Virovitica-Podravina County


Virovitica-Podravina County is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, Podravina being the Drava's drainage basin. Other notable towns are Slatina and Orahovica.

Administrative division

Virovitica-Podravina County holds the following towns and districts:

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the county had 84,836 residents. The population density is 42 people per km².
Ethnic Croats form the majority with 91.8% of the population, followed by Serbs at 6.0%.

Politics

County Assembly

Following the 2025 Croatian local elections the Assembly of the Virovitica-Podravina County was composed of 31 elected representatives. Out of a total of 64,972 eligible voters 28,466 participated in the elections and 28,461 submitted their ballots. There were 27,285 valid and 1,176 invalid ballots.
The Croatian Democratic Union in coalition with Croatian Party of Pensioners got 16,928 ballots and 20 elected representatives. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia in coalition with Croatian Peasant Party and Croatian Party of State of Law got 6,924 ballots and 8 elected representatives. Coalition of Home and National Rally, The Bridge, Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Sovereignists, Bloc Pensioners Together got 2,875 ballots and 3 elected representatives. The Independent Democratic Serb Party got 558 ballots which was under the threshold to enter into the assembly. As Serb minority achieved constitutionally required proportional representation on other lists which entered assembly, no additional elections were held as it was the case in some other counties.
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Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority council of the Virovitica-Podravina County while Albanians and Hungarians of Croatia were electing individual representatives. Some municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils as well.