2022 Split local elections
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26 June 2022 (first round)
10 July 2022 (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 31.57% (first round)[1]  12.39%28.35% (runoff)[2] 15.18% | |||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in Split, Croatia, on 26 June 2022 for the 73rd Mayor of Split, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Split City Council, as well as city district councils.[3]
Snap elections were called due to the crisis in the city council, when the current mayor Ivica Puljak lost his majority and when his deputy Bojan Ivošević was charged with threatening a journalist.[4] On April 8, Mayor Puljak and both his deputies resigned, setting a legal 90-day deadline for holding new mayoral elections. In the following days, several councilors also resigned, creating the conditions for holding council elections.[5]
Ivica Puljak won reelection becoming first mayor of Split to do that, while his party Centre won 8 seats more than year before for a total of 15 out of 31 seat.[6]
On 10 June 2022, State Election Committee of Croatia published list of nine candidates for the Mayor and eleven party lists running for the council.[7][8]
| Candidate | Party affiliation | Running mates | Party affiliation | Notes about the candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivica Puljak |  |
Centre | Bojan Ivošević | Centre | Particle physicist and university professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, current mayor of Split[9] | ||
| Antonio Kuzmanić | |||||||
| Zoran Đogaš | Independent, proposed by Croatian Democratic Union | Tomislav Šuta | Croatian Democratic Union | Neuroscientist and former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Split[10] | |||
| Zrinka Mužinić Bikić | |||||||
| Davor Matijević | Social Democratic Party | Dino Sinovčić | Social Democratic Party | Current member of city council and secretary branch of SDP in Split, president of Blatine city district and a member of the Main Board of the SDP of Croatia[11] | |||
| Suzana Piacun | |||||||
| Željko Kerum | Croatian Civic Party | Igor Stanišić | Croatian Civic Party | Entrepreneur and former Mayor of Split (2009-2013)[12] | |||
| Lidija Bekavac | |||||||
| Ante Franić | Independent | Jadranka Bandalo-Žebčević | Independent | Former member of SDP and candidate for Mayor of Split in 2021[13] | |||
| Goran Soko | |||||||
| Josip Markotić | Bridge of Independent Lists | Ivica Grković | Bridge of Independent Lists | Doctor of bioethics and former professor on Catholic University of Croatia, current member of city council[14] | |||
| Ivana Ljulj Cvitanić | |||||||
| Aris Zlodre | Homeland Movement | Željka Mustapić | Homeland Movement | Entrepreneur[15] | |||
| Davor Stipan | |||||||
| Tamara Visković |  |
We can! | Marinko Biškić | We can! | Philosopher and art historian[16] | ||
| Tomo Matičević | |||||||
| Kristina Vidan | Smart for Split and Dalmatia | Mariana Bucat | Smart for Split and Dalmatia | Current member of city council[17] | |||
| Lucia Grčić | |||||||
Mayoral election
| Candidates | First round | Runoff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Ivica Puljak | Centre | 22,561 | 48.73 | 27,496 | 66.16 | |
| Zoran Đogaš | Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party |
11,887 | 25.67 | 13,243 | 31.86 | |
| Željko Kerum | Croatian Civic Party | 3,677 | 7.94 | |||
| Josip Markotić | The Bridge | 2,100 | 4.53 | |||
| Aris Zlodre | Homeland Movement Croatian Demochristian Party Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Sovereignists |
1,802 | 3.89 | |||
| Davor Matijević | Social Democratic Party Croatian Party of Pensioners |
1,779 | 3.84 | |||
| Tamara Visković | We can! New Left |
861 | 1.85 | |||
| Kristina Vidan | Smart for Split and Dalmatia | 595 | 1.28 | |||
| Ante Franić | Independent | 309 | 0.66 | |||
| Valid votes: | 45,571 | 98.49 | 40,739 | 98.02 | ||
| Invalid votes: | 700 | 1.51 | 823 | 1.98 | ||
| Turnout: | 46,271 | 31.57 | 41,562 | 28.35 | ||
| Expected voters: | 146,578 | 146,583 | ||||
| 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 commission[18][19] | ||||||
Council election
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| Party list | Previous
seats |
Votes | % | Seats | % | Seat
change | |
| Centre | 7 / 31 |
19,376 | 42.47 | 15 / 31 |
48.39 |  8 | |
| Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party |
9 / 31 |
10.866 | 23.81 | 8 / 31 |
25.81 | 1 | |
| Croatian Civic Party | 4 / 31 |
3,246 | 7.11 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 2 | |
| The Bridge | 3 / 31 |
3,017 | 6.61 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian Party of Pensioners |
3 / 31 |
2,626 | 5.75 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 1 | |
| Homeland Movement Croatian Demochristian Party Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Sovereignists |
0 / 31 |
2,571 | 5.63 | 2 / 31 |
6.45 | 2 | |
| We can! New Left |
2 / 31 |
1,733 | 3.79 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 2 | |
| Smart for Split and Dalmatia | 1 / 31 |
1,168 | 2.56 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 1 | |
| Independent Youth List Croatian Social Liberal Party |
0 / 31 |
562 | 1.23 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 |  0 | |
| Independent list of Ante Franić | 0 / 31 |
335 | 0.73 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 0 | |
| Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Croatian Labourists – Labour Party |
0 / 31 |
122 | 0.26 | 0 / 31 |
0.00 | 0 | |
| Total: | 45,622 | 98.53 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Invalid votes: | 681 | 1.47 | |||||
| Turnout: | 46,317 | 31.60 | |||||
| Expected voters: | 146,578 | ||||||
| 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 commission[20] | |||||||
