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Elections in the Social Democratic Party of Croatia

Since its founding in 1990, elections within the Social Democratic Party of Croatia were held numerous times.

2007 leadership election

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The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2007 leadership election following the death of longtime leader Ivica Račan was held on 2 June 2007. Deputy leader Željka Antunović served as the acting leader and ran for a full term. Little known party spokesperson Zoran Milanović ran as an outsider and reformist promising much needed modernization of the party. Other candidates included Zagreb mayor Milan Bandić and former Foreign Affairs Minister Tonino Picula. Milanović pulled out an unexpected win in the first ballot, but failed to achieve an outright majority. He defeated Antunović in the second ballot and became the leader of the party.

Results

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Candidate First round Runoff
Votes % Votes %
Zoran Milanović 592 38.6 828 55.1
Željka Antunović 381 24.8 675 44.9
Milan Bandić 313 20.4
Tonino Picula 248 16.2
Delegate votes: 1,534 100 1,503 100
Source: First round, Second round

2008 leadership election

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The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2008 leadership election to elect the leader of the party was held on 11 May 2008. The incumbent leader Zoran Milanović had first been elected only a year earlier, but lost a close race in the 2007 general election. Davorko Vidović and Dragan Kovačević hoped to unseat the incumbent. Milanović was easily reelected in the first ballot with almost 80 percent of the delegate vote.

Results

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Candidate Votes %
Zoran Milanović 1,389 78.9
Davorko Vidović 208 11.8
Dragan Kovačević 164 9.3
Delegate votes: 1,761 100
Source: Official result

2012 leadership election

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The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2012 leadership election to elect the leader of the party was held on 12 May 2012. The incumbent leader and Prime Minister Zoran Milanović ran for his third term since first being elected in 2007 and was unopposed following the party's landslide victory in the 2011 general election. A total of 38,887 party members were eligible to vote of which an estimated 61% turned out. Zoran Milanović was easily reelected receiving 23,554 votes. 179 votes were invalid. This was the first leadership election in any party in Croatia that was held with all party members being eligible to vote.[1]

April 2016 leadership election

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The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2016 leadership election to elect the leader of the party were held on 2 April 2016. All party members were eligible to vote. Zoran Milanović remained the President of the SDP with 62% of the vote.[2]

Zoran Milanović the incumbent leader and former Prime Minister ran for his fourth term since first being elected in 2007 and was opposed by Zlatko Komadina the prefect of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.[3]

According to the Statute of the SDP, the candidates had to collect 1,000 signatures of support of members of the party for the candidacy to be valid. Komadina collected about 5,200 signatures and Milanović collected about 11,000 signatures.[4] The third candidate Dusko Polovina failed to collect the required 1,000 signatures of support.

Result

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Candidate
Votes %
Zoran Milanović  Y 12,429
60,16%
Zlatko Komadina 8,231
39,84%
Total votes: 20,689 Turnout: 55,05%

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November 2016 leadership election

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Results

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Candidate First round Runoff
Votes % Votes %
Davor Bernardić 8,409 45.82 11,412 64.54
Ranko Ostojić 4,260 23.21 6,270 35.46
Orsat Miljenić 3,160 17.22
Tonino Picula 2,088 11.38
Karolina Leaković 223 1.22
Gordana Sobol 172 0.94
Vesna Škulić 41 0.22
Votes: 18,405 100 17,778 100
Source:[5][6]

2020 leadership election

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After bad result on 2020 Parliamentary elections and resignation of party leader Davor Bernardić, Social Democratic Party held new leadership election on 26 September 2020. Five candidates were running for the position of party leader, 17 candidates for members of presidency and 103 candidates for main board.[7] Second round was held on 3 October 2020 between Peđa Grbin and Željko Kolar, with Grbin winning and becoming new leader of the party and leader of opposition.[8]

