# 2017 Zagreb local elections

Elections were held in Zagreb on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Zagreb and members of the Zagreb Assembly. Milan Bandić, the 52nd and incumbent mayor since 2005 (previously also the 50th mayor from 2000 to 2002), ran for a sixth 4-year term. As no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections took place on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-placed candidates in terms of popular vote: incumbent mayor Milan Bandić of the Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party and former Minister of Construction Anka Mrak Taritaš of the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats. In the run-off Bandić won re-election as mayor, taking 51.8% of the votes against 46% for Mrak Taritaš (with 2.1% of the votes being blank or invalid). Turnout for the election was 47.7% in the first round and 41.2% in the second round.
As Zagreb, being the national capital, is the only Croatian city to enjoy a special status within Croatia's regional administrative framework (being both a city and a county), the mayor of Zagreb likewise also enjoys a status equal to that of a county prefect (Croatian: župan) of one of Croatia's other 20 counties (Croatian: županija).
This was the third direct election for the mayor of Zagreb (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.

## Results
### Mayoral election

| Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Milan Bandić | Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party | 101,828 | 30.87% | 147,680 | 51.79% |
| | Anka Mrak Taritaš | Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats | 80,765 | 24.48% | 131,373 | 46.07% |
| | Sandra Švaljek | Independent (supported by HSLS, HKS) | 63,131 | 19.14% |
| | Bruna Esih | Independent | 36,211 | 10.98% |
| | Drago Prgomet | Croatian Democratic Union | 18,478 | 5.60% |
| | Tomislav Tomašević | Zagreb is OURS! | 12,996 | 3.94% |
| | Ivan Lovrinović | Human Shield | 6,595 | 2.00% |
| | Marko Sladoljev | Bridge of Independent Lists | 6,214 | 1.88% |

### Assembly election

| Party list | Party list | Votes | % | Seats | % | Seat change |
| | Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party Party of Intergenerational Solidarity of Croatia Green list People's Party - Reformists | 74,467 | 23.03% | 14 | 27.45% | 3 |
| | Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Croatian Peasant Party Croatian Party of Pensioners Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance Party of Pensioners | 67,189 | 20.78% | 13 | 25.49% | 4 |
| | Independent list of Sandra Švaljek Croatian Social Liberal Party Green Party Croatian Conservative Party | 40,215 | 12.43% | 8 | 15.69% | 4 |
| | Croatian Democratic Union | 38,684 | 11.96% | 7 | 13.73% | 1 |
| | Independent list of Bruna Esih | 26,628 | 8.23% | 5 | 9.80% | 5 |
| | Zagreb is OURS! New Left Sustainable Development of Croatia Workers' Front For the City | 24,706 | 7.64% | 4 | 7.84% | 4 |
| | Bridge of Independent Lists | 15,966 | 4.93% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| | Human Shield Let's Change Croatia | 14,654 | 4.53% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| | Pametno | 5,682 | 1.75% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| | Bloc Pensioners Together | 2,908 | 0.89% | 0 | 0% | 1 |
| Total: | Total: | 323,322 | 98.20% | 51 | | 0 |
| Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | 1,610 | 1.80% | | | |
| Turnout: | Turnout: | 329,605 | 47.62% | | | |
| Expected voters: | Expected voters: | 692,144 | | | | |
| 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) |||||||

### Councils of districts

Distribution of seats per district :
| District | BM 365 | SDP-HNS | HDZ | NLSŠ-HSLS | ZJN | Most | Živi Zid | Others |
| Donji Grad | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Gornji Grad – Medveščak | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | 1 |
| Trnje | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | 1 |
| Maksimir | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| Peščenica – Žitnjak | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Novi Zagreb – istok | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Novi Zagreb – zapad | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Trešnjevka – sjever | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trešnjevka – jug | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| CČrnomerec | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Gornja Dubrava | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | 1 | | |
| Donja Dubrava | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| Stenjevec | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Podsused – Vrapče | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Podsljeme | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 3 |
| Sesvete | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | |
| Brezovica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Totals | 84 | 56 | 53 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 7 |

