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Croatian parliamentary election, 2003

Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003.

Table of contents
1 General information
2 Parties and coalitions
3 Summary of votes and seats
4 See also

General information

There are 10 electoral units based on geography and population. In each unit, 14 candidates are elected on proportional electoral system. The election threshold is 5%.

In addition, 8 candidates are elected to represent national minorities.

The citizens that live outside Croatian borders vote in a separate electoral unit. The number of representatives elected from this unit will be determined after the elections, based on how many people actually vote in Croatia, so that there is equal value of votes both inside and outside Croatia. For reference, the number of diaspora seats in the 2000-2003 Sabor was six.

Total: 140 domestic seats + 8 minority seats + 4 diaspora seats.

Distribution of minority seats:

Parties and coalitions

Pre-election coalitions:

Summary of votes and seats

Registered Voters:         4,087,553 
Votes Cast:                2,520,008   61.6
Invalid Votes:                41,041   01.6
Valid Votes:               2,478,967   98.4
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Party or coalition         Votes       %            Seats
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HDSS                          24,872   01.0            1 
HDZ                          840,692   33.9 (+07.2)   66  (+20)
HNS-SBHS-PGS                 198,781   08.0           11 
HSLS-DC                      100,335   04.0            3 
HSP-ZDS                      157,987   06.4 (+01.2)    8  (+03)
HSS                          177,359   07.1            9 
HSU                           98,537   04.0            3 
SDP-IDS-SLD-LS               560,593   22.6 (-16.1)   43  (-28)
Others                       319,811   12.9            7
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Total                      2,478,967                 151
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Source: International Foundation for Electoral Studies
Results for the domestic seats:

  1. Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ): 62
  2. Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP): 34
  3. Croatian People's Party (HNS): 10
  4. Croatian Peasants Party (HSS): 9
  5. Croatian Party of Rights (HSP): 8
  6. Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS): 4
  7. Libra-Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra): 3
  8. Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU): 3
  9. Liberal Party (LS): 2
  10. Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS): 2
  11. Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS): 1
  12. Democratic Centre (DC): 1
  13. Croatian Democratic Peasants Party (HDSS): 1

Results for the minority seats: Results for diaspora seats (4 seats)
  1. Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ): 4

The number of diaspora mandates is reduced by 2 compared to previous elections due to somewhat lower diaspora turnout. Due to distribution according to the d'Hondt method, the independent lists for diaspora won't be allocated seats, even though they received over 5% of total votes.

Ivo Sanader of Croatian Democratic Union HDZ was appointed as Prime Minister by the President and confirmed by the Croatian Parliament.

New Government is formed of 13 HDZ ministers and 1 of Democratic Centre.

See also