2021 Rijeka local elections

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2021 Rijeka mayoral election
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Mayoral election
Turnout37.60% (first round) [1] Increase2.svg 0.95%
34.16% (runoff) [2] Increase2.svg 5.74%
  Marko Filipovic.png Davor Stimac.jpg
CandidateMarko FilipovićDavor Štimac
Party SDP Independent
First round11,970
30.25%		6,371
16.10%
Runoff 18,902
52.64%		15,795
43.99%
Rijeka Local elections2021 2.png
Results of the second round in all local committees: the candidate with the majority of votes in each local committee:
  Marko Filipović   Davor Štimac
Mayor before election

Vojko Obersnel
SDP

Elected Mayor

Marko Filipović
SDP

City Council election
All 31 seats in the Rijeka City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
SDP coalitionMarko Filipović28.0510−5
HDZ Josip Ostrogović16.306−1
Independent list of Davor Štimac Davor Štimac11.114+4
Most Marin Miletić10.384+2
PGS Nikola Ivaniš8.623+3
We can! Nebojša Zelič7.642+2
AM Vedran Vivoda5.582−3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2021 Rijeka local elections were the elections for the 15th mayor of Rijeka, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Rijeka City Council. It was a part of the Croatian local elections which were held on 16 May 2021. [3] The incumbent mayor, Vojko Obersnel of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), announced on 6 November 2020 that he would be retiring at the end of his sixth consecutive term in office. [4] The first round saw Marko Filipović (30.25%) and Davor Štimac (16.10%). Filipović is defending the "long-time stronghold" of the SDP against independent centre-right candidate Štimac. [5]

Contents

Results

Mayoral election

CandidatesFirst roundRunoff
CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%
Marko Filipović Social Democratic Party 11,97030.2518,90252.64
Davor Štimac Independent 6,37116.1011,21046.13
Josip Ostrogović Croatian Democratic Union 5,58714.11
Marin Miletić Bridge of Independent Lists 4,47411.30
Nikola Ivaniš Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar 4,39611.10
Nebojša Zelič We Can! 1,7074.31
Ana Blečić-Jelenović List for Fiume 1,5153.82
Katarina Peović Worker's Front 1,1422.88
Vedran Vivoda Youth Action 9792.47
Hrvoje BurićBura4441.12
Antun Antunović Independent 3110.78
Valid votes:38,89698.3734,69796.63
Invalid votes:6441.631,2113.37
Turnout:39,54037.6035,90834.13
Expected voters:105,231105,195

The percentages of votes from each candidate 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: City of Rijeka (Election results)

City council election

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Party listPrevious
seats		Votes%Seats%Seat
change
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Croatian Peasant Party
15 / 37
10,88328.05
10 / 31
32.26Decrease2.svg 5
Croatian Democratic Union
7 / 37
6,32516.30
6 / 31
19.35Decrease2.svg 1
Independent list of Davor Štimac
0 / 37
4,31211.11
4 / 31
12.90Increase2.svg 4
The Bridge
2 / 37
4,03010.38
4 / 31
12.90Increase2.svg 2
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
0 / 37
3,3488.62
3 / 31
9.68Increase2.svg 3
We can!
New Left
0 / 37
2,9647.64
2 / 31
6.45Increase2.svg 2
Youth Action
Union of Kvarner
Alternativa
5 / 35
2,1685.58
2 / 31
6.45Decrease2.svg 3
List for Fiume
2 / 37
1,9214.95
0 / 31
0.00Decrease2.svg 2
Worker's Front
0 / 37
1,5123.89
0 / 31
0.00Steady2.svg 0
Homeland Movement
Croatian Party of Rights
0 / 37
7691.98
0 / 31
0.00Steady2.svg 0
Bura
4 / 37
5631.45
0 / 31
0.00Decrease2.svg 4
Total:38,79598.1931Decrease2.svg 6
Invalid votes:7141.81
Turnout:39,50937.55
Expected voters:105,231

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: City of Rijeka ('Election results')

Serbian minority by-election

Party listVotes%Seats%Seat
change
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Independent Democratic Serb Party
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Croatian Peasant Party 		16551.24
1 / 1
100.00Increase2.svg 1
List for Fiume
Democratic Alliance of Serbs 		15748.76
0 / 1
0.00Steady2.svg 0
Total:32296.121Increase2.svg 1
Invalid votes:133.88
Turnout:3354.82
Expected voters:6,953
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: City of Rijeka ('Election results')

Opinion polls

Mayoral election

First round

Polling FirmFieldwork dateSample
size		Marko FilipovićDavor ŠtimacNikola IvanišJosip OstrogovićMarin MiletićNebojša ZeličAna Blečić JelenovićKatarina PeovićVedran VivodaHrvoje BurićAntun AntunovićUndecidedLead
Election results16 May—30.316.111.114.111.34.33.82.92.51.10.8-14.2
IPSOS 4–5 May60022.821.214.411.59.63.53.02.92.01.81.26.31.6
MASMI 28 April –3 May60023.316.312.114.110.14.94.34.52.0---7.0
IPSOS PULS 16−21 April80022.914.913.810.912.54.52.64.23.0---8.0
MASMI 11–14 March60020.614.57.913.314.63.2-6.84.53.2--6.0
IPSOS PULS 27 February –3 March80015.414.910.98.115.84.26.35.63.21.9--0.4

Second round

Polling FirmFieldwork dateSample
size		Marko FilipovićDavor ŠtimacNikola IvanišMarin MiletićJosip OstrogovićUndecidedWill not voteLead
IPSOS 4–5 May60040.446.9–––4.57.46.5
38.8–38.8––6.915.10.0
49.2––30.7–8.111.318.5
52.2–––31.06.59.721.2
MASMI 28 April –3 May60039.136.4–––12.012.52.7
48.3–––22.113.116.526.2
49.0––20.7–−−28.3

Rijeka City Council

Polling FirmFieldwork dateSample
size		 SDP Davor Štimac List PGS HDZ Most Možemo RI RF DP AM OthersUndecidedLead
Election results16 May—28.111.18.616.310.47.64.93.92.05.61.5-11.8
IPSOS 4–5 May60024.217.51512.77.84.84.12.92.01.5-6.96.7
MASMI 28 April –3 May60023.613.18.016.79.3-4.7--4.9--6.9
IPSOS PULS 16−21 April80025.312.29.412.610.77.14.82.82.26.3--12.8
IPSOS PULS 27 February –3 March80021.612.75.811.011.35.85.43.61.17.7-9.98.9
MASMI 11–14 March60020.912.15.813.99.58.45.14.8-5.1--7.0

Background

Workers' Front's announcement of Katarina Peović's candidature for the mayor of Rijeka caused a rift in the Green–Left Coalition and ultimately resulted in the expulsion of the Workers' Front from the coalition in December 2020, ahead of the elections. [6]

Aftermath

The constituent session of the city council was held on June 29 at the Croatian Cultural Center in Sušak. Ana Trošelj (PGS) was elected president of the council, and Josip Ostrogović (HDZ) and Željko Jovanović (SDP) were elected vice presidents. The majority in the council will be made up of the SDP coalition and the coalition of PGS and Labor, while the opposition includes HDZ, Most and the coalition of AM, UK and Alternativa. [7]

Due to the failure to represent the representatives of the Serbian national minority in the council, by-elections were announced for October 3, 2021 for the election of one representative of the minority. This will increase the number of representatives in the council to 32. [8]

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