2017 Zagreb local elections

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.

2017 Zagreb mayoral election

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Turnout	41.14%
Candidate Milan Bandić Anka Mrak Taritaš Party BM 365 HNS-LD Popular vote 147,680 131,373 Percentage 51.79% 46.07%
Mayor before election Milan Bandić BM 365 Elected Mayor Milan Bandić BM 365

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

 

Results of the election for councils of Districts of Zagreb: the party with the majority of votes in each district:   Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party   Social Democratic Party of Croatia   Croatian Democratic Union

 

Results of the election for councils of local committees: the party with the majority of votes in each committee:   Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party
  Social Democratic Party of Croatia
  Croatian Democratic Union
  Independent list of Sandra Švaljek
  Human Shield
  Zagreb is Ours
  Independent

Mayoral election

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

Assembly election

Party list		Votes	%	Seats	%	Seat change
	Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party Party of Intergenerational Solidarity of Croatia Green list People's Party - Reformists	74,467	23.03%	14	27.45%	3
	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	67,189	20.78%	13	25.49%	4
	Independent list of Sandra Švaljek Croatian Social Liberal Party Green Party Croatian Conservative Party	40,215	12.43%	8	15.69%	4
	Croatian Democratic Union	38,684	11.96%	7	13.73%	1
	Independent list of Bruna Esih	26,628	8.23%	5	9.80%	5
	Zagreb is OURS! New Left Sustainable Development of Croatia Workers' Front For the City	24,706	7.64%	4	7.84%	4
	Bridge of Independent Lists	15,966	4.93%	0	0%	0
	Human Shield Let's Change Croatia	14,654	4.53%	0	0%	0
	Pametno	5,682	1.75%	0	0%	0
	Bloc Pensioners Together	2,908	0.89%	0	0%	1
Total:		323,322	98.20%	51		0
Invalid votes:		1,610	1.80%
Turnout:		329,605	47.62%
Expected voters:		692,144
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 Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo)

Councils of districts

Distribution of seats per district^[3]

District	BM 365	SDP-HNS	HDZ	NLSŠ-HSLS	ZJN	Most	Živi Zid	Others
Donji Grad	2	5	3	2	3
Gornji Grad – Medveščak	3	3	3	3	2			1
Trnje	3	4	2	3	2			1
Maksimir	3	3	4	2	1	1		1
Peščenica – Žitnjak	9	4	3	2	1
Novi Zagreb – istok	5	5	3	2	2	1	1
Novi Zagreb – zapad	7	3	4	3	1		1
Trešnjevka – sjever	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
Donji Grad	14	31	14	7	7		2
Gornji Grad – Medveščak	10	24	15	15	3			2
Trnje	16	25	13	12	6		1	4
Maksimir	16	19	19	7	5	3		4
Peščenica – Žitnjak	44	19	18	9	3			3
Novi Zagreb – istok	18	21	15	11	2		5	5
Novi Zagreb – zapad	35	21	21	12	4		1	9
Trešnjevka – sjever	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
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
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

Date(s) conducted	Polling Organisation	Sample size	Sandra Švaljek	Anka Mrak Taritaš
24–26 March 2017	Ipsos Puls	600	49.8%	36.8%

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
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

See also

• 2017 Croatian local elections
• List of mayors in Croatia
• List of mayors of Zagreb

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