| Election Name: | 2013 Croatian local elections |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Croatian local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2017 Croatian local elections |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Seats For Election: | All county prefects, mayors and members of county and city councils |
| Election Date: | 19 May and 2 June 2013 |
| 2Blank: | Prefects |
| 3Blank: | Prefects +/- |
| 4Blank: | Councillors |
| 5Blank: | Councillors % |
| 6Blank: | Councillors +/- |
| Party1: | Croatian Democratic Union |
| 2Data1: | 10 |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
| 2Data2: | 3 |
| 3Data2: | 2 |
| Party3: | Croatian Peasant Party |
| 2Data3: | 3 |
Local elections were held in Croatia on 19 May 2013, with the second round held on 2 June where necessary.
The elections were held to elect members of city councils, mayors, members of county councils and county prefects. The turnout was 47%, and 43% in the second round.
In Zagreb, populist right-wing and former Social Democrat Milan Bandić won 47.9% of the vote against Social Democrat Health Minister Rajko Ostojić's 22.7%. Bandic received a two-thirds majority in the second round.
The incumbent mayor of Split, Željko Kerum, placed third with 18.54% of the vote and was eliminated from the second round which was narrowly won by the Socialist candidate Ivo Baldasar.
In Slavonia's largest city, Osijek, the HDSSB candidate, mayor Krešimir Bubalo, won 36.3% of the vote in the first round, but lost to Independent candidate Ivan Vrkić, who gained 27.8% in the second round.
| Results of 2013 Croatian local elections | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | County council | County prefect | |||||||
| Plurality | Turnout | Prefect | Turnout | Notes | |||||
| Bjelovar-Bilogora | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (29.84%) | 47.46% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Damir Bajs, HSS (64.4%) | 39.47% | runoff election | ||
| Brod-Posavina | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (39.62%) | 46.8% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Danijel Marušić, HDZ (51.59%) | 46.8% | first round win | ||
| Dubrovnik-Neretva | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (41.57%) | 56.73% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Nikola Dobroslavić, HDZ (55.04%) | 56.73% | first round win | ||
| Istria | width=5px style="background-color:" | IDS (43.93%) | 45.33% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Ivan Jakovčić, IDS (55.04%) | 37.9% | runoff election | ||
| Karlovac | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (47.42%) | 46.16% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Ivan Vučić, HDZ (55.42%) | 39.52% | runoff election | ||
| Koprivnica-Križevci | width=5px style="background-color:" | SDP (45.9%) | 46.37% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Darko Koren, HSS (53.22%) | 46.39% | first round win | ||
| Krapina-Zagorje | width=5px style="background-color:" | SDP (45.49%) | 51.12% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Željko Kolar, SDP (51.72%) | 50.89% | first round win | ||
| Lika-Senj | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (58.31%) | 52.89% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Milan Kolić, HDZ (52.34%) | 52.89% | first round win | ||
| Međimurje | width=5px style="background-color:" | SDP (30.32%) | 45.04% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Matija Posavec, HNS (52.79%) | 34.39% | runoff election | ||
| Osijek-Baranja | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDSSB (33.39%) | 49.59% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Vladimir Šišljagić, HDSSB (53.4%) | 45.06% | runoff election | ||
| Požega-Slavonia | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (40.56%) | 52.85% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Alojz Tomašević, HDZ (60.54%) | 46.04% | runoff election | ||
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar | width=5px style="background-color:" | SDP (42.55%) | 41.4% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Zlatko Komadina, SDP (54.01%) | 44.41% | first round win | ||
| Sisak-Moslavina | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (34.95%) | 47.51% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Marina Lovrić, SDP (54.8%) | 46.64% | runoff election | ||
| Split-Dalmatia | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (33.97%) | 49.82% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Zlatko Ževrnja, HDZ (55.84%) | 44.5% | runoff election | ||
| Šibenik-Knin | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (39.73%) | 46.8% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Goran Pauk, HDZ (55.37%) | 40.09% | runoff election | ||
| Varaždin | width=5px style="background-color:" | HNS (48.09%) | 48.62% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Predrag Štromar, HNS (62.79%) | 38.73% | first round win | ||
| Virovitica-Podravina | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (51.01%) | 50.33% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Tomislav Tolušić, HDZ (52.67%) | 50.34% | first round win | ||
| Vukovar-Syrmia | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (48.86%) | 51.58% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Božo Galić, HDZ (54.76%) | 51.55% | first round win | ||
| Zadar | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (47.73%) | 46.95% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Stipe Zrilić, HDZ (61.31%) | 37.02% | runoff election | ||
| Zagreb County | width=5px style="background-color:" | HDZ (28.10%) | 45.14% | width=5px style="background-color:" | Stjepan Kožić, HSS (56.53%) | 45.15% | first round win | ||
| Source: State Electoral Commission[1] | |||||||||
See also: 2013 Zagreb local elections.
See also: 2013 Split local elections.