2021 Rijeka local elections
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16 May 2021
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| Turnout | 37.60% (first round)[1]  0.95%34.16% (runoff)[2] 5.74% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results of the second round in all local committees: the candidate with the majority of votes in each local committee: Marko Filipović Davor Štimac | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 31 seats in the Rijeka City Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 was defending the "long-time stronghold" of the SDP against independent centre-right candidate Štimac.[5]
Mayoral election
| Candidates | First round | Runoff | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid voters | ||||||
| Source: City of Rijeka (Election results) | ||||||
City council election
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| Party list | Previous seats |
Votes | % | Seats | % | Seat change | |
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian Party of Pensioners Istrian Democratic Assembly Croatian Peasant Party |
15 / 37 |
10,883 | 28.05 | 10 / 31 |
32.26 |  5 | |
| Croatian Democratic Union | 7 / 37 |
6,325 | 16.30 | 6 / 31 |
19.35 | 1 | |
| Independent list of Davor Štimac | 0 / 37 |
4,312 | 11.11 | 4 / 31 |
12.90 | 4 | |
| The Bridge | 2 / 37 |
4,030 | 10.38 | 4 / 31 |
12.90 | 2 | |
| Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar Croatian Labourists – Labour Party |
0 / 37 |
3,348 | 8.62 | 3 / 31 |
9.68 | 3 | |
| We can! New Left |
0 / 37 |
2,964 | 7.64 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 2 | |
| Youth Action Union of Kvarner Alternativa |
5 / 35 |
2,168 | 5.58 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 3 | |
| List for Fiume | 2 / 37 |
1,921 | 4.95 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 2 | |
| Worker's Front | 0 / 37 |
1,512 | 3.89 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 |  0 | |
| Homeland Movement Croatian Party of Rights |
0 / 37 |
769 | 1.98 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 0 | |
| Bura | 4 / 37 |
563 | 1.45 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 4 | |
| Total: | 38,795 | 98.19 | 31 | 6 | |||
| Invalid votes: | 714 | 1.81 | |||||
| Turnout: | 39,509 | 37.55 | |||||
| Expected voters: | 105,231 | ||||||
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The percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid voters | |||||||
| Source: City of Rijeka ('Election results') | |||||||
Serbian minority by-election
| Party list | Votes | % | Seats | % | Seat change | |
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| 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 | 1 / 1 |
100.00 | 1 | |
| List for Fiume Democratic Alliance of Serbs |
157 | 48.76 | 0 / 1 |
0.00 | 0 | |
| Total: | 322 | 96.12 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Invalid votes: | 13 | 3.88 | ||||
| Turnout: | 335 | 4.82 | ||||
| Expected voters: | 6,953 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Source: City of Rijeka ('Election results') | ||||||
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 April – 3 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 February – 3 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 April – 3 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 April – 3 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 February – 3 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]