Bandić ran for president in the 2009–10 elections. As he had done this without the authorisation of his party, who had nominated Ivo Josipović, he was expelled from SDP and lost his position as leader of the party's Zagreb branch. In the first round of the election, on 27 December 2009, Bandić received 14.83 percent of the vote, placing him in second place after Josipović with 32.70 percent. On 10 January he lost the second round with 39.74 percent of the vote. In Zagreb, Bandić lost both rounds of the election, receiving support only in a handful of city neighbourhoods. A year before his presidential campaign, it came to light that a record-breaking 251 criminal complaints had been filed against Bandić, but the State Attorney's Office had neglected to act on any of them.