### Councils of local committees

Distribution of seats per district :
| District | BM 365 | SDP-HNS | HDZ | NLSŠ-HSLS | ZJN | Most | Živi Zid | Others |
| Donji Grad | 14 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 7 | | 2 | |
| Gornji Grad – Medveščak | 10 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | | | 2 |
| Trnje | 16 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 6 | | 1 | 4 |
| Maksimir | 16 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | | 4 |
| Peščenica – Žitnjak | 44 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | | | 3 |
| Novi Zagreb – istok | 18 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | | 5 | 5 |
| Novi Zagreb – zapad | 35 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 4 | | 1 | 9 |
| Trešnjevka – sjever | 15 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 10 | | 1 | 2 |
| Trešnjevka – jug | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | | 2 | 2 |
| CČrnomerec | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 2 | | 1 | |
| Gornja Dubrava | 44 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 1 | | 2 | 2 |
| Donja Dubrava | 27 | 8 | 11 | 6 | | 1 | | 1 |
| Stenjevec | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Podsused – Vrapče | 18 | 11 | 10 | 9 | | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Podsljeme | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | 7 |
| Sesvete | 120 | 36 | 50 | 17 | | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Brezovica | 27 | 7 | 17 | 7 | | 1 | | 3 |
| Totals | 453 | 304 | 273 | 172 | 47 | 12 | 30 | 64 |

## Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown as not announced (N/A).

### First round
#### 2017

| Date(s) conducted | Polling Organisation | Sample size | Milan Bandić | Sandra Švaljek | Anka Mrak Taritaš | Bruna Esih | Drago Prgomet | Ivan Lovrinović | Marko Sladoljev | Others | Undecided |
| 21 May | Election results | / | 30.87% | 19.14% | 24.48% | 10.98% | 5.60% | 2.0% | 1.88% | / | / |
| May | Promocija plus | 800 | 25.3% | 16.7% | 24.1% | 10.7% | 7.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% | N/A | N/A |
| 12–16 May | Ipsos Puls | 1,002 | 24.9% | 16.7% | 24.7% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 10.3% |
| 24–26 March | Ipsos Puls | 600 | 24.1% | 21.2% | 27.8% | 9.3% | 6.8% | - | 1.1% | 2.9% | 6.8% |
| March | Promocija plus | 800 | 29.1% | 19.8% | 25.6% | 8.8% | 4.9% | - | 1.1% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| 18 March | 2x1 komunikacije | 700 | 32.3% | 15.2% | 21.8% | 8.6% | 5.0% | - | 2.8% | - | - |
| 21–24 February | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 28.1% | 24.0% | 26.7% | 5.1% | - | - | - | 15.2% | - |

#### 2014–2016

| Date(s) conducted | Polling Organisation | Sample size | Milan Bandić | Sandra Švaljek | Anka Mrak Taritaš | Davor Bernardić | Andrija Mikulić | Others | Undecided |
| 12–18 November | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 31.3% | 25.2% | 18.1% | 9.0% | - | 10.7% | - |
| 24–28 October | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 29.0% | 21.7% | 15.4% | 7.1% | - | 15.5% | 11.5% |
| May | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 29.1% | 26.7% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 13.9% | 11.5% |
| 14–22 April | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 33.8% | 28.6% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 4.9% | 1.1% | 13.8% |
| 2016 ||||||||||
| April | 2x1 komunikacije | 1,041 | 32.6% | 8.9% | 3.7% | 17.2% | 17.0% | 4.8% | 15.9% |
| 2–9 March | 2x1 komunikacije | 3,000 | 34.9% | 10.8% | 5.3% | 16.3% | 19.9% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| 13–17 February | 2x1 komunikacije | 3,000 | 34.6% | - | 2.5% | 19.9% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 21.1% |
| 19–22 January | 2x1 komunikacije | 3,000 | 34.3% | 5.8% | - | 8.6% | 9.7% | 20.7% | 20.8% |
| 2015 ||||||||||
| 12 April | Vectura | 500 | 40.6% | - | 1.2% | 18.7% | 6.2% | 24.9% | 8.3% |
| 2014 ||||||||||

