1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election

Chamber of Counties elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 7 February 1993.[1] The result was a victory for the Croatian Democratic Union, which won 37 of the 63 elected seats.

1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
Croatia
7 February 1993 1997 →

63 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Counties
Turnout64.34%
Party Leader Seats
HDZ Franjo Tuđman 37
HSLS Dražen Budiša 16
HSS Drago Stipac 5
IDS Ivan Jakovčić 3
SDP Ivica Račan 1
HNS-LD Savka Dabčević-Kučar 1
Appointees 5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker after
Josip Manolić
HDZ

Background

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Under the new constitution adopted in 1990, the Croatian Parliament was bicameral. The lower house had been elected in 1992 and its representatives had passed laws creating new territorial organisations of Croatia. This included counties that were to be represented by the upper house – the Chamber of Counties.

Each county elected three members, while the President had the right to appoint five members, known as "Virils".[2] The electoral law made each county a district that was to elect three representatives on the basis of proportional representation.

In practice, the use of proportional representation in such small districts led to a single party – the Croatian Democratic Union – being grossly overrepresented because sometimes even with less than third of the votes guaranteed two of the three seats.

The elections were marked by an uncharacteristically intense campaign directed towards single region – Istria. The government of Franjo Tuđman has invested great effort to defeat the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) after being concerned by the party's good result during the 1992 elections. This effort backfired, resulting in record vote for the IDS.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Croatian Democratic Union1,013,36545.4937
Croatian Social Liberal Party486,21021.8316
Croatian Peasant Party258,95311.625
Istrian Democratic Assembly76,2733.423
HSLSHNS45,6572.05
Social Democratic Party of Croatia41,9551.881
HSLSHNSSDP35,9371.61
HSLSHNSHKDUSDP33,2461.49
Croatian Christian Democratic Union27,5841.240
Dalmatian Action26,3031.180
RDSIDS22,8011.02
HSLSSDP21,4780.96
SDPHSS18,3120.82
Social Democratic Union17,4130.780
Croatian People's Party15,3630.691
Serb People's Party14,2390.640
Croatian Party of Natural Law7,0260.320
Croatian Democratic Party of Rights6,9730.310
HNSSDP4,6600.210
HKDUHRZKNS4,2200.190
HKDUHKDSHDS3,5110.160
Homeland Civic Party3,1050.140
HKDSHNS2,8950.130
Christian People's Party2,8720.130
Croatian Party2,6780.120
Istrian Liberal Party2,2960.100
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia2,2590.100
SDPSSHSDH2,1940.100
IPSINSKNS1,6900.080
Croatian Christian Democratic Party1,6320.070
HKDSHDSKNS1,4140.060
Central European Action Party6870.030
Independents22,5621.010
Appointed members5
Total2,227,763100.0068
Valid votes2,227,76396.70
Invalid/blank votes76,0193.30
Total votes2,303,782100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,580,39664.34
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, State Election Commission

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p419