2022 Split local elections explained

See main article: 2021 Croatian local elections.

Election Name:	2022 Split local elections
Flag Image:	Flag of the City of Split.svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2021 Split local elections
Previous Year:	2021
Next Election:	2025 Split local elections
Next Year:	2025
Election Date:	26 June 2022 (first round) 10 July 2022 (second round)
Turnout:	31.57% (first round)^[1] 12.39% 28.35% (runoff)^[2] 15.18%
Candidate1:	Ivica Puljak
Party1:	Centre
Popular Vote1:	27,496
Percentage1:	66.16%
Colour1:	2D7AB0
Candidate2:	Zoran Đogaš
Party2:	Independent
Popular Vote2:	13,243
Percentage2:	31.86%
Map Size:	300px
Mayor
Before Election:	Ivica Puljak
Before Party:	Centre
After Election:	Ivica Puljak
After Party:	Centre

Elections were held in Split, Croatia, on 26 June 2022 for the 73rd Mayor of Split, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Split City Council, as well as city district councils.^[3]

Snap elections were called due to the crisis in the city council, when the current mayor Ivica Puljak lost his majority and when his deputy Bojan Ivošević was charged with threatening a journalist.^[4] On April 8, Mayor Puljak and both his deputies resigned, setting a legal 90-day deadline for holding new mayoral elections. In the following days, several councilors also resigned, creating the conditions for holding council elections.^[5]

Ivica Puljak won reelection becoming first mayor of Split to do that, while his party Centre won 8 seats more than year before for a total of 15 out of 31 seat.^[6]

Candidates

On 10 June 2022, State Election Committee of Croatia published list of nine candidates for the Mayor and eleven party lists running for the council.^{[7] [8]}

Candidate			Party affiliation	Running mates		Party affiliation	Notes about the candidate
			Centre	width=5px style="background-color: "		Bojan Ivošević	Centre	Particle physicist and university professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, current mayor of Split^[9]
width=5px style="background-color: "					Antonio Kuzmanić
	Zoran Đogaš		Independent, proposed by Croatian Democratic Union	width=5px style="background:#005BAA;"		Tomislav Šuta	Croatian Democratic Union	Neuroscientist and former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Split^[10]
width=5px style="background:#005BAA;"					Zrinka Mužinić Bikić
	Davor Matijević		Social Democratic Party	width=5px style="background:#ED1C24;"		Dino Sinovčić	Social Democratic Party	Current member of city council and secretary branch of SDP in Split, president of Blatine city district and a member of the Main Board of the SDP of Croatia^[11]
width=5px style="background:#ED1C24;"					Suzana Piacun
			Croatian Civic Party	width=5px style="background-color: "		Igor Stanišić	Croatian Civic Party	Entrepreneur and former Mayor of Split (2009-2013)^[12]
width=5px style="background-color: "					Lidija Bekavac
	Ante Franić		Independent	width=5px style="background:#DDDDDD;"		Jadranka Bandalo-Žebčević	Independent	Former member of SDP and candidate for Mayor of Split in 2021^[13]
width=5px style="background:#DDDDDD;"					Goran Soko
	Josip Markotić		Bridge of Independent Lists	width=5px style="background:#E85726;"		Ivica Grković	Bridge of Independent Lists	Doctor of bioethics and former professor on Catholic University of Croatia, current member of city council^[14]
width=5px style="background:#E85726;"					Ivana Ljulj Cvitanić
	Aris Zlodre		Homeland Movement	width=5px style="background:#c0c0c0;"		Željka Mustapić	Homeland Movement	Entrepreneur^[15]
width=5px style="background:#c0c0c0;"					Davor Stipan
	Tamara Visković		We can!	width=5px style="background:#C9E265;"		Marinko Biškić	We can		Philosopher and art historian^[16]
width=5px style="background:#C9E265;"					Tomo Matičević
	Kristina Vidan		Smart for Split and Dalmatia	width=5px style="background:#C81B77;"		Mariana Bucat	Smart for Split and Dalmatia	Current member of city council^[17]
width=5px style="background:#C81B77;"					Lucia Grčić

Mayoral election

Candidates			First round		Runoff
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ivica Puljak	Centre	22,561	48.73	27,496	66.16
	Zoran Đogaš	Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party	11,887	25.67	13,243	31.86
	Željko Kerum	Croatian Civic Party	3,677	7.94
	Josip Markotić	The Bridge	2,100	4.53
	Aris Zlodre	Homeland Movement Croatian Demochristian Party Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Sovereignists	1,802	3.89
	Davor Matijević	Social Democratic Party Croatian Party of Pensioners	1,779	3.84
	Tamara Visković	We can! New Left	861	1.85
	Kristina Vidan	Smart for Split and Dalmatia	595	1.28
	Ante Franić	Independent	309	0.66
Valid votes:			45,571	98.49	40,739	98.02
Invalid votes:			700	1.51	823	1.98
Turnout:			46,271	31.57	41,562	28.35
Expected voters:			146,578		146,583
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
Source: State election commission^[18] ^[19]