### Second round
#### Bandić–Švaljek

| Date(s) conducted | Polling Organisation | Sample size | Milan Bandić | Sandra Švaljek |
| May 2017 | Promocija plus | 800 | 37.3% | 46.3% |
| 12–16 May 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 1002 | 39.9% | 50.7% |
| 24–26 March 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 600 | 36.9% | 55% |
| March 2017 | Promocija plus | 800 | 44.9% | 42.9% |
| 24–28 October 2016 | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 50.9% | 49.1% |

#### Bandić–Mrak Taritaš

| Date(s) conducted | Polling Organisation | Sample size | Milan Bandić | Anka Mrak Taritaš |
| 30 May–1 June 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 925 | 48.4% | 40.7% |
| May 2017 | Promocija plus | 800 | 45.3% | 43.2% |
| 21 May 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 5,224 | 43.6% | 43.3% |
| May 2017 | Promocija plus | 800 | 41.2% | 40.5% |
| 12–16 May 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 1,002 | 44.8% | 44.3% |
| 24–26 March 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 600 | 43% | 47,9% |
| March 2017 | Promocija plus | 800 | 42.4% | 41.4% |
| 21–24 February 2017 | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 47.6% | 52.4% |
| 24–28 October 2016 | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 52.9% | 47.1% |
| May 2016 | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 61.7% | 38.3% |

#### Švaljek–Mrak Taritaš

| Date(s) conducted | Polling Organisation | Sample size | Sandra Švaljek | Anka Mrak Taritaš |
| 24–26 March 2017 | Ipsos Puls | 600 | 49.8% | 36.8% |

### Individual party standings

| Date | Polling Organisation | Sample size | SDP | HDZ | BM 365 | Most | NL Sandra Švaljek | Živi zid | HNS | NL Bruna Esih | Pametno | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 21 May | Election results | / | 20.78% | 11.96% | 23.03% | 4.93% | 12.43% | 4.53% | (SDP) | 8.23% | 1.75% | - | - | 2.25% |
| May | Promocija plus | 800 | 23.3% | 13.1% | 19.1% | 4.4% | 11.9% | 4.7% | (SDP) | 7.3% | - | N/A | N/A | 4.2% |
| 12–16 May | Ipsos Puls | 1002 | 24.4% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 4.9% | 9.9% | 6.5% | (SDP) | 6.2% | - | 9.5% | 11.8% | 10.9% |
| 24–26 March | Ipsos Puls | 600 | 23.2% | 11.5% | 22.0% | 3.6% | 19.5% | 4.4% | (SDP) | 3.7% | 3% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 1.2% |
| March | Promocija plus | 800 | 26.8% | 13.6% | 19.2% | 3.9% | 11.8% | 3.0% | (SDP) | 7.0% | 2.8% | 0.6% | 11.3% | 7.6% |
| 18 March | 2x1 komunikacije | 700 | 20.9% | 17.3% | 19.8% | 4.4% | - | 3.7% | 5.8% | 5.4% | - | - | 14.9% | 1.1% |
| 2017 |||||||||||||||
| 12–18 November | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 27.0% | 21.0% | 11.0% | 9.2% | 9.9% | - | - | - | - | N/A | N/A | 6% |
| 24–28 October | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 27.9% | 21.1% | 11.2% | 9.9% | 9.5% | 6.7% | 4.0% | - | - | N/A | N/A | 6.8% |
| May | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 29.4% | 20.8% | 14.5% | 1.9% | 11.5% | 10.7% | 2.1% | - | - | N/A | N/A | 6.3% |
| 2016 |||||||||||||||