# 2017 Split local elections

Elections were held in Split, Croatia, on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Split and members of the Split city council. Ivo Baldasar, the 71st mayor who served from 2013 to 2017 ran for re-election to a second four-year term, ultimately finishing in 9th place with 0.80% of the vote in the first round. As no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections was held on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-ranked candidates in terms of popular vote: Željko Kerum of the Croatian Civic Party, who was previously the 70th Mayor of Split from 2009 to 2013, and Andro Krstulović Opara of the Croatian Democratic Union. Krstulović Opara narrowly won the run-off taking 46.2% of the votes against 44.3% for Kerum. Turnout was 45.5% in the first round and 38.1% in the second round.
This was the third direct election for the mayor of Split (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.

## Mayoral election

| Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | First round | First round | Runoff | Runoff |
| Candidate | Candidate | Sustaining Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Andro Krstulović Opara | Croatian Democratic Union | 17,975 | 26.10 | 26,642 | 46.19% |
| | Željko Kerum | Croatian Civic Party Fix the City-New Generation | 20,937 | 30.40 | 25,553 | 44.30% |
| | Marijana Puljak | Pametno | 14,143 | 20.54 |
| | Aida Batarelo | Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats | 4,913 | 7.13 |
| | Ante Čikotić | Most | 4,542 | 6.60 |
| | Dragan Markovina | New Left Workers' Front | 2,391 | 3.47 |
| | Goran Jugović | Lista Dišpet | 1,265 | 1.84 |
| | Mihael Darko Burazin | Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Growth Family Party Green List Intergenerational Party of Croatia | 562 | 0.82 |
| | Ivo Baldasar | The Split Party | 553 | 0.80 |
| Valid votes: | Valid votes: | Valid votes: | 67,281 | 97.74 | 52.195 | 90.54% |
| Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | 1,557 | 2.26 | 5,451 | 9.46% |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | Turnout: | 68,865 | 45.51 | 57,681 | 38.07% |
| Expected voters: | Expected voters: | Expected voters: | 151,322 | | 151,503 | |
| 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: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) |||||||

## Council election

| Party list | Party list | Votes | % | Seats | % |
| | Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Social Liberal Party Croatian Peasant Party | 17,015 | 25.31 | 11 | 31.4 |
| | Croatian Civic Party Fix the City-New Generation | 12,905 | 19.20 | 8 | 22.8 |
| | Pametno | 11,043 | 16.43 | 7 | 20.0 |
| | Most | 7,290 | 10.84 | 5 | 14.2 |
| | Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats | 7,135 | 10.61 | 4 | 11.4 |
| | New Left Workers' Front | 2,933 | 4.36 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Demochristian Party Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Conservative Party | 1,895 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| | Human Blockade Split Party of Penzioners Adriatic Social Democratic Party | 1,516 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent list of Goran Jugović | 1,335 | 1.98 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Party of Pensioners | 852 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent list of Ivan Bego | 744 | 1.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | Youth Action Pensioners Together Bloc Dalmatian Democrats Croatian Peasant Party of Stjepan Radić | 723 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 |
| | Croatian Party of Rights | 442 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 |
| | The Split Party | 329 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | 226 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | Total: | 67,209 | 97.66 | 35 | |
| Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | 1,610 | 2.34 | | |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | 68,846 | 45.50 | | |
| Expected voters: | Expected voters: | 151,322 | | | |
| 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 Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) ||||||