2003 Croatian parliamentary election

none Croatia 2000 2007 ← outgoing members elected members → All 152 seats in the Croatian Parliament 77 61.65% ( 9.20pp) 23 November 2003 Croatian Democratic Union Ivo Sanader 46 66 33.91 SDP–IDS–SLD–LS Ivica Račan 49 43 22.61 HNS–PGS–SBHS Vesna Pusić 5 11 8.02 Croatian Peasant Party Zlatko Tomčić 16 9 7.15 HSP–ZDS–MS Anto Đapić 4 8 6.38 HSLS–DC Dražen Budiša 25 3 4.05 Croatian Party of Pensioners 0 3 3.97 HDSS coalition Ivo Lončar sh 1 1 1.95 Minority lists Independent Democratic Serb Party Vojislav Stanimirović 57.66 New 3 Party of Democratic Action of Croatia Šemso Tanković 59.10 New 1 Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia Jene Adam 42.01 1 1 Croatian Peasant Party Zdenka Čuhnil hr 39.21 1 1 NNZ–ZUPSH Nikola Mak 14.29 New 1 Independents Furio Radin 79.83 1 1 2003 Croatian parliamentary election map.svg Result by constituency Prime Minister Ivica Račan Ivica Račan EC.jpg Social Democratic Party of Croatia Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader.jpg Croatian Democratic Union right|thumb|Results of the election based on the majority of votes in each municipality of CroatiaCroatian Democratic Union HDZSocial Democratic Party of Croatia SDP - IDS - Libra - LSCroatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats HNS - PGS - SBHSCroatian Peasant Party HSSCroatian Social Liberal Party HSLS - DCIndependent NL Vlado Zec Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 23 November 2003 to elect all 151 members of parliament.http://www.izbori.hr/2003Sabor/odluka.htm Odluka o raspisivanju izbora za zastupnike u Hrvatskom saboru 2011-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031313/http://www.izbori.hr/2003Sabor/odluka.htm 2016-03-04 dead They were the fifth parliamentary elections to take place since the first multi-party elections in 1990. Voter turnout was 61.7%. The result was a victory for the opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) which won a plurality of 66 seats, but fell short of the 76 needed to form a government. HDZ chairman Ivo Sanader was named the eighth Prime Minister of Croatia on 23 December 2003, after parliament passed a confidence motion in his government cabinet, with 88 MPs voting in favor, 29 against and 14 abstaining. The ruling coalition going into the elections, consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Croatian People's Party (HNS), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra) and the Liberal Party (LS), did not contest the elections as a single bloc; the SDP ran with the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), the Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra) and the Liberal Party, HNS ran with the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS) and the Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (SBHS), while HSS ran on its own. General information Croatian Parliament electoral districts 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.Izvješće OESS/ODIHR-ove izborne promatračke misije, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, pdf Distribution of minority seats: http://www.izbori.hr/2003Sabor/rez/rezultatiFL.htm Službeni rezultati izbora za zastupnike u Hrvatski Sabor Official results of the election of representatives for the Croatian Parliament Croatian State Election Committee Izbori.hr 2003-12-03 2011-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120601185134/http://www.izbori.hr/2003Sabor/rez/rezultatiFL.htm 2012-06-01 dead Serbs: 3 Hungarians: 1 Italians: 1 Czechs and Slovaks: 1 Austrians, Bulgarians, Germans, Poles, Romani, Romanians, Rusyns, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians, Vlachs and Jews: 1 Albanians, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Slovenes: 1 Parties and coalitions Pre-election coalitions: DC and HSLS, in all electoral units SDP and IDS, in the 8th electoral unit (the county of Istria et al.) HB and HIP, in all electoral units SDP and Libra in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 