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The 1940 Croatian local elections were held in 625 municipalities of the Banovina of Croatia on 19 May 1940. The Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) won a majority in 425 municipalities. The Peasant-Democratic Coalition (SDK), a coalition of the HSS and the Independent Democratic Party (SDS), won 106 municipalities, the SDS won 27 municipalities, while the Yugoslav Radical Union (JRZ) won 20. [1] [2] The elections were not held in cities and some Adriatic counties bordering or adjacent to Italy due to WWII. Only men older than 24 were allowed to vote. Voting was public and conducted by voice.
The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia was an autonomous province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941. It was formed by combining the Sava Banovina and Littoral Banovina, but also with small parts of the Drina, Zeta, and Danube banovinas. Its capital was Zagreb and it included most of present-day Croatia along with portions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It included area of 65,456 km2 and had population of 4,024,601. The Ban of the Banovina of Croatia during this period was Ivan Šubašić.
The Croatian Peasant Party is a centrist political party in Croatia founded on December 22, 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). Brothers Radić considered that the realization of Croatian statehood was possible within Austria-Hungary, but that it had to be reformed into a Monarchy divided into three equal parts – Austria, Hungary, Croatia. After the creation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, Party requested for the Croatian part of the Kingdom to be based on self-determination. This brought them great public support which columned in 1920 parliamentary election when HPSS won all 58 seats assigned to Croatia.
The Independent Democratic Party was a social liberal political party in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was established by Svetozar Pribićević as a breakaway faction of the Democratic Party in 1924. It was formed by three different groups: by far the largest group were the Serbs from the areas of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, that is Croatian, Bosnian and Vojvodina Serbs, with the prevalence of the first. The second most influential group were Slovene centralist liberals. The third group was composed by Croat liberals, mostly from Dalmatia and Zagreb.
After Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) under Vladko Maček in August 1939 managed to achieve its main goal, Croatian autonomy in Yugoslavia, by creating Banovina of Croatia, it had to face many new and difficult challenges in taking political responsibility in Croatia and addressing the hopes and expectations of the electorate. Due to the outbreak of the World War II, political leaders in Yugoslavia wanted to appease Germany and align the country with the Third Reich, tying their exports in vital war materials (aluminium, grain etc.) to Germany. Dire economic situation that resulted from the WWII heavily struck the impoverished peasants and workers in Croatia, still recovering from the Depression of the 1930s. The price of food in Croatia rose by between 50% (beef) and 100% (flour, potatoes, beans) between August 1939 and the summer of 1940. [3] Gaping social inequality and the disappointment with the lack of profound political and social change that many expected to occur after Croatia gained its autonomy soon resulted in the rise of support for the Communists and right-wing extremists. Protests and demonstrations against the rising living costs, food and fuel shortages, high unemployment and inequality, as well as the approaching of the war, became ever more often. HSS authorities responded by persecuting trade unions, communists, underground ustaše, as well as Yugoslav and Serb nationalists, increasingly relying on its paramilitary, Zaštita. During a communist protest in Split on December 17, 1939, the police fired at the crowd, injuring many and killing young shipyard worker and communist party member, football player Vicko Buljanović. His funeral the next day drew a crowd of 25,000 while 12,000 participated in a mass strike in Split and the surrounding region. [4]
Vladimir "Vladko" Maček was a Croatian politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and as a leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) following the 1928 assassination of Stjepan Radić, was a leading Croatian political figure until the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. As a leader of the HSS, Maček played a key role in establishment of the Banovina of Croatia, an autonomous banovina in Yugoslavia in 1939.
The Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact, the Axis military alliance, was signed on 25 March 1941 at the Belvedere palace in Vienna, after months of talks and negotiations between the governments of Germany and Yugoslavia. It was agreed that the Axis powers respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia without any time limit, will not seek permission to transport troops across Yugoslavia, nor request any military assistance.
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After terrorist attacks that included planting explosives in public locations in Zagreb, in February 1940 Croatian government banned fascist ustaše periodicals (among which Hrvatski narod) and interned 50 ustaše members in Lepoglava prison, among which Mile Budak. [5]
The Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement, commonly known as Ustaše, was a Croatian fascist, racist, ultranationalist and terrorist organization, active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945. Its members murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, and Roma as well as political dissidents in Yugoslavia during World War II.
