2021 Rijeka local elections explained

See main article: 2021 Croatian local elections.

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]

Results

Mayoral election

Candidates			First round		Runoff
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marko Filipović	Social Democratic Party	11,970	30.25	18,902	52.64
	Davor Štimac	Independent	6,371	16.10	11,210	46.13
	Josip Ostrogović	Croatian Democratic Union	5,587	14.11
	Marin Miletić	Bridge of Independent Lists	4,474	11.30
	Nikola Ivaniš	Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar	4,396	11.10
	Nebojša Zelič	We Can!	1,707	4.31
	Ana Blečić-Jelenović	List for Fiume	1,515	3.82
	Katarina Peović	Worker's Front	1,142	2.88
	Vedran Vivoda	Youth Action	979	2.47
	Hrvoje Burić	Bura	444	1.12
	Antun Antunović	Independent	311	0.78
Valid votes:			38,896	98.37	34,697	96.63
Invalid votes:			644	1.63	1,211	3.37
Turnout:			39,540	37.60	35,908	34.13
Expected voters:			105,231		105,195
align=left colspan=7	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
align=left colspan=7	Source: City of Rijeka (Election results) https://www.rijeka.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rezultati-izbora-za-gradona%C4%8Delnika-i-zamjenika-gradona%C4%8Delnika-Grada-Rijeke-16.-svibnja-2021..pdf https://www.rijeka.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Kona%C4%8Dni-rezultati-drugog-kruga-glasovanja-za-izbor-gradona%C4%8Delnika-i-zamjenika-gradona%C4%8Delnika-Grada-Rijeke-provedenog-30.-svibnja-2021..pdf

City council election

Party list		Previous seats	Votes	%	Seats	%	Seat change
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian Party of Pensioners Istrian Democratic Assembly Croatian Peasant Party		10,883	28.05		32.26	5
	Croatian Democratic Union		6,325	16.30		19.35	1
	Independent list of Davor Štimac		4,312	11.11		12.90	4
	The Bridge		4,030	10.38		12.90	2
	Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar Croatian Labourists – Labour Party		3,348	8.62		9.68	3
	We can! New Left		2,964	7.64		6.45	2
	Youth Action Union of Kvarner Alternativa		2,168	5.58		6.45	3
	List for Fiume		1,921	4.95		0.00	2
	Worker's Front		1,512	3.89		0.00	0
	Homeland Movement Croatian Party of Rights		769	1.98		0.00	0
	Bura		563	1.45		0.00	4
Total:			38,795	98.19	31		6
Invalid votes:			714	1.81
Turnout:			39,509	37.55
Expected voters:			105,231
align=left colspan=8	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
align=left colspan=8	Source: City of Rijeka ('Election results') https://www.rijeka.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rezultati-izbora-za-%C4%8Dlanove-Gradskog-vije%C4%87a-Grada-Rijeke-16.-svibnja-2021..pdf

Serbian minority by-election

Party list		Votes	%	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	165	51.24		100.00	1
bgcolor=" Opinion polls Mayoral election First round Polling Firm Fieldwork date Sample size Marko Filipović Davor Štimac Nikola Ivaniš Josip Ostrogović Marin Miletić Nebojša Zelič Ana Blečić Jelenović Katarina Peović Vedran Vivoda Hrvoje Burić Antun Antunović Undecided Lead Election results 16 May — 30.3 16.1 11.1 14.1 11.3 4.3 3.8 2.9 2.5 1.1 0.8 - 14.2 IPSOS 4–5 May 600 22.8 21.2 14.4 11.5 9.6 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.2 6.3 1.6 MASMI 28 April3 May 600 23.3 16.3 12.1 14.1 10.1 4.9 4.3 4.5 2.0 - - - 7.0 IPSOS PULS 16−21 April 800 22.9 14.9 13.8 10.9 12.5 4.5 2.6 4.2 3.0 - - - 8.0 MASMI 11–14 March 600 20.6 14.5 7.9 13.3 14.6 3.2 - 6.8 4.5 3.2 - - 6.0 IPSOS PULS 27 February3 March 800 15.4 14.9 10.9 8.1 15.8 4.2 6.3 5.6 3.2 1.9 - - 0.4 Second round Polling Firm Fieldwork date Sample size Marko Filipović Davor Štimac Nikola Ivaniš Marin Miletić Josip Ostrogović Undecided Will not vote Lead IPSOS 4–5 May 600 40.4 46.9 – – – 4.5 7.4 6.5 38.8 – 38.8 – – 6.9 15.1 0.0 49.2 – – 30.7 – 8.1 11.3 18.5 52.2 – – – 31.0 6.5 9.7 21.2 MASMI 28 April3 May 600 39.1 36.4 – – – 12.0 12.5 2.7 48.3 – – – 22.1 13.1 16.5 26.2 49.0 – – 20.7 – − − 28.3 Rijeka City Council Polling Firm Fieldwork date Sample size SDP Davor Štimac List PGS HDZ Most Možemo RI RF DP AM Others Undecided Lead Election results 16 May — 28.1 11.1 8.6 16.3 10.4 7.6 4.9 3.9 2.0 5.6 1.5 - 11.8 IPSOS 4–5 May 600 24.2 17.5 15 12.7 7.8 4.8 4.1 2.9 2.0 1.5 - 6.9 6.7 MASMI 28 April3 May 600 23.6 13.1 8.0 16.7 9.3 - 4.7 - - 4.9 - - 6.9 IPSOS PULS 16−21 April 800 25.3 12.2 9.4 12.6 10.7 7.1 4.8 2.8 2.2 6.3 - - 12.8 IPSOS PULS 27 February3 March 800 21.6 12.7 5.8 11.0 11.3 5.8 5.4 3.6 1.1 7.7 - 9.9 8.9 MASMI 11–14 March 600 20.9 12.1 5.8 13.9 9.5 8.4 5.1 4.8 - 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] See also List of mayors in Croatia 2021 Zagreb local elections 2021 Split local elections 2021 Osijek local elections References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rezultati | Lokalni izbori 2021. 2021-07-01. 2021-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516190216/https://www.izbori.hr/lokalni2021/rezultati/1/. dead.
2. Web site: Rezultati | Lokalni izbori 2021. 2021-07-01. 2021-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531163952/https://www.izbori.hr/lokalni2021/rezultati/2/. dead.
3. Web site: Lokalni izbori 2021. . izbori.hr . 4 March 2021.
4. Web site: Obersnel objavio da završava zadnji mandat na čelu Rijeke: "Ono što sam rekao, to sam i napravio, ali ne bacam koplje u trnje" . novilist.hr . 6 November 2020 . Novi List . 5 May 2021.
5. Web site: Croatia: conservatives first force, Greens conquer Zagreb . . 18 May 2021 . Rome, Italy . en . 17 May 2021.
6. News: Raspad na ljevici: Zeleno-lijeva koalicija poručila - "Više nema suradnje s Radničkom frontom" . Disintegration on the left: the Green-Left coalition stated - "There is no more cooperation with the Workers' Front". . . 9 December 2020 . 24 April 2024.
7. Web site: Glavan . Marinko . Ana Trošelj predsjednica Gradskog vijeća Rijeke, protiv bili samo vijećnici liste Davora Štimca . novilist.hr . Novi List . 20 August 2021 . 29 August 2021.
8. Web site: Odluka o raspisivanju dopunskih izbora za članove predstavničkih tijela jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave iz reda pripadnika nacionalne manjine, odnosno iz reda pripadnika hrvatskog naroda . izbori.hr . Government of Croatia . 20 August 2021 . hr . 19 August 2021.