General election in Croatia 2016
The parliamentary elections in Croatia in 2016 , i.e. the election to the Sabor , took place on September 11, 2016. Contrary to most of the polls, the national conservative HDZ was the strongest party in the election, with a turnout of 52.59%. Like the 2015 election, this election did not bring any clear majorities in parliament. As a result, the coalition of HDZ and Most was reissued, supported by the representatives of the minorities. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković became .
prehistory
In the previous election in November 2015 , the previously ruling center-left alliance under Prime Minister Zoran Milanović lost its parliamentary majority. The winners were the party alliance Patriotic Coalition (Domoljubna koalicija) under the leadership of the Christian-democratic - national-conservative HDZ and the reform group MOST, which appeared for the first time at national level . After difficult coalition negotiations, the two finally agreed on a coalition government under the non-party ex-manager Tihomir Orešković , who was elected as the new Prime Minister on January 22, 2016.
The new government was criticized from the start because it was accused of including overly nationalist politicians in the cabinet. Veterans Minister Mijo Crnoja , who had announced that he would create a register of people he saw as “traitors to the national interest”, resigned on January 28, 2016 after only 6 days in office. He suffered in particular rumors about a controversial real estate deal and opaque lending.
Minister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegović was accused of waging a “culture war from the right” by, for example, playing down the work of the historical fascist Ustasha movement , supporting the controversial state co-financing of celebrations on the occasion of the Bleiburg massacre , and financing politically unpopular cultural and media projects Cut or cut and promote more patriotism in schools and on television. Ultimately, the conservative President Grabar-Kitarović felt compelled to warn against questioning the anti-fascist foundations of the state.
The relationship between the two deputy prime ministers, Tomislav Karamarko from the HDZ and Božo Petrov from MOST, was also considered to be fraught with conflict. The situation escalated in late spring 2016. In May, the opposition Social Democratic Party initiated impeachment proceedings against Karamarko. The background to this was press reports that Karamarko's wife Ana Šarić-Karamarko had received 60,000 euros from the Hungarian mineral oil company MOL for consulting activities. Karamarkos HDZ, for its part, had advocated the politically controversial sale of shares in the part-state Croatian mineral oil company INA to MOL. MOST announced that it would support Karamarkos being voted out of office. In return, the HDZ described MOST as incompetent and asked Petrov to resign. After Prime Minister Orešković asked both Karamarko and Petrov to resign from office, Karamarkos HDZ withdrew his trust on June 3, 2016.
On June 16, 2016, the HDZ initiated a vote of no confidence in Orešković. 125 of the 151 MPs voted for his removal. Karamarko had anticipated being voted out and resigned the day before. On June 20, the Sabor made by a large majority of its self-dissolution legal use. The early election that became necessary as a result took place on September 11, 2016.
Survey
| date | Institute | Živi zid | MR | ORaH | IDS | MB365 | MOST | DK | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2016 | Promocija Plus | 8.2 | 38.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 39.2 | 4.3 |
| 04/24/2016 | Ipsos | 7.3 | 34.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 35.9 | 7.0 |
| 04/07/2016 | Promocija Plus | 6.8 | 37.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 37.8 | 5.6 |
| 03/21/2016 | Ipsos | 6.8 | 34.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 37.6 | 6.5 |
| Election 2015 | 4.2 | 32.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 34.0 | 8.7 | |
Electoral process
Croatia is divided into ten constituencies. In each constituency, 14 seats are allocated proportionally according to the D'Hondt procedure , with a 5% threshold. Three seats are elected by the Croatians abroad on a proportional basis. Eight seats are elected by members of national minorities.
Result
| coalition | Main party | Alignment | Voting share Croatia |
Voting share foreign Croats |
Sit in Croatia |
Seats foreign Croats |
seats total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Domoljubna koalicija Patriotic Coalition |
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union |
Christian democratic, national conservative | 36.3 | 62.7 | 59 | 2 | 61 |
|
Hrvatska raced Croatia is growing |
Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske (SDP) Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
social democratic, liberal | 33.8 | 54 | 54 | ||
|
Most nezavisnih lista (MOST) bridge of independent lists |
centrist, economically liberal | 9.9 | 3.1 | 13 | 13 | ||
|
Živi zid Living Wall |
left-wing populist, EU-skeptical | 6.2 | 8th | 8th | |||
|
Rada i solidarnosti work and solidarity |
Bandić Milan 365 - Stranka rada i solidarnosti Bandic Milan 365 - Party for Labor and Solidarity |
social democratic, left-wing populist | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 | |
|
Pravo na svoje Our own right |
Istarski demokratski sabor (IDS) Istrian Democratic Assembly |
regionalist, liberal | 2.2 | 3 | 3 | ||
|
Hrvatski Demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje (HDSSB) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja |
regionalist, right-wing | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| PAMETNO | 2.1 | 0 | |||||
|
Održivi razvoj Hrvatske (ORaH) Sustainable Development of Croatia |
Green | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | |||
| Others | 3.5 | 28.8 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Minorities | 8th | ||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parliament approves new government. In: Zeit Online . January 23, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
- ^ Croatia: Minister resigns after six days in office. Spiegel Online , January 29, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Keno Verseck: Croatia's nationalism: The fear of the next Hungary Spiegel Online, May 3, 2016, accessed on June 20, 2016
- ^ Adelheid Wölfl: Croatia's government is walking on thin ice. Der Standard , May 30, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016
- ^ Crisis in Croatia: Government on the brink of collapse Spiegel Online, June 3, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016
- ^ Adelheid Wölfl: Croatian Parliament deposed Prime Minister. Der Standard, June 16, 2016, accessed the same day.
- ^ Adelheid Wölfl: Croatia's Vice Prime Minister Karamarko resigns. Der Standard, June 15, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Croatia: Parliament in Zagreb dissolves itself on Spiegel Online, June 20, 2016, accessed on the same day
- ↑ orf.at
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