Croatian Chamber of Counties election, 1997

Croatian Chamber of Counties election, 1997

April 13, 1997

63 out of 68 seats to the Chamber of Counties Turnout 71.4%   First party Second party   Leader Franjo Tuđman Zlatko Tomčić Party HDZ HSS Last election 37 5 Seats won 40 9 Seat change 3 4

Speaker before election Katica Ivanišević HDZ Elected Speaker Katica Ivanišević HDZ

Chamber of Counties election were held in Croatia on 13 April 1997.^[1] The result was a victory for the Croatian Democratic Union, which won 40 of the 63 elected seats. This was the last election for the Chamber of Counties, which was abolished through a constitutional amendment on 29 March 2001.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Croatian Democratic Union	1,060,909	41.9	40	+3
HSLS-HSS	358,530	14.2	–	–
SDP-HNS	281,496	11.1	–	–
Croatian Social Liberal Party	87,333	3.5	6	−10
Croatian Peasant Party	76,384	3.0	9	+4
Istrian Democratic Assembly	64,883	2.6	2	−1
HSLS-HNS-HSS	60,574	2.4	–	–
SDP-PGS-HNS	60,391	2.4	–	–
Social Democratic Party of Croatia	50,487	2.0	4	+3
Croatian Party of Rights 1861	46,162	1.8	0	0
HSU-ASH	39,673	1.6	–	–
Croatian Christian Democratic Union	33,531	1.3	0	0
Social Democratic Union	33,508	1.3	0	0
Serb People's Party	32,369	1.3	0	0
Croatian Pure Party of Rights	27,801	1.1	0	0
HDZ-HKDU-HSP-KDM	19,534	0.8	–	–
IDF-FDI	14,202	0.6	–	–
Croatian Party of Rights	13,003	0.5	2	+2
SDP-HNS-HKDU	12,374	0.5	–	–
Croatian People's Party	10,644	0.4	0	−1
DA-SDU	8,994	0.4	–	–
Other parties	125,436	5.0	0	0
Independents	11,194	0.4	0	0
Appointed members	-	-	5	0
Invalid/blank votes	86,062	–	–	–
Total	2,615,474	100	68	0
Sources: Nohlen & Stöver; Official results[3]

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. "History of Croatian Constitutional Judicature". Croatian Constitutional Court. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
3. "Izvješće o konačnim službenim rezultatima izbora zastupnika u Županijski dom Sabora Republike Hrvatske" (PDF) (in Croatian). State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia. 1997. Retrieved 2011-11-28.