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Under the August 1939 agreement that established the Croatian autonomy, it was envisaged that the Croatian parliament, Sabor, would be elected. Since August 1939, in absence of a Croatian legislature, ban Šubašić governed through decrees and executive orders. Finally, on January 14th, Regent Paul visited Croatia's capital, Zagreb, and co-signed the electoral law for Sabor elections. In preparation of these elections to elect the first Croatian legislature since Sabor of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was elected in 1913, the local elections in municipalities were about to take place. The last local elections of 1936 and the most recent parliamentary elections of 1938, despite being marred by regime violence, police obstruction and occasional casualties, showed strong support for the HSS-led opposition to the ruling parties and the King of Yugoslavia.
The Cvetković–Maček Agreement was a political agreement on the internal divisions in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which was settled on August 26, 1939 by Yugoslav prime minister Dragiša Cvetković and Vladko Maček, a Croat politician. The agreement established the Banovina of Croatia, drawn to include as many ethnic Croats as possible, which effectively created a Croatian sub-state in Yugoslavia, a demand of Croat politicians since the 1918 founding of Yugoslavia.
The Croatian Parliament or the Sabor is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia; it is Croatia's legislature. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is composed of 151 members elected to a four-year term on the basis of direct, universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot. Seats are allocated according to the Croatian Parliament electoral districts: 140 members of the parliament are elected in multi-seat constituencies, 8 from the minorities and 3 from the Croatian diaspora. The Sabor is presided over by a Speaker, who is assisted by at least one deputy speaker.
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In April, Ban of Croatia Ivan Šubašić (HSS) issued an executive order detailing the rules for the local elections. The list that gains relative majority was to be assigned a third of the seats in the council, while the remaining two thirds were to be divided among the lists relative to their votes under the proportional d'Hondt method. Under the old rules, the party with relative majority was immediately assigned two-thirds of the seats. [6] The council president (mayor) was to be elected on a secret ballot in the council, but does not necessarily have to be a councilman. Municipal clerks (notaries, treasuries) became Banovina's employees, not local ones. Ban of Croatia also had the right to regroup the municipalities, dissolve them, and change their borders. Šubašić used this right to regroup municipalities in Posavina, in Derventa, Brčko and Gradačac districts.
Ban of Croatia was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From earliest periods of Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) and supreme military commander. In the 18th century, Croatian bans eventually became chief government officials in Croatia. They were at the head of Ban's Government, effectively the first prime ministers of Croatia. The institution of ban in Croatia persisted until the 20th century.
Ivan Šubašić was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician, best known as the last Ban of Croatia.
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On April 22, Šubašić called the elections for May 19. Due to the WWII engulfing most of Europe and the Royal Yugoslav Army being placed at the higher level of alertness, many men were called to serve with the reserve troops or to take part in the army maneuvers. HSS decided not to call the elections in cities, but just municipalities. In cities, HSS-led Croatian government appointed HSS members as mayors or commissioners. In April, after the increased Serb nationalist activities refuting the Cvetković-Maček agreement, the government also dissolved the municipalities in Serb-majority Kistanje and Obrovac. Smilčić and Skradin municipalities were also dissolved. [7]
The Royal Yugoslav Army was the armed force of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from the state's formation in December 1918 until its surrender to the Axis powers on 17 April 1941. Aside from fighting along the Austrian border in 1919–20 related to territorial disputes, and some border skirmishes on its southern borders in the 1920s, the VKJ was not involved in fighting until April 1941 when it was quickly overcome by the German-led invasion of Yugoslavia.
Kistanje is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
Smilčić is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D502 highway.