10th electoral unit SDP and LS, in the 4th and 6th electoral unit HNS and SBHS, in the 4th and 5th electoral unit (counties of Slavonia) HNS and PGS, in the 7th and 8th electoral unit (Northern seacoast counties) Opinion polls DatePolling Organisation/ClientSample sizeHDZSDPHNSHSSHSLSOtherUndecided LeadNov 2003Prizma32%17%10%9%9%15%17 Nov 2003Večernji list180030.3%23.3%6.4%4.7%7%14 Nov 2003Media Metar100024.3%22.4%9.6%8.2%1.9%7 Nov 2003Prizma35.4%24.1%9.5%7.6%4.8%11.4%3 Nov 2003Večernji list22.3%17.4%4.9%28 Oct 2003Nacional33.8%21.6%6.4%8.0%5.7%12.2%25 Oct 2003Jutarnji list24.9%15.5%6%9.4%8.4%14.6%9.4%Sep 2003Večernji list21.9%20.6%1.3%Sep 2003Puls28%18%8%11%9%10%20 June 2003IRI -23%16%9%9%4%22%7%26 March 2003Unknown -22%13%9%10%9%17–18 February 2003Globus70021.6%18.5%9.4%7.5%5.5%19.1%3.1% Results The number of diaspora mandates was reduced by two compared to previous elections due to somewhat lower diaspora turnout. Due to distribution according to the d'Hondt method, the independent lists for diaspora were not allocated seats even if they received more than 5% of the total votes. Croatian Democratic Union 840692 66 SDP–IDS–SLD–LS 560593 43 HNS–PGS–SBHS 198781 11 Croatian Peasant Party 177359 9 HSP–ZDS–MS 158073 8 HSLS–DC 100335 3 Croatian Party of Pensioners 98537 3 HČSP–HKDU–HDSS–HDC–DPS 48419 1 HIP–Croatian Bloc 37954 0 DEMOKRŠĆANI–Croatian Christian Democratic Party hr Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska stranka HKDS–HGSS–Croatian Democratic Republican Party hr Hrvatska demokratska republikanska stranka HDRS–JHS 26281 0 Croatian Party of Rights 1861 18875 0 ZS–SNA POKRET ZELENIH–PGSU–ZELENI SND 16401 0 BV TREĆI BLOK–SU 15591 0 Socialist Labour Party of Croatia 15515 0 Greens of Croatia 15090 0 HPS–HP 11718 0 Democratic Social Union – Power of the People 10664 0 ASH–JSD 8123 0 Croatian Veterans' Party hr Stranka hrvatskih branitelja 6280 0 Istrian Social Democratic Forum 5685 0 Rule of Law Alliance 4524 0 POL–INS 4356 0 Croatian Independent Democrats 3900 0 Croatian Workers Party 3829 0 Democratic Party of Pensioners 3739 0 Croatian Plans Party 3295 0 Democratic Alliance of Greens 2965 0 Croatian Republican Union 2269 0 Croatian People's Peasant Party 1904 1641 0 Croatian Republicans 1541 0 Homeland Civic Party hr Domovinska građanska stranka 1534 0 Croatian European Party 1201 0 Social Democratic Union of Croatia 1113 0 Christian Social Union (Croatia) hr Kršćanska socijalna unija 676 0 Croatian Dalmatian Home 551 0 Democratic Action of the People of Croatia 377 0 Serb People's Party 350 0 Independent Democratic Serb Party 256 0 Party of Croatian Revival 138 0 Independents 69746 0 National minorities 8 41041 4087553 State Election Committee, IFES Minority seats National minorities elected 8 representatives through a separate election system: Vojislav Stanimirović (22,2% of votes), Milorad Pupovac (21,7%) and Ratko Gajica (13,8%) for the Serb national minority, Jene Adam (42%) for the Hungarian minority, Furio Radin (79,8%) for the Italian minority, Zdenka Čuhnil (39,2%) for the Czech and Slovak minorities, Nikola Mak (14,3%) for the Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach minorities and Šemso Tanković (59,1%) for the Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovene minorities. Aftermath Ivo Sanader of the Croatian Democratic Union was appointed as prime minister by the President and confirmed by the Croatian Parliament. The new government was formed of 13 HDZ ministers and one from the Democratic Centre.http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/rh/rh69.htm VLADA Republike Hrvatske - kronologija. Vlada: 9 / predsjednik Vlade: Dr. sc. Ivo Sanader 2011-12-11 https://archive.today/20120710064634/http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/rh/rh69.htm 2012-07-10 dead See also Politics of Croatia References External links Official election archive by the State Election Committee Category:Parliamentary elections in Croatia Croatia Croatia Parliament