2017 Rijeka local elections

2017 Rijeka mayoral election

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Candidate  | Vojko Obersnel | Hrvoje Burić
Party  | SDP | Independent
Popular vote  | 17.410 | 13.371
Percentage  | 55,59% | 42,70%

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| Mayor before election

Vojko Obersnel
SDP

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Vojko Obersnel
SDP

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The 2017 Rijeka local elections were held on 21 May and 4 June 2017 for the Mayor of Rijeka and members of the Rijeka city council. Vojko Obersnel, the 14th[1] and incumbent mayor who has been in office since 2000, ran for a sixth consecutive four-year term, finishing in 1st place with 41,00% of the vote in the first round. However, as no candidate won an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of elections was held on 4 June 2017 between the two highest-ranked candidates in terms of popular vote: Vojko Obersnel of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, and independent Hrvoje Burić . Obersenel defeated Burić by a wide margin in the run-off, taking 55,6% of the vote to Borić's 42,7%. Turnout in the election was 36,7% in the first round and 28,4% in the second round.

This was the third direct election for the mayor of Rijeka (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 assemblies or city councils.[2]

On 2 June a large number of cultural workers and athletes signed a public letter of support to the SDP candidate and the current mayor Vojko Obersnel. In the letter they state that "Rijeka is an example of an inclusive European city, the capital of all kinds of freedoms, especially those of art" and that it is appropriate that Rijeka retains the title of European Capital of Culture. They also expressed concerns about the other candidate Hrvoje Burić who, as a former city councilor, has long represented more than crude rhetoric with extreme conservative politics. Among the signatories are Mira Furlan and Luciano Sušanj.[3][4]

## Results

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Results of the election for Mayor of Rijeka: the candidate with the majority of votes in each local committee:  Vojko Obersnel (SDP) Kristjan Staničić (HDZ)

### Mayoral election

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Candidates  | First round  | Runoff

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Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Votes  | %
| Vojko Obersnel | Social Democratic Party of Croatia | 16,490  | 40.88%  | 17.410 | 55,59%
| Hrvoje Burić | Independent  | 7,123  | 17.66%  | 13.371  | 42,70%
| Kristjan Staničić | Croatian Democratic Union | 5,627  | 13.95%
| Andrej Briščik | Youth Action | 3,249  | 8.05%
| Juraj Bukša | Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats | 2,932  | 7,27%
| Petra Mandić | Bridge of Independent Lists | 2,247  | 5.57%
| Danko Švorinić | List for Fiume | 1,867  | 4.63%
Valid votes: | 39,535  | 98.11%  | 30.781  | 98.31%
Invalid votes: | 761  | 1.89%  | 529  | 1.69%
Turnout: | 40,337  | 36.65%  | 31,316  | 28.42%
Expected voters: | 110,071  |  | 110,187  |

The percentages of votes from each candidate 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) [1]

### City council election

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Party list  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seat
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| Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Independent Democratic Serb Party
Croatian Peasant Party | 14,922  | 37.78%  | 15  | 40.54%  |  5
| Croatian Democratic Union | 7,460  | 18.89%  | 7  | 18.91%  |  2
| Youth Action
Human Shield
SNAGA
Alternativet | 4,758  | 12.04%  | 5  | 13.51%  |  4
| Independent list of Hrvoje Burić | 4,315  | 10.92%  | 4  | 10.81%  |  0
| List for Fiume
Pametno | 2,753  | 6.97%  | 2  | 5.41%  |  0
| Bridge of Independent Lists | 2,615  | 6.62%  | 2  | 5.41%  |  2
| Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats
Autonomous Regional Party
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia | 2,463  | 6.23%  | 2  | 5.41%  |  1
| Independent list of Antonio Dražović | 204  | 0.51%  | 0  | 0.00%  |  0
Total: | 39,490  | 98.03%  | 37  |  |  2
Invalid votes: | 794  | 1.97%  |  |  |
Turnout: | 40,284  | 36.60%  |  |  |
Expected voters: | 110,071  |  |  |  |

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: City of Rijeka (Konačni rezultati izbora za članove Gradskog vijeća Grada Rijeke) [2]

## See also

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* 2017 Croatian local elections
* List of mayors in Croatia

## References

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1. ^ "Riječki gradonačelnici od 1948.-2016" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
2. ^ RH, Vlada (10 May 2017). "Odluka Vlade Republike Hrvatske o raspisivanju lokalnih izbora". izbori.hr. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
3. ^ "OD MIRE FURLAN DO PREDRAGA SLOBODE Kulturnjaci i sportaši potpisali pismo podrške Obersnelu" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 June 2017.
4. ^ "SPORTAŠI I KULTURNJACI DALI PODRŠKU OBERSNELU" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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