2000 Croatian parliamentary election

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2000 Croatian parliamentary election
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76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.85% Increase 2.06 pp
Party Leader % Seats +/–
SDP–HSLS–PGS–SBHS Ivica Račan 39.25 71 +48
HDZ Zlatko Mateša 27.04 46 −29
HSS–IDS–HNS–LS–ASH Zlatko Tomčić 14.92 24 +7
HSP–HKDU Anto Đapić 5.30 5 0
Minority lists
SNS Milan Đukić 47.72 1 −1
DZMH Tibor Santo 42.88 1 New
HSS Zdenka Čuhnil 40.62 1 New
SRURH Borislav Graljuk 34.10 1 New
Independents Furio Radin 78.91 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Result by constituency.
Prime Minister before Subsequent Prime Minister
Zlatko Mateša
HDZ		 Ivica Račan
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    Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 3 January 2000 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives.

    The ruling Croatian Democratic Union entered the elections weakened by a series of corruption scandals that came to light in the previous parliamentary term and fractures between its hardline nationalists and more moderate members. However, the most important factor was the deteriorating health of the party leader and Croatian president Franjo Tuđman, which left no successor within the party.[1]

    On the other side, two major Croatian opposition parties – the

    Croatian People's Party, Istrian Democratic Assembly and Liberal Party
    , but as Tuđman's condition worsened, leaders of the SDP and HSLS concluded that they could win elections even without the four other parties, which later formed a separate bloc.

    On 25 May, the governing HDZ and the six mainstream opposition parties signed an agreement to develop a consensus-based legislative framework for the upcoming parliamentary elections. This agreement also included a commitment to restructure

    voting system and redistricting. The first-past-the-post constituencies introduced in the previous election were scrapped and proportional representation was implemented (with the exception of ethnic minority seats). The country was divided into ten electoral districts, all drawn in order to maximise the support for HDZ. Each district had to elect 14 members with an electoral threshold of 5%.[2]

    Due to Tuđman's illness and death in December 1999, the elections were repeatedly postponed for constitutional reasons. There was speculation about elections being held during the Christmas holidays in order to have as many Croatian expatriates (traditionally HDZ supporters) in the country, but the date of 3 January was chosen as the most suitable. As election day, the outcome became more certain. The campaign was brief and relatively uneventful with the HDZ being visibly weakened and demoralised by the death of its long-term leader. On election day, voter turnout – the highest since 1990 – indicated the desire to see a change of government.

    Following the elections, Social Democratic Party leader

    semi-presidential system into an incomplete parliamentary system
    in November 2000, and abolish the upper chamber, the Chamber of Counties, in March 2001. The constitutional changes of 2000 greatly limited the power of the president, but retained the direct election of the office.

    Results

    Results of the election based on the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia
      SDP-HSLS coalition
      HDZ
      HSS-HNS coalition
      IDS-HSS-HNS coalition
      SDSS
      HSP-HKDU coalition
      HČSP
    PartyVotes%Seats
    Dalmatian Action
    		6,3880.220
    National Democratic Party6,1880.210
    Croatian Party of Natural Law4,5930.160
    Movement for Human Rights–Party of Environmentally Conscious Citizens3,7580.130
    Croatian Republican Union3,3090.110
    Croatian Plans Party2,7340.090
    Serb People's Party2,6470.090
    Party of Croatian Revival2,3700.080
    Christian Social Union1,9130.070
    Croatian Dalmatian Home1,7880.060
    Istrian Party1,7050.060
    Homeland Civic Party1,6870.060
    Croatian Republicans1,5110.050
    Croatian Defence Order1,0030.030
    Social Democratic Union of Croatia7980.030
    Party of Danube Serbs7210.020
    Coastal Democratic Centre6070.020
    Party of Democratic Action of Croatia1000.000
    Independents18,1340.630
    National minorities5
    Total2,899,935100.00151
    Valid votes2,899,93598.37
    Invalid/blank votes47,9261.63
    Total votes2,947,861100.00
    Registered voters/turnout4,046,50872.85
    Source: Global Elections Database, Psephos

    Minority seats

    National minorities elected five representatives through a separate election system: Milan Đukić (47,7% of votes) for the

    Ukrainian
    minorities.

    Composition

    Government  
    Opposition
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                           
    Government:   SDP   HSLS   PGS   SBHS   HSS   IDS  
    HNS
         		  Liberal   Minorities
    Opposition:   HDZ   HSP   HKDU

    References

    1. ^ "Croatia's Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. 2000. pp. 1–5.
    2. ^ a b Waters, Trevor. "Croatia: Three Elections and a Funeral" (PDF). ethz.ch. Conflict Studies Research Centre.
    3. ^ "Novi List: 10". hsp1861.hr.
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