Council election

Party list		Previousseats	Votes	%	Seats	%	Seatchange
	Centre		19,376	42.47		48.39	8
	Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party		10.866	23.81		25.81	1
	Croatian Civic Party		3,246	7.11		6.45	2
	The Bridge		3,017	6.61		6.45	1
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian Party of Pensioners		2,626	5.75		6.45	1
	Homeland Movement Croatian Demochristian Party Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Sovereignists		2,571	5.63		6.45	2
	We can! New Left		1,733	3.79		0.00	2
	Smart for Split and Dalmatia		1,168	2.56		0.00	1
	Independent Youth List Croatian Social Liberal Party		562	1.23		0.00	0
	Independent list of Ante Franić		335	0.73		0.00	0
	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Croatian Labourists – Labour Party		122	0.26		0.00	0
Total:			45,622	98.53	31		0
Invalid votes:			681	1.47
Turnout:			46,317	31.60
Expected voters:			146,578
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
Source: State election commission^[20]

Opinion polls

Mayoral election

First round

Polling Firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Ivica Puljak	Zoran Đogaš	Željko Kerum	Davor Matijević	Josip Markotić	Kristina Vidan	Tamara Visković	Aris Zlodre	Ante Franić	Others	Undecided	Lead
Election results	26 June	—	48.73	25.67	7.94	3.84	4.53	1.28	1.85	3.89	0.66	–	–	23.06
Ipsos	15–18 June	600	37.5	23.6	11.0	3.8	6.6	3.0	4.0	3.0	–	–	7.5	13.9
Promocija plus	15–18 June	600	35.3	23.7	9.4	6.2	3.7	3.4	2.7	2.1	0.5	–	12.9	11.6

Second round

Polling Firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Ivica Puljak	Zoran Đogaš	Željko Kerum	Undecided	Will not vote	Lead
Election results	10 July	—	66.16	31.86	–	–	–	34.30
Promocija plus	30 June–1 July	600	59.7	30.1	–	8.0	2.2	29.6
Promocija plus	15–18 June	600	47.5	37.1	–	7.8	7.6	10.4
			53.7	–	24.2	9.7	12.4	29.5
			–	51.8	16.3	12.9	19.0	35.5

Council election

Polling Firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Centar	HDZ HSS	HGS	SDP HSU	Pametno	Most	DP HDS HSP HS	Možemo NL	NLM HSLS	List of Ante Franić	HNS-LD HL-SR	Others	Undecided	Lead
Election results	26 June	—	42.47	23.81	7.11	6.75	2.56	6.61	5.63	3.79	1.23	0.73	0.26	–	–	18.66
Seat average (D'Hondt method)			11	9	3	3	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Ipsos	15–18 June	600	27.0	23.4	8.3	7.5	3.9	9.2	–	6.1	–	–	–	7.6	7.0	3.6
Promocija plus	15–18 June	600	31.2	20.7	7.3	7.1	6.7	5.4	4.7	3.7	1.2	0.5	0.3	–	11.2	10.5

See also

• 2021 Croatian local elections
• 2021 Split local elections
• 2022 Split district elections
• List of mayors in Croatia
• List of mayors of Split

