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 The City Council of the City of Rijeka is the legislative body of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. It is the local self-government representative body of the citizens of the city of Rijeka, in accordance with the Constitution, law and the Statute of ...

. It is was a part of the

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, which were held on 16 May 2021. The incumbent mayor,

Vojko Obersnel Vojko Obersnel () (born 25 March 1957) is a Croatian politician who served as Mayor of Rijeka from 2000 to 2021. Early life Obersnel was born in Rijeka, where he went to the primary school and gymnasium. As he never attended kindergarten h ...

of the

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(SDP), announced on 6 November 2020 that he would be retiring at the end of his sixth consecutive term in office. The first round saw Marko Filipović (30.25%) and Davor Štimac (16.10%). Filipović is defending the "long-time stronghold" of the SDP against independent centre-right candidate Štimac.

Results

Mayoral election

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election

Serbian minority by-election

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Opinion polls

Mayoral election

First round

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IPSOS
, 4–5 May , 600 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia " , 22.8 , 21.2 , 14.4 , 11.5 , 9.6 , 3.5 , 3.0 , 2.9 , 2.0 , 1.8 , 1.2 , 6.3 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 1.6 , -
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, 28 April{{snd3 May , 600 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia " , 23.3 , 16.3 , 12.1 , 14.1 , 10.1 , 4.9 , 4.3 , 4.5 , 2.0 , - , - , - , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 7.0 , -
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, 16−21 April , 800 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia " , 22.9 , 14.9 , 13.8 , 10.9 , 12.5 , 4.5 , 2.6 , 4.2 , 3.0 , - , - , - , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 8.0 , -
MASMI
, 11–14 March , 600 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia " , 20.6 , 14.5 , 7.9 , 13.3 , 14.6 , 3.2 , - , 6.8 , 4.5 , 3.2 , - , - , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 6.0 , -
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Second round

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Rijeka City Council

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IPSOS
, 4–5 May , 600 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 24.2 , 17.5 , 15 , 12.7 , 7.8 , 4.8 , 4.1 , 2.9 , 2.0 , 1.5 , - , 6.9 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 6.7 , -
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, 16−21 April , 800 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 25.3 , 12.2 , 9.4 , 12.6 , 10.7 , 7.1 , 4.8 , 2.8 , 2.2 , 6.3 , - , - , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 12.8 , -
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, 11–14 March , 600 , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 20.9 , 12.1 , 5.8 , 13.9 , 9.5 , 8.4 , 5.1 , 4.8 , - , 5.1 , - , - , style="background:{{party color, Social Democratic Party of Croatia , 7.0

Aftermath

The constituent session of the

city council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

was held on June 29 at the Croatian Cultural Center in Sušak. Ana Trošelj (

) was elected president of the council, and Josip Ostrogović (

) and Željko Jovanović ( Social Democratic Party of Croatia, SDP) were elected vice presidents. The majority in the council will be made up of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, SDP coalition and the coalition of

and Labor, while the opposition includes

and the coalition of AM, UK and Alternativa. Due to the failure to represent the representatives of the Serbian national minority in the council, by-elections were announced for October 3, 2021 for the election of one representative of the minority. This will increase the number of representatives in the council to 32.{{cite web , title=Odluka o raspisivanju dopunskih izbora za članove predstavničkih tijela jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave iz reda pripadnika nacionalne manjine, odnosno iz reda pripadnika hrvatskog naroda , url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2021/Dopunski%20izbori%202021/Odluka_o_raspisivanju_DOPUNSKI_IZBORI.pdf , website=izbori.hr , publisher=Government of Croatia , access-date=20 August 2021 , language=hr , date=19 August 2021

References

{{Reflist Rijeka 2021

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Rijeka local

Results

Mayoral election

City council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ... election

Serbian minority by-election

Opinion polls

Mayoral election

First round

Second round

Rijeka City Council

Aftermath

See also

References

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