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Yugoslav magazine Žena danas ("Woman Today") started campaigning in October 1939 to extend the suffrage to women. Socialist trade unions and communists in Croatia supported the action. However, the women's organisation of HSS opposed it, declaring that the party leadership will decide when the best moment to introduce women's suffrage in Croatia is. [8]
Ban Šubašić visited less developed regions in Lika and Dalmatia in late 1939, promising public works on infrastructure. Secretary-general of the Croatian Peasant Party, Juraj Krnjević, toured Croatia, visiting municipal and district party organizations, trying to settle some disputes, unite fractions and revert splits in the party. For instance, the differences in opinion on certain appointments and on the issue of supporting the metal workers' strike in Slavonski Brod alienated the district party organisation from the national HSS leadership; as Brod HSS refused to toe the party line and split into many factions, the entire district organisation was dissolved in March 1940, despite the 37-6 vote of confidence in the Brod party chairman. [9] In general, Krnjević tried to assuage dissidents and remind the party cadre of the importance of the elections. While he had some success in Dubrovnik, still, according to historian G. Jakovčev, there were as many as 70 lists by HSS dissidents in Dalmatia alone [10] (e.g. Ston, [11] Šipan, [11] Makarska, etc.). Krnjević also tried to address the economic concerns, declaring at a rally in Split that Croatia has to be more equal and that HSS will not allow some to be millionaires while others are hungry. [12] Maček tried to downplay the importance of the elections, going as far as saying that he does not attach "any political importance" to it, as many local and even personal particularities play a role in them. In a circular note to HSS organisations he reminded them to consider economic interests first when choosing candidates for councilmen and mayors. [12] However, it was still important to eliminate anti-agreement forces (JRZ in particular) from positions of power in Croatia and show HSS and SDS' strength.
Due to the royal Yugoslav regime's ban and persecution since 1921, Croatian communists had to run in the elections as the Party of the working people (Croatian Stranka radnog naroda, SRN). According to historian Sibe Kvesić, the gendarmerie and the local authorities frequently harassed the communists and their supporters, spreading rumours and threatening voters who intended to vote for the communists. [13] In some places, the judicial or administrative authorities pressed hard to bar the SRN putting the candidates due to any petty mistakes. [14] [13]
Political opponents of Cvetković-Maček agreement and the establishment of Banovina of Croatia had different strategies for contesting the elections. Yugoslav people's party (JNS) in Croatia, chaired by Grga Andjelinović, chose not to contest the elections, while it advised party cadre and fractions under senator Petar Zec to still put up lists in some municipalities together with the Yugoslav radicals (JRZ) and other Serb parties. [15] [16] These were usually named "nonpartisan Serb lists." Serb nationalists claimed that the Banovina of Croatia was Maček's dictatorship and that only a unitary and centralised Kingdom of Yugoslavia could bring prosperity to Croatian Serbs. Some of them openly advocated secession of Serb-majority municipalities and counties from Banovina of Croatia and joining neighbouring, Serb-majority Vrbas Banovina. JRZ chairman, Yugoslav prime minister Cvetković, called Serbs of Croatia to cast their votes for JRZ as a show of support for unitary Yugoslavia.
