Local elections were held in Croatia on 15 May 2005. This were the fourth local elections in Croatia since independence.
In the elections for the members of representative bodies of local and regional self-government units, the citizens of the Republic of Croatia elected 426 municipal and 123 city councils and members of 20 county assemblies and the Zagreb City Assembly at 6,589 polling stations in Croatia. In the time of elections 4,015,832 voters were registered in Croatia.[1]
Electoral system
Councilors of regional and local council are elected by closed list proportional system with a number of seats depending on number of inhabitants in area. By law, municipalities with up to 3,000 inhabitants elect between 7 and 13 councilors, municipalities with between 3,000 and 10,000 councilors elect between 9 and 15 councilors, municipalities and cities with between 10,000 and 30,000 inhabitants elect between 13 and 19 councilors, cities with over 30,000 inhabitants elect between 19 and 35 councilors, while the City of Zagreb elects 51 councilors. Counties numbers between 31 and 51 councilors, regardless of population. The electoral threshold was set on 5%. The number of seats can differ from above mentioned because of special seats for national minorities that are given independently.[2][3]
^ ab"I. Zagrebačka županija" [I Zagreb county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ab"II. Krapinsko-zagorska županija" [II Krapina-Zagorje county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ab"III. Sisačko-moslavačka županija" [III Sisak-Moslavina county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ab"IV. Karlovačka županija" [IV Karlovac county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ab"V. Varaždinska županija" [V Varaždin county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-05. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ ab"VI. Koprivničko-križevačka županije" [VI Koprivnica-Križevci county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"VII. Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija" [VII Bjelovar-Bilogora county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"VIII. Primorsko-goranska županija" [VIII Primorje-Gorski Kotar county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"IX. Ličko-senjska županija" [IX Lika-Senj county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"X. Virovitičko-podravska županija" [X Virovitica-Podravina county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"XI. Požeško-slavonska županija" [XI Požega-Slavonija county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"XII. Brodsko-posavska županija" [XII Brod-Posavina county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ ab"XIII. Zadarska županija" [XIII Zadar county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XIV. Osječko-baranjska županija" [XIV Osijek-Baranja county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XV. Šibensko-kninska županija" [XV Šibenik-Knin county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XVI. Vukovarsko-srijemska županija" [XVI Vukovar-Syrmia county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XVII. Splitsko-dalmatinska županija" [XVII Split-Dalmatia county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XVIII. Istarska županija" [XVIII Istria county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XIX. Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija" [XIX Dubrovnik-Neretva county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ab"XX. Međimurska županija" [XX Međimurje county] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^"XXI. Grad Zagreb" [XXI City of Zagreb] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 8 January 2022.