Local elections were held in Croatia on 19 May 2013, with the second round held on 2 June where necessary.
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.
Results
Counties +Results of 2013 elections in Croatian countiesCountyCounty councilCounty prefectPlurality TurnoutPrefect 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 winSource: State Electoral Commission
Cities City of Zagreb
City of Split
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