On May 1, Croatian communists organised a mass strike in Zagreb to commemorate the International Workers' Day, claiming strike participation rate close to 90%. Protesting workers clashed with the police and HSS paramilitary (Zaštita), resulting in numerous wounded and injured. [17] This was the first time in Kingdom of Yugoslavia the workers decided to organize mass strikes and protests on May 1. [18]
On May 17, just two days ahead of the elections, Ban Šubašić postponed indefinitely the elections in municipalities in Kastav, Čabar, Delnice, Sušak, Benkovac and Šibenik district. The Croatian government officially stated that it exempted them due to their proximity to the Adriatic military area surrounding important naval harbors. Namely, this operational zone was put under alert after the begin of the WWII due to its bordering Italy or being adjacent to Italian coast, as Yugoslavia was weary of an Italian attack. However, others suspected that the elections were not held there due to some of these municipalities being communist strongholds (such as Tisno, Zlarin and Vodice, where communists won in 1936) as an expected communist victory there would make HSS weaknesses very visible. [19] At the same time, Ban Šubašić postponed the elections in Brčko and Gradačac district and Konavle municipality for May 26, and in Derventa district as well as Pazarište, Brestovsko, Kloštar Ivanić, Bosiljevo, Šamac and Cvetlin municipalities for June 2. [20]
Only men older than 24 were allowed to vote. Voting was public; a voter had to loudly declare his name and the list he wanted to vote for. In many municipalities, the only list contesting the elections the HSS one. [11] In some municipalities (Andrijaševci, Retkovci, Opuzen, Gunja and Farkaševac), clashes between the voters and incidents occurred so the elections had to be repeated or postponed for a week. [21] Elections were held in 620 municipalities on May 19, while some counties voted a week later or in June. [22] After Šubašić's reshuffling in March and April, Croatia had altogether 720 municipalities at the time. [23]
Due to gerrymandering of municipal borders just before the elections, most notably in attaching JRZ-leaning Cavtat to HSS-leaning Gruda to form a new municipality (Konavle) [24] south of Dubrovnik or Independent Democratic Party (SDS)-advocated border changes in Bosanska Posavina around Odžak, some Bosniaks and Serbs boycotted the elections there. [25]
The election showed some weakening of the HSS' position and the dissatisfaction of the population with the prevalent conditions. After the local elections in 1936, HSS won majority in 512 out of 612 municipalities in Sava and Littoral banovina, roughly corresponding with the later-established Banovina of Croatia. [26] In littoral banovina, in 1936 HSS won 75 out of 94 municipalities (80%). [27] Despite the fact that in 1939 around 20 municipalities were added to Croatia aside from Sava and Littoral banovina, HSS alone won majority in just 425 municipalities. For instance, Communists won the majority in the councils of Sinj, [28] Trogir, Komiža and Vrboska (2/3 majority), [29] a third of votes in Omiš, [13] and a quarter in Makarska [30] in Dalmatia. In Vrgorac, communists came second and won 8 seats in the council, while in Smiljan they lost by mere 4 votes in repeated elections, also winning 8 seats in the council.
The results were especially poor showing for Yugoslav radical union (JRZ), which won majority in just 21 municipalities, compared to 108 they held power in before the elections. In 195 municipalities with absolute or relative Serb majority, out of 121,429 voters JRZ and independent Serb lists won 36,502 votes, SDS alone 15,183 while HSS-SDS coalition (SDK) won 44.262 votes. [31]
Independent German ethnic lists won majority in 5 municipalities. Ethnic Germans ran on other lists, too, mostly on HSS tickets. Joint HSS-German list won in one municipality. Altogether, ethnic Croatian Germans won 177 mandates in 45 municipalities. [32]
As the 1936 local elections were used by the HSS-led Croatian opposition to wrestle some self-government from the central Yugoslav authorities, the turnout stood at around 80%. [27] The turnout in 1940 was significantly lower in many areas, partially reflecting the dissatisfaction and the lack of interest of the population. For instance, as the communists were administratively barred from contesting the elections in Vis, many chose to abstain in protest, bringing the turnout to 50%. In Osijek district as a whole, the turnout was 50.89% (4,708 voted out of 9,250), [33] in Drniš it was 52.11%, while In Daruvar district the turnout was 48% (4,076 voted). At some parts of Daruvar area it was as low as 21%. On the other hand, Royal Yugoslav Armed forces mobilized many men fit for military service in its 1939/40 mobilization.
