Croatian parliamentary election, 2003

Croatian parliamentary election, 2003
Croatia
23 November 2003

All 151 seats to Hrvatski sabor
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 61.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ivo Sanader Ivica Račan
Party HDZ SDP
Last election 46 seats 49 seats
(SDP, IDS, LS)
Seats won
66 / 151
43 / 151
Seat change Increase20 Decrease6
Popular vote 840,692 560,593
Percentage 33.9% 22.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Vesna Pusić Zlatko Tomčić
Party HNS HSS
Last election 5 seats
(HNS, PGS, SBHS)
17 seats
Seats won
11 / 151
10 / 151
Seat change Increase6 Decrease7
Popular vote 198,781 177,359
Percentage 8.0% 7.2%

Results of the election in each of the ten electoral districts of Croatia: the party with the majority of votes in each electoral unit.
HDZ: blue; SDP coalition: red

Prime Minister before election

Ivica Račan
SDP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ivo Sanader
HDZ

Diagram of final election results

Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003.[1]

General information

There are 10 electoral units based on geography and population. In each unit, 14 candidates are elected on proportional electoral system. The election threshold is 5%.

In addition, 8 candidates are elected to represent national minorities.

The citizens that live outside Croatian borders vote in a separate electoral unit. The number of representatives elected from this unit will be determined after the elections, based on how many people actually vote in Croatia, so that there is equal value of votes both inside and outside Croatia. For reference, the number of diaspora seats in the 2000-2003 Sabor was six.

Total: 140 domestic seats + 8 minority seats + 4 diaspora seats.[2]

Distribution of minority seats:[3]

Parties and coalitions

Pre-election coalitions:[3]

Summary of votes and seats

 Summary of the 23 November 2003 Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats % Seat trend Seat change (%)
Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica) 840,692 33.9 66 43.71 Increase +13,25
Coalition: Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske) 560,593 22.6 34 22.52 Decrease -5,96
Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski sabor/Dieta democratica Istriana) 4 2.65 Steady 0
Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra - Stranka liberalnih demokrata) 3 1.99
Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka) 2 1.32 Steady 0
Coalition: Croatian People's Party (Hrvatska narodna stranka) 198,781 8.0 10 6.62 Increase +5.30
Alliance of Primorje - Gorski Kotar (Primorsko-goranski savez) 1 0.66 Decrease -0.66
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (Slavonsko-baranjska hrvatska stranka) - 0.00 Decrease -0.66
Croatian Peasant Party (Hrvatska seljačka stranka) 177,359 7.2 10 6.62 Decrease -4.64
Coalition: Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava) 157,987 6.4 8 5.30 Increase +2,65
Zagorje Democratic Party (Zagorska demokratska stranka) - 0.00
Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka) - 0.00
Coalition: Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka) 100,335 4.0 2 1.32 Decrease -15.24
Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar) 1 0.66
Croatian Pensioners' Party (Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika) 98,537 4.0 3 1.99
Independent Democratic Serb Party (Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka) - - 3 1.99
Coalition: Croatian Democratic Peasants Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka) 24,872 1.0 1 0.66
Croatian Democratic Centre (Hrvatski demokratski centar) - 0.00
Democratic Prigorje-Zagreb Party (Demokratska prigorsko-zagrebačka stranka) - 0.00
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (Demokratska zajednica Mađara Hrvatske) - - 1 0.66
German People's Union (Njemačka narodnosna zajednica) - - 1 0.66
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (Stranka demokratske akcije Hrvatske) - - 1 0.66
Non-partisans 4 2.65
Total (turnout 61.7 %) 2,478,967   151 100.00
Invalid Votes 41,041
Votes Cast 2,520,008
Registered Voters 4,087,553
Source: Croatian State Election Committee[3] and IFES.

The number of diaspora mandates is reduced by 2 compared to previous elections due to somewhat lower diaspora turnout. Due to distribution according to the d'Hondt method, the independent lists for diaspora won't be allocated seats, even though they received over 5% of total votes.

National minorities elected 8 representatives through a separate election system: Vojislav Stanimirović (22,2% of votes), Milorad Pupovac (21,7%) and Ratko Gajica (13,8%) for the Serb national minority, Jene Adam (42%) for the Hungarian minority, Furio Radin (79,8%) for the Italian minority, Zdenka Čuhnil (39,2%) for the Czech and Slovak minorities, Nikola Mak (14,3%) for the Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach minorities and Šemso Tanković (59,1%) for the Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovene minorities.

Ivo Sanader of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was appointed as Prime Minister by the President and confirmed by the Croatian Parliament.

The new Government was formed of 13 HDZ ministers and 1 of Democratic Centre.[4]

Popular vote
HDZ
 
33.9%
SDP - IDS - liberals
 
22.6%
HNS - PGS - SBHS
 
8%
HSS
 
7.2%
HSP - ZDS - MS
 
6.4%
HSLS - DC
 
4%
HSU
 
4%
HDSS - HDC - DPZS
 
1%
Others
 
12.9%

See also

References

External links

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