In a press release on Monday, he said that although the roots of the party's failure in Zagreb were "far deeper and more complex than the power and influence of a highly positioned party member," he felt responsible for the poor election result.
Vuksic won 1.97 per cent of the vote for Zagreb mayor, while the party's list for the city assembly, which he topped, won 4.84 per cent of the vote, not crossing the threshold.