Political party | Mandates | % | Municipalities | % | |
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Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka | 9,385 | 425 | |||
Peasant-Democratic Coalition Seljačko demokratska koalicija | 1,708 | 106 | |||
Independent Democratic Party Samostalna demokratska stranka | 767 | 27 | |||
Croatian Peasant Party and Muslims Hrvatska seljačka stranka i Muslimani | 149 | 4 | |||
Yugoslav Radical Union Jugoslavenska radikalna zajednica | 489 | 20 | |||
Serb non-partisan list Vanstranačka srpska lista | 262 | 18 | |||
Other lists Ostale liste | 262 | 21 | |||
Workers' lists (communists) Radnicke liste | 54 | 4 | |||
Total | 13,076 | 625 |
Municipality | Elected mayor | Party | Notes | |
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Komiža | Petar Marinković-Dubra [34] | Stranka radnog naroda | 15 mandates SRN, 7 mandates HSS; 60% votes for SRN | |
Vis | Ivan Farolfi | HSS | ||
Trogir | Ivan Maravić Pavela [35] | Lista saveza radnika i seljaka | 34 mandates communists, 2 mandates HSS | |
Makarska | Juraj Jurišić [36] | HSS | ||
Vrboska | Stranka radnog naroda | 2/3 of votes [29] | ||
Stari Grad | HSS | |||
Sinj | Vice Buljan | Stranka radnog naroda | 26 out of 36 councilmen | |
Nin | Frane Glavan [37] | HSS | HSS 36 mandates [38] | |
Vranjak | JNS dissidents | |||
Orebić | Šime Krstelj [11] | HSS | only list | |
Kuna | Josip Lukšić [11] | HSS | only list | |
Trpanj | Franjo Glavina [11] | HSS | only list | |
Janjina | Mato Matković [11] | HSS | only list | |
Slano | Ivo Milić [11] | HSS | only list | |
Mljet | Niko Kunić [11] | HSS | only list | |
Lopud | Niko Glavinović [11] | HSS | only list | |
Orašac | Pero Cvjetković [11] | HSS | only list | |
Konavle | HSS | only list, [11] elections on May 26 | ||
Mirkovci | Serb non-partisan list [39] | |||
Novi Jankovci | Serb non-partisan list [39] | |||
Bobota | Serb non-partisan list [39] | Serb non-partisan list 12 mandates | ||
Borovo | Serb non-partisan list [39] | Serb non-partisan list 17, SDS 1 | ||
Gaboš | Serb non-partisan list [39] | Serb non-partisan list 9, SDS 3 | ||
Marinci | Serb non-partisan list [39] | |||
Šid | Serb non-partisan list [39] | |||
Otok | Serb non-partisan list [39] | |||
Ston | Stijepo Matić [40] | Non-partisan list | ||
Šipan | Božo Palunko [40] | Non-partisan list | ||
Donji Lapac | Milojko Majstorović [41] | Non-partisan list | Majstorović was a Communist party candidate member; JRZ contested with Jandro Vlatković | |
Veljun | Milić Gojsović [42] | SDS | 4,931 votes (75,8%) | |
Cetingrad | Mijo Mravunac [42] | HSS | ||
Drežnik Grad | Zvonimir Pavlić [42] | HSS | ||
Rakovica | Rade Klarić [42] | SDS | ||
Slunj | Mile Paulić [42] | HSS | ||
Primišlje | Dušan Grubor [42] | SDS | ||
Drniš | Zvonko Alfirević Nakić [43] | HSS | 3,050 votes out of 4,202 (31 out of 36 councilmen); Serb non-partisan list 3 seats, turnout 52.11% | |
Sveti Križ Začretje | Stjepan Valjavec [44] | HSS | ||
Novigrad Podravski | Petar Grahovac [45] | |||
Promina | Krste Radas [46] | HSS | HSS 30 mandates [38] | |
Krndija | Kulturbund [47] | German list | ||
Vela Luka | Petar Padovan-Kolega [48] | HSS | Communists won 241 votes and 5 mandates | |
Smiljan | don Blaž Tomljenović [49] | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [50] (initially) Won with just 7 votes more than the communists; in repeated elections won by 4 votes. Communists won 8 seats in the council | |
Punat | Mate Mrakovčić [51] | ? | ||