Notes and References

1. Web site: 26 June 2022 . Rezultati izbora gradonačelnika i zamjenike gradonačelnika grada Splita provedenih 26. lipnja 2022 . Results of the elections for mayor and deputy mayors of the city of Split held on June 26, 2022 . 30 June 2022 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo . hr.
2. Web site: 10 July 2022 . Rezultati drugog kruga glasovanja za izbor gradonačelnika i zamjenike gradonačelnika grada Splita provedenih 20. srpnja 2022 . Results of the second round of voting for the election of the mayor and deputy mayors of the city of Split held on July 20, 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo . hr.
3. Web site: 13 April 2022 . Odabrana povjerenica koja će voditi Split, poznat i datum novih izbora . The elected commissioner who will lead Split, the date of the new elections is also known . 15 April 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
4. Web site: Maretić Žonja . Petra . Filipović . Juraj . 30 March 2022 . Doznajemo! Puljak i Ivošević daju ostavke, Split ide na nove izbore! . We find out! Puljak and Ivošević resign, Split goes to new elections! . 15 March 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
5. Web site: 8 April 2022 . Gradonačelnik Puljak i zamjenik Ivošević podnijeli ostavke, a neočekivano im se pridružio i Kuzmanić . Mayor Puljak and Deputy Ivošević resigned, and Kuzmanić unexpectedly joined them . 15 April 2022 . Jutarnji list . hr.
6. Web site: 10 July 2022 . Ivica Puljak nakon uvjerljive pobjede: "Bit ću gradonačelnik svih građana Splita. Učinit ćemo da Split bude centar regije" . Ivica Puljak after a convincing victory: "I will be the mayor of all the citizens of Split. We will make Split the center of the region" . 10 July 2022 . Dnevnik.hr . hr.
7. Web site: 10 June 2022 . Zbirna lista pravovaljanih kandidata za izbor gradonačelnika i zamjenika gradonačelnika grada Splita . Collective list of valid candidates for the election of the mayor and deputy mayor of the city of Split . 10 June 2022 . State Election Committee of Croatia . hr.
8. Web site: 10 June 2022 . Zbirna lista pravovaljanih kandidacijskih lista za izbor članova gradskog vijeća grada Splita . Collective list of valid candidate lists for the election of members of the City Council of the City of Split . 10 June 2022 . State Election Committee of Croatia . hr.
9. Web site: Vuković . Slavica . 8 April 2022 . Uz Puljka i Ivoševića ostavku podnio i Kuzmanić: 'Nismo htjeli sudjelovati u pravnim smicalicama, građana se ne bojimo' . Along with Puljko and Ivošević, Kuzmanić also resigned: 'We did not want to take part in legal tricks, we are not afraid of citizens' . 15 April 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
10. Web site: 14 April 2022 . Napokon otkriveno tko će biti kandidat HDZ-a na novim izborima u Splitu . It has finally been revealed who will be the HDZ candidate in the new elections in Split . 15 April 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
11. Web site: Filipović . Juraj . 11 April 2022 . SDP zbio redove i prelomio. Na izbore u Splitu ide Davor Matijević: 'Ne želimo ponoviti istu pogrešku' . The SDP closed ranks and broke. Davor Matijević goes to the elections in Split: 'We do not want to repeat the same mistake' . 15 April 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
12. Web site: 31 March 2022 . Skoko rekao Kerumu da 'vrati dug od milijardu i 700 milijuna kuna', ovaj mu nije ostao dužan: 'Koliko ste vi loš čovjek i licemjer, kao i vaš šef Puljak, vi ste ženi samo jer je porijeklom iz moga sela dali otkaz! . Skoko told Kerum to ‘repay the debt of one billion and 700 million kuna’, but he did not remain indebted to him: ‘How bad a man and hypocrite you are, as well as your boss Puljak, you fired a woman just because she is from my village! . 15 April 2022 . Slobodna Dalmacija . hr.
13. Web site: 1 April 2022 . Vijećnik Franić: Idem na izbore za splitskog gradonačelnika kao nezavisni kandidat . Councilor Franić: I am going to the elections for the mayor of Split as an independent candidate . 15 April 2022 . Index.hr . hr.
14. Web site: Šarac . Damir . 2 May 2022 . Mostov kandidat za gradonačelnika dr. sc. Josip Markotić: Pokazali smo da je moguće baviti se politikom na drukčiji način, nismo uzeli ništa; Otkriva i kako bi riješio goruće gradske probleme . Most's candidate for mayor, Ph.D. Josip Markotić: We have shown that it is possible to deal with politics in a different way, we have not taken anything; He also discovers how to solve burning city problems . 12 May 2022 . Slobodna Dalmacija . hr.
15. Web site: Burazin . Antea . 11 May 2022 . Aris Zlodre kandidat je Domovinskog pokreta za gradonačelnika: Želimo se uhvatiti pravih projekata, a ne baviti se šupljima pričama . Aris Zlodre is the candidate of the Homeland Movement for mayor: We want to catch the real projects, not deal with hollow stories . 12 May 2022 . Slobodna Dalmacija . hr.
16. Web site: Vuković . Slavica . 17 May 2022 . Tamara Visković kandidatkinja za gradonačelnicu Splita . Tamara Visković is the candidate for mayor of Split . 24 May 2022 . Večernji list . hr.
17. Web site: Petranović . Damir . 18 May 2022 . Propali pregovori: Dvije lijeve stranke na splitskim izborima kandidiraju dvije žene . Negotiations fail: Two left-wing parties are running in the Split elections . 18 May 2022 . tportal . hr.
18. Web site: 26 June 2022 . Rezultati izbora gradonačelnika i zamjenike gradonačelnika grada Splita provedenih 26. lipnja 2022 . Results of the elections for mayor and deputy mayors of the city of Split held on June 26, 2022 . 30 June 2022 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo . hr.
19. Web site: 10 July 2022 . Rezultati drugog kruga glasovanja za izbor gradonačelnika i zamjenike gradonačelnika grada Splita provedenih 20. srpnja 2022 . Results of the second round of voting for the election of the mayor and deputy mayors of the city of Split held on July 20, 2022 . 13 July 2022 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo . hr.
20. Web site: 26 June 2022 . Rezultati izbora članova gradskog vijeća grada Splita provedenih 26. lipnja 2022 . Results of the elections for members of the City Council of the City of Split held on June 26, 2022 . 30 June 2022 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo . hr.