2005 Zagreb local elections

2005 Zagreb local elections
← 2001 15 May 2005 2009 →
All 51 seats to the Zagreb Assembly
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.94%
Decrease 3.85 pp
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Milan Bandić Marina Matulović Dropulić
Party SDP–HSS–HSU HDZ–DC–HSLS–HD
Seats won
25 / 51
9 / 51
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Popular vote 102,857 38,672
Percentage 40.95% 15.44%
Swing Increase 13.88 pp Decrease 4.51 pp
Mayor before election

Vlasta Pavić
Social Democratic Party (Croatia)

Elected mayor

Milan Bandić
Social Democratic Party (Croatia)

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Elections were held on 15 May 2005 in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Following the last local elections in 2001, Milan Bandić of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) had been re-elected as the mayor of Zagreb. In 2002, an incident made him resign in favor of Deputy Mayor Vlasta Pavić, also from the SDP. Pavić remained formally in control of the city until 2005. In the 2005 elections, she was moved down the list of candidates to the 16th place, while the list holder and SDP's candidate for mayor was Bandić.

The elections mainly pitted two former mayors, Bandić of the SDP and Marina Matulović Dropulić of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). The SDP formed a coalition with the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU), while the HDZ was in a coalition with the Democratic Centre (DC), the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), and the Croatian Demochristians (HD). The SDP gained 25 seats in the Zagreb Assembly, receiving 40.95% of the vote, with Milan Bandić winning his third term as the Zagreb mayor.[1]

  1. ^ "XXI. Zagreb" (PDF). Croatian Department for Elections (in Croatian). 2005-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-11-02.