%		Jasenka Auguštan-Pentek, SDP (74,19%)	44,23%	first round win
Županja		HDZ (50,82%)	36,44%		Davor Miličević, HDZ (54,19%)	36,45	first round win

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[1] "Ministarstvo uprave Republike Hrvatske - Raspisani lokalni izbori". Uprava.gov.hr. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-19.

[2] Piše: R.A., Hina Objavljeno prije sat vremena (2017-05-17). "IZBORI U BROJKAMA Koga sve danas birate? - Vijesti". Index.hr. Retrieved 2017-05-21.

[3] "Local Elections in Progress, Turnout Higher than Four Years Ago". Total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.

[4] ttp://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/iz-minute-u-minutu-objavljeni-prvi-podaci-o-izlaznosti-glasalo-manje-biraca-nego-u-prvom-krugu/974584.aspx

[5] ttp://vijesti.hrt.hr/392933/u-starom-gradu-na-hvaru-odrzava-se-treci-krug-lokalnih-izbora

[6] Piše: nedjelja, 21.5.2017. 21:00 (2017-05-20). "REZULTATI Tko će biti vaš župan, a tko će grijati fotelju u županijskoj skupštini? - Vijesti". Index.hr. Retrieved 2017-05-24.