Ludbreg | Ljudevit Vrančić [51] | non-partisan list | beat incumbent, HSS mayor Nikola Miškulin | |
Obrovac | Danilo Sekulić [51] | SDK | deputy mayor Leopold Ivezić | |
Sela | Jandro Čipor [51] | Seljačko-radnički savez | SRS 17, HSS 8 mandates | |
Blato | Ivo Šeparović | HSS | Communists won 470 votes and 7 mandates | |
Vrgorac | HSS | Communists won 8 mandates | ||
Omiš | HSS | Communists won a third of the votes and 6 mandates | ||
Aljmaš | HSS [52] | HSS dissident list contested | ||
Čepin | HSS [52] | non-partisan list contested | ||
Erdut | HSS [52] | non-partisan list contested | ||
Ernestinovo | HSS [52] | German ethnic list contested | ||
Hrastin | HSS [52] | SDS, JRZ contested | ||
Jovanovac | HSS [52] | only list | ||
Laslovo | HSS [52] | HSS dissident list contested | ||
Retfala | HSS [52] | non-partisan list contested | ||
Sarvaš | HSS [52] | German ethnic list contested | ||
Tenja | JRZ [52] | German ethnic list came second, SDS third and HSS last | ||
Dalj | SDS [52] | Zbor contested | ||
Bijelo Brdo | SDS [52] | Zbor and JRZ contested | ||
Dragalić | HSS [53] | all 12 mandates | ||
Medari | SDK [53] | SDK 21, Serb non-partisan list 3 mandates | ||
Okučani | Serb non-partisan list [53] | Serb non-partisan list 24, SDK 12 mandates | ||
Stara Gradiška | HSS [53] | HSS 17, non-partisan list 1 mandates | ||
Rajić | SDK [53] | SDK 23, non-partisan list 1 mandates | ||
Antin | HSS [53] | HSS 12 mandates | ||
Berak | HSS [53] | HSS 18 mandates | ||
Bogdanovci | HSS [53] | HSS 12 mandates | ||
Svinjarevci | HSS [53] | HSS 12 mandates | ||
Tordinci | HSS [53] | HSS 12 mandates | ||
Nuštar | HSS [53] | HSS 18 mandates | ||
Opatovac | HSS [53] | HSS 12 mandates | ||
Krnjak | JRZ [53] | JRZ 28, SDS 2 mandates | ||
Tušilović | JRZ [53] | JRZ 14, SDS 4 mandates | ||
Vrginmost | JRZ [53] | JRZ 19, SDS 5 mandates | ||
Bršadin | JRZ [53] | JRZ 10, SDS 2 mandates | ||
Petrovci | SDS [53] | SDS all 18 mandates | ||
Bović | SDS [53] | SDS all 20 mandates | ||
Markušica | SDS [53] | SDS all 24 mandates | ||
Barilović | SDK [53] | SDK all 24 mandates | ||
Čakovci | SDK [53] | SDK all 12 mandates | ||
Mikluševci | SDK [53] | SDK all 12 mandates | ||
Topusko | SDK [53] | SDK 20, JRZ 4 mandates | ||
Korog | SDK [53] | SDK 11, JRZ 1 mandates | ||
Vera | SDS [53] | SDS 9, JRZ 3 mandates | ||
Trpinja | SDS [53] | SDS 9, Agrarian party 2, JRZ 1 mandates | ||
Negoslavci | SDS [53] | SDS 8, JRZ 4 mandates | ||
Lasinja | SDS [53] | SDS-led Serb coalition 28, HSS 8 mandatesv | ||
Čermenica | SDS [53] | SDS 19, JRZ 2, non-partisan list 3 mandates | ||
Pačetin | SDS [53] | SDS 12, JRZ 6 mandates | ||
Vojnić | SDS [53] | SDS 24, JRZ 4 mandates | ||
Krstinja | SDS [53] | SDS 26, JRZ 4 mandates | ||
Perjasica | SDS [53] | SDS 20, JRZ 4 mandates | ||
Ostrovo | non-partisan list [53] | all 12 mandates | ||
Tompojevci | HSS [53] | HSS 9, German ethnic list 3 mandates | ||
Sotin | HSS [53] | HSS 8, German ethnic list 4 mandates | ||
Lovas | HSS [53] | HSS 9, German ethnic list 8 mandates | ||
Cerić | HSS [53] | HSS 8, German ethnic list 4 mandates | ||
Mazinci | Serb non-partisan list [53] | Serb non-partisan list 8, SDK 4 mandates | ||
Donji Čaglić | Joco Mihajlović [54] | JRZ | JRZ 15, independent list (Ivan Vladar) 4 mandates | |
Dragović | Lazo Ratković [54] | JRZ | JRZ 15, HSS (Dolfi Podobnik) 3, SDS (Mile Bosanac) 2 mandates | |
Antunovac | Stjepan Cing [54] | HSS | HSS all 18 mandates | |
Poljana | Mijo Strganac [54] | HSS | HSS all 18 mandates | |
