2017 Zagreb local elections explained

Election Name:	2017 Zagreb mayoral election
Country:	Zagreb
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2013 Zagreb local elections
Previous Year:	2013
Next Election:	2021 Zagreb local elections
Next Year:	2021
Election Date:	4 June 2017
Turnout:	41.14%
Candidate1:	Milan Bandić
Party1:	Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party
Popular Vote1:	147,680
Percentage1:	51.79%
Candidate2:	Anka Mrak Taritaš
Party2:	Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats
Popular Vote2:	131,373
Percentage2:	46.07%
Mayor
Before Election:	Milan Bandić
Before Party:	BM 365
After Election:	Milan Bandić
After Party:	BM 365

Elections were held in Zagreb on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Zagreb and members of the Zagreb Assembly. Milan Bandić, the 52nd and incumbent mayor since 2005 (previously also the 50th mayor from 2000 to 2002), ran for a sixth 4-year term. As no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections took place on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-placed candidates in terms of popular vote: incumbent mayor Milan Bandić of the Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party and former Minister of Construction Anka Mrak Taritaš of the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats. In the run-off Bandić won re-election as mayor, taking 51.8% of the votes against 46% for Mrak Taritaš (with 2.1% of the votes being blank or invalid). Turnout for the election was 47.7% in the first round and 41.2% in the second round.

As Zagreb, being the national capital, is the only Croatian city to enjoy a special status within Croatia's regional administrative framework (being both a city and a county), the mayor of Zagreb likewise also enjoys a status equal to that of a county prefect (Croatian: župan) of one of Croatia's other 20 counties (Croatian: županija).

This was the third direct election for the mayor of Zagreb (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.

Results

Mayoral election

Candidates	First round^[1]	Second round^[2]
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
bgcolor=		align = left	Milan Bandić	align = left	Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party	align = right	101,828	align = right	30.87%	align = right	147,680	align = right	51.79%
bgcolor=		align = left	Anka Mrak Taritaš	align = left	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats	align = right	80,765	align = right	24.48%	align = right	131,373	align = right	46.07%
bgcolor=		align = left	Sandra Švaljek	align = left	Independent (supported by HSLS, HKS)	align = right	63,131	align = right	19.14%
bgcolor=		align = left	Bruna Esih	align = left	Independent	align = right	36,211	align = right	10.98%
bgcolor=		align = left	Drago Prgomet	align = left	Croatian Democratic Union	align = right	18,478	align = right	5.60%
	align = left	Tomislav Tomašević	align = left	Zagreb is OURS!	align = right	12,996	align = right	3.94%
bgcolor=		align = left	Ivan Lovrinović	align = left	Human Shield	align = right	6,595	align = right	2.00%
bgcolor=		align = left	Marko Sladoljev	align = left	Bridge of Independent Lists	align = right	6,214	align = right	1.88%

Assembly election

Party list	Votes	%	Seats	%	Seat change
bgcolor=		align = left	Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party Party of Intergenerational Solidarity of Croatia Green list People's Party - Reformists	align = right	74,467	align = right	23.03%	align = right	14	align = right	27.45%	align = right	3
bgcolor=		align = left	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Croatian Peasant Party Croatian Party of Pensioners Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance Party of Pensioners	align = right	67,189	align = right	20.78%	align = right	13	align = right	25.49%	align = right	4
bgcolor=		align = left	Independent list of Sandra Švaljek Croatian Social Liberal Party Green Party Croatian Conservative Party	align = right	40,215	align = right	12.43%	align = right	8	align = right	15.69%	align = right	4
bgcolor=		align = left	Croatian Democratic Union	align = right	38,684	align = right	11.96%	align = right	7	align = right	13.73%	align = right	1
bgcolor=		align = left	Independent list of Bruna Esih	align = right	26,628	align = right	8.23%	align = right	5	align = right	9.80%	align = right	5
	align = left	Zagreb is OURS! New Left Sustainable Development of Croatia Workers' Front For the City	align = right	24,706	align = right	7.64%	align = right	4	align = right	7.84%	align = right	4
bgcolor=		align = left	Bridge of Independent Lists	align = right	15,966	align = right	4.93%	align = right	0	align = right	0%	align = right	0
bgcolor=		align = left	Human Shield Let's Change Croatia	align = right	14,654	align = right	4.53%	align = right	0	align = right	0%	align = right	0
	align = left	Pametno	align = right	5,682	align = right	1.75%	align = right	0	align = right	0%	align = right	0
		align = left	Bloc Pensioners Together	align = right	2,908	align = right	0.89%	align = right	0	align = right	0%	align = right	1
align=left colspan=2	Total:	align=right	323,322	align=right	98.20%	align=right	51	align=right		align=right	0
align=left colspan=2	Invalid votes:	align=right	1,610	align=right	1.80%	align=right		align=right		align=right
align=left colspan=2	Turnout:	align=right	329,605	align=right	47.62%	align=right		align=right		align=right
align=left colspan=2	Expected voters:	align=right	692,144	align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right
align=left colspan=7	The percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid voters The percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout number The turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters
align=left colspan=7	Source: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) https://web.archive.org/web/20170903132257/http://www.izbori.hr/231lok/rezult/1/nrezultati.htmL

