1927 Zagreb local elections

The 1927 local elections in Zagreb were held on 4 September, 7 days before the parliamentary elections. The Croatian Bloc coalition won a majority in the City Assembly and reelected Vjekoslav Heinzel as mayor.

1927 Zagreb local elections

4 September 1927
50 seats to the Zagreb City Assembly
Turnout	57.70%
First party Second party   Candidate Vjekoslav Heinzel Ivan Krndelj Party Croatian Bloc Republican Alliance of Workers and Peasants Seats won 25 / 50 7 / 50 Popular vote 9,749 2,456 Percentage 49.99% 12.59%
Mayor before election Vjekoslav Heinzel Croatian Bloc Elected mayor Vjekoslav Heinzel Croatian Bloc

Results

Political party		Votes	%	Seats	%
	Croatian Bloc Hrvatski blok	9,749	49.99%	25	50%
	Republican Alliance of Workers and Peasants Republikanski savez radnika i seljaka	2,456	12.59%	7	14%
	Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	2,322	11.91%	6	12%
	Independent Democratic Party Samostalna demokratska stranka	1,531	7.85%	4	8%
	Jew Party Židovska stranka	806	4.13%	3	6%
	Tenants Bloc Stanarski blok	759	3.89%	2	4%
	Democratic Party Demokratska stranka	403	2.06%	2	4%
	Socialist Party of Yugoslavia Socijalistička partija Jugoslavije	384	1.96%	1	2%
	People's Radical Party Narodna radikalna stranka	373	1.97%	0	0%
	Zagreb Social Alliance Zagrebački socijalni savez	284	1.46%	0	0%
	Social Commercial Bloc Socijalni privredni blok	268	1.37%	0	0%
	Croatian Independent Dealers Hrvatski nezavisni obrtnici	155	0.79%	0	0%
Total		19,500	100%	50	100%
Registered Voters/Turnout		33,796	57.70%

The Croatian Bloc, a coalition consisting of the Croatian Federalist Peasant Party and Croatian Party of Rights, won 50% of the votes and 25 seats in the City Assembly. The Republican Alliance of Workers and Peasants, a party list formed by the banned Communist Party, came second with 12.59% of the votes. Vjekoslav Heinzel was reelected mayor in his last term. The 1927 local elections were the last ones before the 6 January Dictatorship when King Alexander I banned all political parties.

Election posters

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  Croatian Peasant Party poster
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  Croatian Bloc poster
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  Republican Alliance of Workers and Peasants poster

See also

• List of mayors of Zagreb
• 1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election