1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
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63 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 71.37% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for the Second Assembly of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament 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] UNTAES facilitated the conduct of elections in the United Nations protectorate region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia.[3]
Results[]
President Franjo Tuđman had the constitutional right to appoint up to five members of the Chamber of Counties. He chose to exercise that right by naming Ivan Aralica, , Slobodan Lang, Vojislav Stanimirović and Zlatko Vitez to the chamber.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Croatian Democratic Union | 1,060,909 | 41.94 | 40 | +3 | |
HSLS–HSS | 358,530 | 14.17 | – | – | |
SDP–HNS | 281,496 | 11.13 | – | – | |
Croatian Social Liberal Party | 87,333 | 3.45 | 6 | –10 | |
Croatian Peasant Party | 76,384 | 3.02 | 9 | +4 | |
Istrian Democratic Assembly | 64,883 | 2.57 | 2 | –1 | |
HSLS–HNS–HSS | 60,574 | 2.39 | – | – | |
SDP–PGS–HNS | 60,391 | 2.39 | – | – | |
Social Democratic Party of Croatia | 50,487 | 2.00 | 4 | +3 | |
Croatian Party of Rights 1861 | 46,162 | 1.83 | 0 | New | |
HSU–ASH | 39,673 | 1.57 | – | – | |
Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 33,531 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Union | 33,508 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | |
Serb People's Party | 32,369 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 | |
Croatian Pure Party of Rights | 27,801 | 1.10 | 0 | New | |
HDZ–HKDU–HSP–KDM | 19,534 | 0.77 | – | – | |
Croatian Party of Pensioners | 18,156 | 0.72 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Party of Zagorje | 15,490 | 0.61 | 0 | New | |
Istrian Democratic Forum | 14,202 | 0.56 | – | – | |
Croatian Party of Rights | 13,003 | 0.51 | 2 | New | |
SDP–HNS–HKDU | 12,374 | 0.49 | – | – | |
Croatian People's Party | 10,644 | 0.42 | 0 | –1 | |
Croatian Spring | 9,683 | 0.38 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Civic Peasant Party | 9,403 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
DA–SDU | 8,994 | 0.36 | – | – | |
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party | 8,325 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Green Party | 7,808 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
HGSS–HND | 6,763 | 0.27 | – | – | |
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party | 6,474 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
SDU–SDA | 5,326 | 0.21 | – | – | |
Croatian Republican Union | 5,314 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
Croatian Dalmatian Home | 4,674 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Christian Democratic Party | 4,608 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
HKDU–SBHS | 4,287 | 0.17 | – | – | |
Croatian Independent Democrats | 2,920 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
Istrian Independent Party | 2,472 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Croatian Democratic Party of Rights | 2,402 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Croatian Liberation Movement | 2,370 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Istrian Party | 2,092 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Peasant Workers' Party | 1,542 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
Social Democratic Action of Croatia | 1,310 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Independent Party of Rights | 1,149 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Roma Party | 1,054 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Croatian Party | 996 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Homeland Civic Party | 818 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 11,194 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
Appointed members | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 2,529,412 | 100.00 | 68 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,529,412 | 96.71 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 86,062 | 3.29 | |||
Total votes | 2,615,474 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,664,666 | 71.37 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, State Election Commission |
References[]
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "History of Croatian Constitutional Judicature". Croatian Constitutional Court. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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