General election in Croatia 2015
The last parliamentary election in Croatia took place on November 8, 2015. 151 MPs were elected for the eighth legislative period of the Croatian Sabor , 140 in the ten general constituencies, eight representatives of the national minorities and three representatives of the Croatian diaspora . It was the first parliamentary election since Croatia joined the European Union .
The opposition "Patriotic Coalition" (Domoljubna koalicija , DK) led by the resurgent conservative Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ) won the election with 59 of the 151 seats, just ahead of the coalition "Croatia is growing" (Hrvatska raste , HR), led by the previous ruling Prime Minister Zoran Milanović . "Croatia is growing" received 56 seats, the reform movement MOST ("Bridge") as the third strongest force received 19 seats. Before the election, however, the new party had spoken out against a coalition, which is why the formation of a government was expected to be difficult from the outset. Since three MPs left the Most parliamentary group after the election, the party now only has 16 MPs and could not achieve the necessary majority of 76 seats with either the DK or the HR. Most's proposal to include all three parliamentary groups in the governing coalition was rejected by the DK parliamentary group. Thus, new elections in Croatia at times seemed more and more likely.
The non-party candidate Tihomir Orešković was commissioned by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to form a government. He relied on a majority of 78 of the 151 members of Parliament ; He is supported, among others, by the Patriotic Coalition and the Most Party, which agreed on a coalition on December 23, 2015.
Starting position
In the parliamentary elections in Croatia in 2011 , the center-left alliance Kukuriku, made up of SDP , HNS , IDS and HSU, received an absolute majority of the votes and was able to replace the previously ruling conservative HDZ . Zoran Milanović became Prime Minister . The HDZ under the leadership of Tomislav Karamarko received the most votes in the European elections in April 2013 . In January 2015, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (HDZ) was elected Croatia's new head of state.
The 2015 parliamentary elections were influenced by the ongoing economic crisis and the refugee crisis in Europe , from which Croatia, as one of the countries on the Balkan route, was particularly hard hit.
Attendees
Both coalitions (electoral alliances of different parties) and individual parties could participate in the election. In the electoral district of the ethnic minorities, individual candidates were elected rather than lists.
| list | Parties involved (if coalition) | candidacy |
|---|---|---|
| Akcija mladih (AM) | in electoral district IX in alliance with Živi zid, in all other electoral districts as a single party | in 10 electoral districts |
| Autohtona - Hrvatska stranka prava (A - HSP) | - | in 11 electoral districts |
| Neovisna lista - Damir Bajs | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Braniteljsko domoljubna stranka Hrvatske (BDSH) | - | in 4 electoral districts |
| Neovisna lista - Mira Davidović | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Demokratski savez nacionalne obnove (DESNO) | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Coalition Domoljubna koalicija (German: Patriotic Coalition ) |
|
in 11 electoral districts |
| Coalition HKDU, HDS i ND |
|
in 8 electoral districts |
| Coalition Hrvatska raste (German: Croatia is growing ) |
|
in 10 electoral districts |
| Hrvatska stranka reda (HSR) | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Hrvatska zora - Stranka naroda (HZ) | - | in 6 electoral districts |
| Hrvatski Demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje (HDSSB) | - | in 2 electoral districts |
| Neovisna lista - Željko Lacković | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Željko Kerum - Hrvatska građanska stranka (HGS) | - | in 2 electoral districts |
| Neovisna lista - Željko Knapić | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Most nezavisnih lista (Most) [German: bridge ] | - | in 11 electoral districts |
| Održivi razvoj Hrvatske (ORaH) | - | in 11 electoral districts |
| Pametno | - | in 3 electoral districts |
| Neovisna lista - Vesna Pinjuh | - | in 1 electoral district |
| Pokret zajedno (PZ) | - | in 3 electoral districts |
| Coalition Pravo na svoje |
|
in 1 electoral district |
| Coalition Rada i Solidarnosti |
|
in 11 electoral districts |
| Radnička fronta (RF) | - | in 3 electoral districts |
| Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske (SRP) | - | in 5 electoral districts |
| Spremni Coalition |
|
in 11 electoral districts |
| U ime obitelji - project Domovina | - | in 11 electoral districts |
| Coalition Uspješna Hrvatska |
|
in 11 electoral districts |
| Za grad | - | in 4 electoral districts |
| Živi zid | in electoral district IX in alliance with Akcija mladih (AM), in all other electoral districts as a single party | in 10 electoral districts |
Distribution of seats in the electoral districts
| List / electoral district | I. | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotic Coalition Domoljubna koalicija (list of HDZ, HSS, HSP AS, BUZ, HSLS, Hrast, HDS, ZDS) |
4th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 7th | 3 | - |
| Croatia is growing Hrvatska raste (list of SDP, HNS, HSU, Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada, A - HSS, ZS) |
7th | 5 | 8th | 5 | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4th | - | - |
| Bridge (Most) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
|
Pravo na svoje (list of IDS, PGS and RI) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Koalicija rada i solidarnosti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje (HDSSB) | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Ethnic minorities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th |
Survey
Individual evidence
- ↑ Večernij List: Rezultati DIP-a: HDZ-ova koalicija 59, SDP-ova koalicija 56, MOST 19 mandata
- ↑ spiegel.de, November 9, 2015: Parliamentary elections in Croatia: According to the first partial results, the opposition is ahead
- ↑ http://www.kas.de/wf/de/33.43656/
- ^ Croatia: Non-party becomes the new head of government in Croatia. In: Zeit Online. December 23, 2015, accessed December 25, 2015 .
- ↑ FAZ.net September 16, 2015: Refugee Route Croatia
- ↑ State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia: Parties and electoral alliances in the individual electoral districts ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Click to open the documents)
- ↑ Official website of Domoljubna koalicija ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c APA: stalemate in Croatia after parliamentary elections , derStandard.at, November 9, 2015
- ↑ Novi list: HKDU, ND i HDS raskinuli koaliciju sa Stipom Petrinom jer je izjavio da je Tuđman bio loš, a Tito dobar čovjek , October 16, 2015
- ↑ Koalicija IDS-PGS predstavila programsku turneju “Pravo na svoje!” ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official website of the Istarski demokratski sabor (IDS)
- ↑ Koalicija rada i solidarnosti ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official website of Bandić Milan 365 - Stranka rada i solidarnosti
- ↑ HRT: Koalicija 'Spremni' spremna preuzeti odgovornost za Hrvatsku , October 18, 2015
- ↑ Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI - Jakša Marasović: koalicija "Uspješna Hrvatska" nudi budućnost ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official website of Narodna stranka - Reformisti (Reformisti)
Web links
- Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament on the website of the State Electoral Commission
- Counting results on the website of the State Electoral Commission (Croatian)
