Local elections were held in Croatia on 17 May 2009, with the second round held on 31 May where necessary.
The elections elected a total of 866 members of county assemblies and 51 members of the City Assembly of the City of Zagreb, as well as 2,206 members of city councils and 5,343 municipal councils. A total of 2,982 candidate lists with 46,324 candidates were submitted for 21 county assemblies and the City Assembly of the City of Zagreb, as well as for 126 city councils and 429 municipal councils. In addition, 429 municipal mayors and 435 deputy mayors, 126 city mayors and 194 deputy mayors, 21 prefects and 42 deputy prefects and mayor of the City of Zagreb with his deputies were elected. Kutjevo, Otok and Sveta Nedelja are cities where for the first time was elected city mayor instead municipal mayor.
Electoral system Councilors of regional and local council are elected by closed list proportional system with a number of seats depending on number of inhabitants in area. By law, municipalities with up to 3,000 inhabitants elect between 7 and 13 councilors, municipalities with between 3,000 and 10,000 councilors elect between 9 and 15 councilors, municipalities and cities with between 10,000 and 30,000 inhabitants elect between 13 and 19 councilors, cities with over 30,000 inhabitants elect between 19 and 35 councilors, while the City of Zagreb elects 51 councilors. Counties numbers between 31 and 51 councilors, regardless of population. The electoral threshold was set on 5%. The number of seats can differ from above mentioned because of special seats for national minorities that are given independently. County prefects, city and municipal mayors were elected directly by voters for the first time.
Election results
Counties +Results of 2009 elections in Croatian countiesCountyCounty councilCounty prefect/Zagreb mayorPluralityTurnoutPrefect/MayorTurnoutNotesBjelovar-BilogoraHDZ (28.92%)44.04%Miroslav Čačija, HSS (64.38%)44.04%first round winBrod-PosavinaHDZ (32.23%)47.81%Danijel Marušić, HDZ (50.86%)36.26%runoff electionDubrovnik-NeretvaHDZ, HSS, HSLS, HSU (46.65%)55.41%Nikola Dobroslavić, HDZ (53.64%)49.14%runoff electionIstriaIDS, HNS (44.77%)49.63%Ivan Jakovčić, IDS (59.62%)38.23%runoff electionKarlovacHDZ, HSS, HSLS (48.25%)46.26%Ivan Vučić, HDZ (58.72%)30.33%runoff electionKoprivnica-KriževciSDP, HNS (45.90%)53.11%Darko Koren, HSS (51.18%)53.10%first round winKrapina-ZagorjeSDP, HNS, ZDS, HSU, DC (46.25%)52.66%Siniša Hajdaš Dončić, SDP (53.03%)52.66%first round winLika-SenjHDZ, HSS, HSP, HSLS (69.87%)50.54%Milan Jurković, HDZ (68.49%)50.54%first round winMeđimurjeSDP, HSS, HSU (40.03%)50.16%Ivan Perhoč, SDP (62.82%)37.32%runoff electionOsijek-BaranjaHDZ, HSP, HSU, HSS, HSLS (34.69%)49.20%Vladimir Šišljagić, HDSSB (54.10%)38.69%runoff electionPožega-SlavoniaHDZ (40.41%)49.91%Marijan Aladrović, HDZ (53.00%)43.72%runoff electionPrimorje-Gorski KotarSDP, HNS, HSU, IDS, HSLS, ARS, SDA, ZS (52.25%)44.07%Zlatko Komadina, SDP (60.48%)44.07%first round winSisak-MoslavinaHDZ, HSS, HSLS, HSU (40.09%)44.41%Marina Lovrić, SDP (50.90%)44.41%first round winSplit-DalmatiaHDZ, HSS, HSLS (31.72%)49.29%Ante Sanader, HDZ (58.65%)42.75%runoff electionŠibenik-KninHDZ (35.63%)46.76%Goran Pauk, HDZ (62.70%)30.20%runoff electionVaraždinHNS, SDP, HSU (52.92%)57.69%Predrag Štromar, HNS (51.56%)57.69%first round winVirovitica-PodravinaHDZ, HSS, HSLS (53.67%)50.05%Tomislav Tolušić, HDZ (57.08%)50.05%first round winVukovar-SyrmiaHDZ, HSS, HSP, HSLS, HSU, PSS (59.57%)43.20%Božo Galić, HDZ (67.85%)43.24%first round winZadarHDZ, HSS, HSLS, HSP, HSU (63.30%)44.76%Stipe Zrilić, HDZ (62.92%)44.82%first round winZagreb CountyHDZ, HSS, HSU (42.25%)45.80%Stjepan Kožić, HSS (51.06%)45.80%first round winCity of ZagrebSDP, HSU (33.34%)41.69%Milan Bandić, SDP (61.84%)33.62%runoff electionSource: State Electoral Committee
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