Badljevina | Mato Lujanac [54] | SDK | SDK all 20 mandates | |
Bučić | Stojan Milošević [54] | SDS | SDS 25, JRZ 5 mandates | |
Gaj | Valentin Opić [54] | SDK | SDK 10, Hungarian list 2 mandates | |
Kukunjevac | Spasoja Krajnović [54] | SDK | SDK 12, JRZ 4 mandates | |
Lipik | Valerijan Žiga [54] | HSS | HSS 10, HSS dissidents 2, non-partisan list 4 mandates | |
Pakrac | Antun Erb [54] | SDK | SDK 12, workers'list (Dragutin Pilar) 2 mandates | |
Daruvar (vanjski) | Tomo Vujković [55] | JNS-JRZ-Zbor | 14 mandates JNS-JRZ-Zbor, 6 mandates HSS | |
Daruvar (trgovište) | Lazo Vezmar [55] | HSS | 16 mandates HSS, 2 mandates non-partisan list (Aleksandar Jovanović) | |
Bijela | Jovan Zailac [55] | non-partisan list | all 18 mandates | |
Dežanovac | Vencel Nađ [55] | non-partisan list | all 16 mandates | |
Veliki Bastaji | Božo Zabrdac [55] | Serb non-partisan list | 11 mandates, SDK 5 mandates | |
Sirač | Antun Hamp [55] | HSS | HSS all 12 mandates | |
Uljanik | Ivan Štefko [55] | non-partisan Peasant list | 13 mandates, other non-partisan list 3 mandates | |
Daruvarski Brestovac | Rudolf Urlich [55] | HSS | HSS all 16 mandates | |
Končanica | Franjo Holubek [55] | HSS | two HSS lists contested | |
Miokovićevo | Lazar Grujić [55] | SDS | SDS 16, HSS 8 mandates | |
Andrijevci | HSS [56] | |||
Bebrina | HSS [56] | |||
Beravci | HSS [56] | |||
Brodski Drenovac | HSS [56] | |||
Brodski Stupnik | HSS [56] | |||
Brodski Varoš | HSS [56] | |||
Garčin | HSS [56] | |||
Kaniža | HSS [56] | |||
Klakar | HSS [56] | |||
Oriovac | HSS [56] | |||
Podcrkavlje | HSS [56] | |||
Podvinje | HSS [56] | |||
Sibinj | HSS [56] | |||
Svilaj | HSS [56] | |||
Velika Kopanica | HSS [56] | |||
Trnjani | SDK [56] | |||
Slavonski Kobaš | SDK [56] | |||
Lužani | SDK [56] | |||
Jarmina | German non-partisan list [47] | |||
Hrastovac | German non-partisan list [47] | |||
Šidski Banovci | German non-partisan list [47] | |||
Vinkovačko Novo Selo | German non-partisan list [47] | |||
Brčko | HSS | 2,030 votes for HSS (all 36 mandates) [57] | ||
Bosanski Šamac | HSS | 1,607 votes for HSS (all 36 mandates) [57] | ||
Donja Mahala | HSS | 1,387 votes for HSS (all 36 mandates) [57] | ||
Tramošnica | HSS | 977 votes for HSS (33 mandates), 296 votes for JRZ (3 mandates) [57] | ||
Čelić | HSS | 699 votes for HSS (29 mandates), 295 votes for JRZ (7 mandates) [57] | ||
Gornji Rahić | HSS | 750 votes for HSS (27 mandates), 469 votes for JRZ (9 mandates) [57] | ||
Bukvik | HSS | 981 votes for HSS (all 36 mandates) [57] | ||
Obudovac | Serb non-partisan list | 474 votes for Serb non-partisan list (25 mandates), 384 votes for JRZ (10 mandates), 55 votes for Zbor (1 mandate) [57] | ||
Brezovo Polje | Davidović group | 329 votes for Davidović group (18 mandates), 277 votes for Stanojević group (7 mandates), 213 votes for JRZ (5 mandates) [57] | ||
Brinje | Mile Prpić | SDK | SDK 24 mandates [50] | |
Jezerane | HSS | HSS 30 mandates [50] | ||
Donji Lapac | SDK | SDK 30 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 6 mandates [50] | ||
Srb | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 22 mandates, SDK 8 mandates [50] | ||
Gospić | Luka Hećimović | HSS | HSS 31 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 4 mandates, SDK 1 mandate [50] | |
Karlobag | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [50] | ||
Lički Osik | HSS | HSS 21 mandates, Common Serb list 9 mandates [50] | ||
Medak | SDS | SDS 23 mandates, Common Serb list 11 mandates, JRZ 2 mandates [50] | ||