Councils of districts

Distribution of seats per district^[3]
District	BM 365	SDP-HNS	HDZ	NLSŠ-HSLS	ZJN	Most	Živi Zid	Others
District								Others
Donji Grad	2	5	3	2	3
Gornji Grad – Medveščak	3	3	3	3	2			1
	3	4	2	3	2			1
	3	3	4	2	1	1		1
	9	4	3	2	1
Novi Zagreb – istok	5	5	3	2	2	1	1
	7	3	4	3	1		1
	4	4	3	3	3	1	1
Trešnjevka – jug	4	5	3	3	2	1	1
CČrnomerec	3	3	3	3	2	1
Gornja Dubrava	8	3	4	3		1
Donja Dubrava	7	2	3	2		1
Stenjevec	4	4	4	3	1	2	1
Podsused – Vrapče	5	3	2	2	1	1	1
Podsljeme	4	1	2	1				3
Sesvete	8	3	4	2		1	1
Brezovica	5	1	3	1				1
Totals	84	56	53	40	21	11	7	7

Councils of local committees

Distribution of seats per district^[4]
District	BM 365	SDP-HNS	HDZ	NLSŠ-HSLS	ZJN	Most	Živi Zid	Others
District								Others
Donji Grad	14	31	14	7	7		2
Gornji Grad – Medveščak	10	24	15	15	3			2
	16	25	13	12	6		1	4
	16	19	19	7	5	3		4
	44	19	18	9	3			3
Novi Zagreb – istok	18	21	15	11	2		5	5
	35	21	21	12	4		1	9
	15	20	14	10	10		1	2
Trešnjevka – jug	13	15	12	10	4		2	2
CČrnomerec	13	15	12	15	2		1
Gornja Dubrava	44	16	21	13	1		2	2
Donja Dubrava	27	8	11	6		1		1
Stenjevec	13	13	9	7		3	3	4
Podsused – Vrapče	18	11	10	9		2	3	2
Podsljeme	10	3	6	5				7
Sesvete	120	36	50	17		2	9	14
Brezovica	27	7	17	7		1		3
Totals	453	304	273	172	47	12	30	64

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown as not announced (N/A).

First round

2017

Date(s) conducted	Polling Organisation	Sample size	Milan Bandić	Sandra Švaljek	Anka Mrak Taritaš	Bruna Esih	Drago Prgomet	Ivan Lovrinović	Marko Sladoljev	Others	Undecided
										Others	Undecided
21 May	Election results	/	30.87%	19.14%	24.48%	10.98%	5.60%	2.0%	1.88%	/	/
May	Promocija plus	800	25.3%	16.7%	24.1%	10.7%	7.7%	2.2%	1.8%	N/A	N/A
12–16 May	Ipsos Puls	1,002	24.9%	16.7%	24.7%	8.3%	5.8%	4.3%	2.9%	2.1%	10.3%
24–26 March	Ipsos Puls	600	24.1%	21.2%	27.8%	9.3%	6.8%	-	1.1%	2.9%	6.8%
March	Promocija plus	800	29.1%	19.8%	25.6%	8.8%	4.9%	-	1.1%	3.4%	7.5%
18 March	2x1 komunikacije	700	32.3%	15.2%	21.8%	8.6%	5.0%	-	2.8%	-	-
21–24 February	Promocija plus	1,000	28.1%	24.0%	26.7%	5.1%	-	-	-	15.2%	-

