title: 2009 Split local elections
text: # 2009 Split local elections
  
  The 2009 local elections were held in Split, Croatia on 17 and 31 May 2009.
  
  The incumbent HDZ mayor Ivan Kuret was running for a full four-year term after he was appointed mayor on 17 July 2007 after the former mayor Zvonimir Puljić was impeached by the city council.
  
  ## Mayoral election
  
  | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | First round | First round | Runoff | Runoff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Sustaining Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Željko Kerum | Independent | 30,227 | 40.21 | 40,479 | 56.87 |
  | | Ranko Ostojić | Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Croatian Party of Pensioners Democratic Centre | 26,099 | 34.72 | 29,003 | 40.75 |
  | | Ivan Kuret | Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party Croatian Social Liberal Party | 12,840 | 17.08 | |
  | | Luka Podrug | Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 3,016 | 4.01 | |
  | | Mate Buljubašić | Social Democratic Action of Croatia Split Party of Pensioners | 1,513 | 2.01 | |
  | Valid votes: | Valid votes: | Valid votes: | 73,695 | 98.11 | 69,482 | 97.65 |
  | Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | 1,422 | 1.89 | 1,669 | 2.35 |
  | Turnout: | Turnout: | Turnout: | 75,164 | 46.76 | 71,177 | 44.28 |
  | Expected voters: | Expected voters: | Expected voters: | 160,738 | | 160,753 | |
  | The percentages of votes from each candidate are calculated from number of valid voters The percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout number The turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters |||||||
  | Source: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) First round official results Second round official results |||||||
  
  ## Council election
  
  | Party list | Party list | Votes | % | Seats | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Željko Kerum independent list | 20,337 | 27.71 | 9 | 36 |
  | | Social Democratic Party of Croatia Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Croatian Party of Pensioners Democratic Centre | 17,479 | 23.77 | 8 | 32 |
  | | Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Peasant Party Croatian Social Liberal Party | 10,394 | 14.13 | 4 | 16 |
  | | Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 4,169 | 5.67 | 2 | 8 |
  | | Nikola Grabić independent list | 4,017 | 5.46 | 1 | 4 |
  | | Ljubica Vrdoljak independent list | 3,835 | 5.22 | 1 | 4 |
  | Total: | Total: | 73,535 | 97.89 | 25 | 100 |
  | Invalid votes: | Invalid votes: | 1,585 | 2.11 | | |
  | Turnout: | Turnout: | 75,158 | 46.76 | | |
  | Expected voters: | Expected voters: | 160,738 | | | |
  | The percentages of votes from each list are calculated from number of valid voters The percentages of valid and invalid votes are calculated from the turnout number The turnout percentage is calculated from the number of expected voters ||||||
  | Source: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) Official results ||||||
  