Elections were held in Osijek, Croatia, on 16 and 30 May 2021 for the 49th Mayor of Osijek, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Osijek City Council, as part of the 2021 Croatian local elections.[1] The incumbent mayor, Ivan Vrkić, announced on 11 July 2020 that he will not run for another term.[2]
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| Turnout | 39.48% (first round) 29.13% (runoff) | |||||||||||||||
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This was the third direct election for the mayor of Osijek (simultaneously held with elections for all other county prefects and mayors in Croatia) since the popular vote method was introduced in 2009, as previously those officials had been elected by their county or city assemblies and councils.[3]
Mayoral election edit
| Candidates | First round | Runoff | ||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Ivan Radić | Croatian Democratic Union | 13,655 | 38.69 | 15,526 | 59.66 | |
| Berislav Mlinarević | Homeland Movement | 6,930 | 19.63 | 9,241 | 35,51 | |
| Goran Kušec | Social Democratic Party | 6,359 | 18.01 | |||
| Vladimir Šišljagić | Power of Slavonia and Baranja | 2,884 | 8.17 | |||
| Vladimir Ham | Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats | 1,976 | 5.59 | |||
| Katarina Kruhonja | We can! | 1,476 | 4.18 | |||
| Miroslav Vanek | Independent | 1,085 | 3.07 | |||
| Total votes: | 34,365 | 97.40 | 24,767 | 95.20 | ||
| Invalid votes: | 916 | 2.60 | 1,248 | 4,80 | ||
| Turnout: | 35,281 | 39.48 | 26,026 | 29.13 | ||
| Expected voters: | 89,385 | 89,333 | ||||
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The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid voters. | ||||||
| Source: State Election Commission[4] | ||||||
Council election edit
| Party list | Previous seats |
Votes | % | Seats | % | Seat change | |
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| Croatian Democratic Union Independent list of Anto Đapić Active Independent Pensioners Croatian Party of Pensioners Bloc Pensioner Together Croatian Social Liberal Party Democratic Croatian Peasant Party |
12 / 37
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13,252 | 38.83 | 14 / 31
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45.16 |  2
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| Homeland Movement The Bridge |
5 / 37
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6,107 | 17.89 | 6 / 31
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19.35 | 1
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| Social Democratic Party | 10 / 37
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5,914 | 17.33 | 6 / 31
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19.35 |  4
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| We can! | 0 / 37
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2,520 | 7.38 | 2 / 31
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6.45 | 2
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| Power of Slavonia and Baranja | 0 / 37
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2,339 | 6.85 | 2 / 31
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6.45 | 2
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| Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Croatian Peasant Party People's Party – Reformists |
0 / 37
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1,856 | 5.43 | 1 / 31
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3.23 | 1
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| Independent list of Miroslav Vanek | 0 / 37
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1,556 | 4.56 | 0 / 37
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0.00 |  0
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| Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja | 3 / 37
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577 | 1.69 | 0 / 37
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0.00 | 3
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| Total: | 34,121 | 96.88 | 31 | 6
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| Invalid votes: | 1,099 | 3.12 | |||||
| Turnout: | 35,239 | 39.42 | |||||
| Expected voters: | 89,385 | ||||||
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The percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid voters | |||||||
| Source:State Election Commission[4] | |||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Lokalni izbori 2021". izbori.hr. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Neću se više kandidirati za gradonačelnika Osijeka". glas-slavonije.hr. Glas Slavonije. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ RH, Vlada (10 May 2017). "Odluka Vlade Republike Hrvatske o raspisivanju lokalnih izbora". izbori.hr. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ a b "XIV. OsječkoO-Baranjskažupanija" [XIV Osijek-Baranja County] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian).