Deutsche Welle Analyzes the Elections in Croatia and the HDZ Results

The ruling Croatian HDZ party has won elections in most local governments, although it is practically non-existent in Zagreb. The secret, analysts say, is the weak budgets of cities that are hoping for help "from above."

In the first round of local elections, voters in Croatia elected prefects in ten counties, and the mayors of eighty cities are already known.

HDZ President Andrej Plenković assessed on Monday that his party was a convincing relative winner of the first round of local elections and stressed that the results show that HDZ "enjoys stable and high support from citizens" in its ninth year in power. In a statement to reporters after a session of the Presidency and National Committee, at which the results of the first round of local elections held yesterday were analyzed, Plenković said that…

In the first round of local elections, voters in Croatia elected prefects in ten counties, and the mayors are already known.