1997 Zagreb local elections

1997 Croatian elections

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13 April 1997

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All 50 seats to the Zagreb Assembly
26 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

67.61%

0.9 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Candidate	Zlatko Canjuga	Zdravko Tomac	Dorica Nikolić
Party	HDZ	SDP	HSLS
Seats won	24 / 50	14 / 50	9 / 50
Seat change	8	5	1
Popular vote	154,960	106,072	46,920
Percentage	34.92%	23.91%	10.57%
Swing	1.63 pp	5.28 pp	2.3 pp

Mayor before election

Stjepan Brolich (acting)
HDZ

Elected mayor

Marina Matulović-Dropulić
HDZ

Elections were held in Zagreb on 13 April 1997 for members of the Zagreb Assembly. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won a majority in the City Assembly with 24 seats out of 50. Marina Matulović-Dropulić was named the new Mayor of Zagreb.

Results

Assembly election

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Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	D'Hondt	Majority	Total	+/−
	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	154,960	34.92%	–1.63	18	6	24	+8
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)	106,072	23.91%	+5.28	12	2	14	+5
	Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)	46,920	10.57%	–2.3	5	4	9	–1
	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	33,952	7.65%	–0.36	3	0	3	–1
	Social Democratic Action of Croatia (ASH)	21,135	4.76%	–1.77	0	0	0	–2
	Croatian People's Party (HNS)	16,558	3.73%	+2.42	0	0	0	±0
	Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)	10,151	2.29%	–4.23	0	0	0	–2
	Other lists	53,961	12.16%		0	0	0	–5
Total:		443,709			38	12	50
Invalid votes:		10,156	2.24%
Turnout:		453,865	67.61%	+0.9
Registered voters:		671,255

Source: City Election Committee

Popular vote

HDZ			34.92%
SDP			23.91%
HSLS			10.57%
HSS			7.65%
ASH			4.76%
HNS			3.73%
HSP			2.29%
Other			12.16%

Seat totals

HDZ			48%
SDP			28%
HSLS			18%
HSS			6%

The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won 34.92% of the votes or 154,960 and gained 24 out of 50 seats in the Zagreb City Assembly. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) came second with 106,072 or 23.91% of the votes and 14 seats, while the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) came third with 46,920 votes or 10.57% and gained 9 seats. After Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) members of the Assembly joined HDZ, Marina Matulović Dropulić was named the new Mayor of Zagreb.

References

^ "Izbori održani 13. travnja 1997". Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "Županijska skupština XXI. Grada Zagreba" (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo.
"Marina Matulović Dropulić - Večernji.hr". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

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