Candidate First round Runoff
Votes % Votes %
Peđa Grbin 3,573 41.23 5,143 64.34
Željko Kolar 2,212 25.53 2,788 34.88
Ranko Ostojić 1,511 17.44
Mirela Ahmetović 1,286 14.84
Marino Percan 50 0.58
Invalid/blank votes: 34 0.39 62 0.78
Votes: 8,666 100.00 7,993 100.00
Registered voters: 11,585 74.80 11,585 68.99
Source:[9][10]

2024 leadership election

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The internal party elections are set for 14 September 2024. Election were called follow the poor parliamentary and European elections results and finally the resignation of party leader Peđa Grbin.[11] Ranko Ostojić, party vice president and former Minister of the Interior (2011–2016) withdrew his candidacy after Zoran Paunović's candidacy was confirmed.[12] Siniša Hajdaš Dončić became president after the members elected him by majority vote in the second round held on 22 September 2024.[13]

Confirmed candidates:[14][15]

Candidate First round Runoff
Votes % Votes %
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić 4,189 48.78 4,447 56.46
Zoran Paunović 1,773 20.65 3,430 43.54
Mladen Kešer 903 10.51
Mirando Mrsić 869 10.12
Sanja Major 856 9.97
Invalid/blank votes: 66 0.76 50 0.63
Votes: 8,654 39.96 7,927 36.63
Registered voters: 21,657 21,638
Source: [16][17]

References

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  1. ^ Result
  2. ^ "Zoran Milanović ostaje na čelu stranke: 'Tko misli da je ovo oslabilo SDP, grdno se vara' / Novi list". Novilist.hr. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  3. ^ Kandidati Za Predsjednika Sdp-A (2017-03-12). "Predsjednik - izbori 2016. - SDP". Sdp.hr. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  4. ^ Neja Markičević/EPH (2016-02-29). "ZAVRŠENA PRVA RUNDA ODMJERAVANJA SNAGA U SDP-u Milanović skupio dvostruko više potpisa od Komadine -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  5. ^ Odluka o proglašenju rezultata izbora (pdf) Retrieved 2017-03-24
  6. ^ "Davor Bernardić je novi predsjednik SDP-a". Dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ^ Tko će naslijediti Davora Bernandića: SDP bira svojeg četvrtog predsjednika Retrieved 2020-09-26
  8. ^ Peđa Grbin novi je predsjednik SDP-a Retrieved 2020-10-04
  9. ^ Rezultati izbora za predsjenika SDP-a(pdf) Retrieved 2020-09-28
  10. ^ Izbori za predsjenika SDP-a Retrieved 2020-10-04
  11. ^ Polonijo, Danijela (10 June 2024). "Nakon izbornog fijaska čelnik SDP-a podnio ostavku" [After the election fiasco, the SDP leader resigned]. Bloomberg Adria (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Ranko Ostojić povukao kandidaturu za predsjednika SDP-a: "Nakon što je dio nepravde ispravljen..."" [Ranko Ostojić withdrew his candidacy for SDP president: "After part of the injustice has been corrected..."]. Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  13. ^ Tomičić, Tihana (21 September 2024). "Siniša Hajdaš Dončić novi je predsjednik SDP-a: "Bez SDP-a nema pozitivnih promjena u Hrvatskoj"" [Siniša Hajdaš Dončić is the new president of SDP: "Without SDP there are no positive changes in Croatia"]. Novi List (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  14. ^ Šurina, Maja (26 August 2024). "Raste broj kandidata za šefa SDP-a: Koga biste voljeli vidjeti na čelu glavne oporbene stranke?" [The number of candidates for the head of the SDP is growing: Who would you like to see at the head of the main opposition party?]. tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Objava liste kandidata za Predsjednika SDP-a" [Publication of the list of candidates for the President of the SDP] (PDF). SDP (in Croatian). 3 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Rezultati izbora za Predsjednika SDP-a" [Results of elections for President of SDP] (PDF). SDP (in Croatian). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Neslužbeni rezultati 2. kruga izbora za Predsjednika SDP-a" [Unofficial results of elections for President of SDP] (PDF). SDP (in Croatian). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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