The 2013 local elections were held in Split , Croatia on 19 May and 2 June 2013.
2013 Split mayoral election
Candidate
Ivo Baldasar
Vjekoslav Ivanišević
Party
SDP
HDZ
Popular vote
33,365
32,750
Percentage
50.47%
49.53%
The incumbent HGS mayor Željko Kerum was running for a full four-year term after winning the previous elections on 31 May 2009. Kerum had a very controversial term as mayor between 2009 and 2013, which resulted in losing in the first round of elections with 18.51% of the votes. The second round of elections was very tense. The SDP candidate for mayor, Ivo Baldasar , defeated HDZ candidate, Vjekoslav Ivanišević, by 615 votes. After the elections Ivanišević asked for a recount. The recount was done and Baldasar was proclaimed the winner.
The SDP -HNS -HSU coalition won also in the council elections and formed a minor government.
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Ivo Baldasar SDP –HNS –HSU 21,280 29.93 33,365 50.47 Vjekoslav Ivanišević HDZ –HČSP –HSLS –HSP AS –HKDU –BUZ15,803 22.23 32,750 49.53 Željko Kerum HGS –HSS –SU13,471 18.95 Marijana Puljak Independent 6,998 9.84 Anđelka Visković Independent 5,777 8.13 Tomislav Zaninović Independent 2,115 2.97 Damir Vidošević Independent 1,340 1.88 Sanja Bilač Independent 1,339 1.88 Pero Vučica Croatian Growth 1,043 1.47 Hrvoje Tomasović Croatian Democratic Free Alliance of Dalmatia 990 1.39 Marijo Popović A-HSP –HSP 942 1.32 Total 71,098 100.00 66,115 100.00 Valid votes 71,098 97.76 66,115 97.30 Invalid/blank votes 1,626 2.24 1,837 2.70 Total votes 72,724 100.00 67,952 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 152,290 47.75 152,572 44.54 Source: State Election Committee
Results of the Split Council election: the party with the majority of votes in each district: Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Civic Party Independent
Party Votes % Seats SDP –HNS –HSU 16,552 23.44 11 HDZ –HČSP –HSLS –HSP AS –HKDU –BUZ14,990 21.22 10 HGS –HSS –SU8,762 12.41 5 Marijana Puljak Independent List 6,534 9.25 4 Ivan Grubišić Independent List5,633 7.98 3 Anđelka Visković Independent List 3,918 5.55 2 AHU–ASH –SSU–SP –ZS–SUH 1,858 2.63 0 Croatian Growth 1,829 2.59 0 Tomislav Zaninović Independent List 1,616 2.29 0 A-HSP –HSP 1,446 2.05 0 Dragan Markovina Independent List 1,390 1.97 0 Sana Bilač Independent List 1,353 1.92 0 Croatian Labourists – Labour Party 1,154 1.63 0 Youth Action 1,109 1.57 0 Croatian Democratic Liberation Alliance of Dalmatia 1,049 1.49 0 Nenad Gaćina Independent List 391 0.55 0 Socialist Labour Party of Croatia 221 0.31 0 Authentic Croatian Peasant Party 205 0.29 0 Dalmatian Democrats 198 0.28 0 Socialist Party of Croatia 174 0.25 0 Adriatic Social Democrats 148 0.21 0 Zvonimir Pavlinović Independent List 96 0.14 0 Total 70,626 100.00 35 Valid votes 70,626 97.18 Invalid/blank votes 2,046 2.82 Total votes 72,672 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 152,290 47.72 Source: State Election Committee