2014–2016

Date(s) conducted	Polling Organisation	Sample size	Milan Bandić	Sandra Švaljek	Anka Mrak Taritaš	Davor Bernardić	Andrija Mikulić	Others	Undecided
								Others	Undecided
12–18 November	Promocija plus	1,000	31.3%	25.2%	18.1%	9.0%	-	10.7%	-
24–28 October	Promocija plus	1,000	29.0%	21.7%	15.4%	7.1%	-	15.5%	11.5%
May	Promocija plus	1,000	29.1%	26.7%	6.8%	6.6%	5.4%	13.9%	11.5%
14–22 April	Promocija plus	1,000	33.8%	28.6%	9.3%	8.5%	4.9%	1.1%	13.8%
2016
April	2x1 komunikacije	1,041	32.6%	8.9%	3.7%	17.2%	17.0%	4.8%	15.9%
2–9 March	2x1 komunikacije	3,000	34.9%	10.8%	5.3%	16.3%	19.9%	5.3%	7.5%
13–17 February	2x1 komunikacije	3,000	34.6%	-	2.5%	19.9%	11.0%	10.9%	21.1%
19–22 January	2x1 komunikacije	3,000	34.3%	5.8%	-	8.6%	9.7%	20.7%	20.8%
2015
12 April	Vectura	500	40.6%	-	1.2%	18.7%	6.2%	24.9%	8.3%
2014

Second round

Bandić–Švaljek

Date(s) conducted	Polling Organisation	Sample size	Milan Bandić	Sandra Švaljek

May 2017	Promocija plus	800	37.3%	46.3%
12–16 May 2017	Ipsos Puls	1002	39.9%	50.7%
24–26 March 2017	Ipsos Puls	600	36.9%	55%
March 2017	Promocija plus	800	44.9%	42.9%
24–28 October 2016	Promocija plus	1,000	50.9%	49.1%

Bandić–Mrak Taritaš

Date(s) conducted	Polling Organisation	Sample size	Milan Bandić	Anka Mrak Taritaš

30 May–1 June 2017	Ipsos Puls	925	48.4%	40.7%
May 2017	Promocija plus	800	45.3%	43.2%
21 May 2017	Ipsos Puls	5,224	43.6%	43.3%
May 2017	Promocija plus	800	41.2%	40.5%
12–16 May 2017	Ipsos Puls	1,002	44.8%	44.3%
24–26 March 2017	Ipsos Puls	600	43%	47,9%
March 2017	Promocija plus	800	42.4%	41.4%
21–24 February 2017	Promocija plus	1,000	47.6%	52.4%
24–28 October 2016	Promocija plus	1,000	52.9%	47.1%
May 2016	Promocija plus	1,000	61.7%	38.3%

Švaljek–Mrak Taritaš

Individual party standings

Date	Polling Organisation	Sample size	SDP	HDZ	BM 365	Most	NL Sandra Švaljek	Živi zid	HNS	NL Bruna Esih	Pametno	Others	Undecided	Lead
Date	Polling Organisation	Sample size										Others	Undecided	Lead
21 May	Election results	/	20.78%	11.96%	23.03%	4.93%	12.43%	4.53%	(SDP)	8.23%	1.75%	-	-	2.25%
May	Promocija plus	800	23.3%	13.1%	19.1%	4.4%	11.9%	4.7%	(SDP)	7.3%	-	N/A	N/A	4.2%
12–16 May	Ipsos Puls	1002	24.4%	13.5%	13.3%	4.9%	9.9%	6.5%	(SDP)	6.2%	-	9.5%	11.8%	10.9%
24–26 March	Ipsos Puls	600	23.2%	11.5%	22.0%	3.6%	19.5%	4.4%	(SDP)	3.7%	3%	4.3%	4.7%	1.2%
March	Promocija plus	800	26.8%	13.6%	19.2%	3.9%	11.8%	3.0%	(SDP)	7.0%	2.8%	0.6%	11.3%	7.6%
18 March	2x1 komunikacije	700	20.9%	17.3%	19.8%	4.4%	-	3.7%	5.8%	5.4%	-	-	14.9%	1.1%
2017
12–18 November	Promocija plus	1,000	27.0%	21.0%	11.0%	9.2%	9.9%	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A	6%
24–28 October	Promocija plus	1,000	27.9%	21.1%	11.2%	9.9%	9.5%	6.7%	4.0%	-	-	N/A	N/A	6.8%
May	Promocija plus	1,000	29.4%	20.8%	14.5%	1.9%	11.5%	10.7%	2.1%	-	-	N/A	N/A	6.3%
2016

Notes and References

Web site: 2017 Lokalni - rezultati - GS . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525094716/http://www.zgizbori.hr/231lok/rezult/1/rezultatiGS.html . 2017-05-25 . dead .
Web site: 2017 Lokalni - rezultati - GS . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606231101/http://www.zgizbori.hr/231lok/rezult/2/rezultatigs.html . 2017-06-06 . dead .
Web site: Rezultati . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170527230106/http://www.zgizbori.hr/231lok/rezult/1/rezultati-rjesenja.html . 2017-05-27 . dead .
Web site: Rezultati . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170527230106/http://www.zgizbori.hr/231lok/rezult/1/rezultati-rjesenja.html . 2017-05-27 . dead .