Bruvno | SDK | SDK 17 mandates, JRZ 7 mandates [50] | ||
Lovinac | HSS | HSS 28 mandates, JRZ 2 mandates [50] | ||
Gračac | SDK | SDK 23 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 10 mandates, JNS 3 mandates [50] | ||
Mazin | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 15 mandates, SDK 3 mandates [50] | ||
Zrmanja | JRZ | JRZ 24 mandates, SDK 6 mandates [50] | ||
Bunić | SDK | SDK 22 mandates, Serb non-partisan 8 mandates [50] | ||
Korenica | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 20 mandates, SDS 10 mandates [50] | ||
Plitvička Jezera | SDK | SDK 11 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 1 mandate [50] | ||
Brlog | HSS | HSS 24 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 6 mandates [50] | ||
Dabar | SDK | SDK 13 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 5 mandates [50] | ||
Otočac | HSS | HSS 33 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 3 mandates [50] | ||
Sinac | HSS | HSS 30 mandates [50] | ||
Škare | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 21 mandates, SDK 2 mandates [50] | ||
Vrhovine | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 25 mandates, SDK 5 mandates [50] | ||
Kosinj | SDK | SDK 19 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 1 mandate [50] | ||
Pazarište | HSS | HSS 30 mandates [50] | ||
Perušić | SDK | SDK 30 mandates [50] | ||
Jablanac | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [50] | ||
Krivi Put | HSS | HSS 18 mandates [50] | ||
Sveti Juraj | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [50] | ||
Podlapac | SDK | SDK 18 mandates, Serb non-partisan list 6 [50] | ||
Udbina | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 21 mandates, SDK 9 mandates [50] | ||
Biograd | HSS | HSS 36 mandates [38] | ||
Zemunik | HSS | HSS 36 mandates [38] | ||
Knin | Serb non-partisan list | Serb non-partisan list 27 mandates, SDK 9 mandates [38] | ||
Božava | HSS | HSS 18 mandates [38] | ||
Preko | HSS | HSS 36 mandates [38] | ||
Sali | HSS | HSS 28 mandates [38] | ||
Silba | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [38] | ||
Veli Iž | HSS | HSS 24 mandates [38] |
Elected municipal council members met after the elections to constitute the council and elect the municipality mayor among themselves. Communist council members in Trogir and Vis refused to take an oath of loyalty to the king and consequently had their mandates made void. [58] According to Jakovčev, 60 municipalities in Dalmatia alone protested due to forgeries and irregularities. [10] In Vrboska, one of the few municipalities that were won by communists, elections were declared void by the government and then repeated on July 28. [29] Busing in voters from Dol and elsewhere and intimidating the communists, HSS managed to secure the majority. [21]
In Bobota, all municipal councilmen elected on non-partisan Serb list decided to join SDS, disappointed by the election results in eastern Slavonia. [22]
Maček declared the elections as a "90% victory for the pro-agreement parties", emphasizing the claim that SDS won the majority among Croatian Serbs. Despite downplaying the political importance of the elections beforehand, he now touted the results as a "lesson" for anti-agreement parties. [2] Shortly after the elections, having in mind the incidents that occurred, ban Šubašić indefinitely banned all public gatherings, rallies or protests except for religious events. [38]
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