Elections were held in

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on 21 May 2001 for members of the

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, the incumbent mayor since 2000, led the list of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), the largest centre-left party in the country and at the time a member of the

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of Croatia. Out of 29 lists that participated in the elections, only four passed the electoral threshold. The SDP won 20 seats in the Assembly and formed a coalition with the

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(HNS), which won 12 seats. The centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) coalition came second with 14 seats, while an independent list of

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won five. Milan Bandić was re-elected mayor by the Zagreb Assembly on 20 June.

Results

Assembly election

References

{{Croatian elections Zagreb 2001

Zagreb local election Elections in Zagreb 2000s in Zagreb