Zagreb local elections, June 1920

Zagreb local elections, 1920

18 June 1920

20 seats to the Zagreb City Assembly Turnout 13.64%   First party Second party   Candidate Vjekoslav Heinzel Vladimir Prebeg Party Croatian Union Party of Rights Seats won 13 / 20 5 / 20 Popular vote 2,070 766 Percentage 65.16% 24.11%

Mayor before election Dragutin Dončić Elected Mayor Vjekoslav Heinzel Croatian Union

On 18 June 1920 local elections were held in Zagreb, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The elections were held for the revoked mandates from last local elections in 1920. The Croatian Union won a majority of seats and Vjekoslav Heinzel was named the new mayor of Zagreb.

Results

Political party		Votes	%	Seats	%
	Croatian Union Hrvatska zajednica	2,070	65.16%	13	65%
	Croatian Party of Rights Hrvatska stranka prava	766	24.11%	5	25%
	Croatian People's Peasant Party Hrvatska pučka seljačka stranka	212	6.67%	1	5%
	People's Socialist Party Narodna socijalistička stranka	129	4.06%	1	5%
Total		3,177	100%	20	100%
Registered Voters/Turnout		23,290	13.64%

Mayoral elections

Democratic Party boycotted the elections and asked to schedule elections for the entire city assembly. The assembly after these elections had 28 members of the Croatian Union, 8 representatives of the Croatian Party of Rights, 5 from the Democratic Party, 5 from the Croatian People's Peasant Party, 1 from the Social Democratic Party, 2 representatives of Jewish parties and 1 socialist. On 17 August 17 1920 Vjekoslav Heinzel was elected mayor with 27 votes, while Vladimir Prebeg from the Party of Rights received eight votes. Eight votes were invalid (blank ballots).^[1]

References

1. Izvještaj Gradskog poglavarstva o sveopćoj upravi slobodnog i kraljevskog glavnog grada Zagreba za godine 1919. – 1925., 243.

See also

• List of mayors of Zagreb
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election, 1920