1927 Zagreb local elections
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50 seats to the Zagreb City Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 57.70% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Results
| Political party | Votes | % | Seats | % | |||
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| 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
Croatian Peasant Party poster
Croatian Bloc poster
Republican Alliance of Workers and Peasants poster
References
- ^ HR-DAZ, GPZ, Predsjedništvo, Izbori za gradsko vijeće 1918. – 1927.
