2021 Osijek local elections

2021 Osijek local elections

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Turnout	39.48% (first round) 29.13% (runoff)
Candidate Ivan Radić Berislav Mlinarević Party HDZ Independent Popular vote 15,526 9,241 Percentage 62.69% 37.31%
Mayor before election Ivan Vrkić Ind. Elected Mayor Ivan Radić HDZ

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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]

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

Council election

Party list		Previous seats	Votes	%	Seats	%	Seat change
	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	13,252	38.83	14 / 31	45.16	2
	Homeland Movement The Bridge	5 / 37	6,107	17.89	6 / 31	19.35	1
	Social Democratic Party	10 / 37	5,914	17.33	6 / 31	19.35	4
	We can!	0 / 37	2,520	7.38	2 / 31	6.45	2
	Power of Slavonia and Baranja	0 / 37	2,339	6.85	2 / 31	6.45	2
	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Croatian Peasant Party People's Party – Reformists	0 / 37	1,856	5.43	1 / 31	3.23	1
	Independent list of Miroslav Vanek	0 / 37	1,556	4.56	0 / 37	0.00	0
	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja	3 / 37	577	1.69	0 / 37	0.00	3
Total:			34,121	96.88	31		6
Invalid votes:			1,099	3.12
Turnout:			35,239	39.42
Expected voters:			89,385
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[4]

See also

• 2021 Croatian local elections
• 2021 Zagreb local elections
• 2021 Split local elections
• 2021 Rijeka local elections
• List of mayors in Croatia
• List of mayors of Osijek

References