2015 Croatian parliamentary election

none Croatia 2011 8 November 2015 2016 ← outgoing members elected members → All 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament 76 63.06% ( 6.77pp) Tomislav Karamarko Patriotic Coalition (Croatia) 47 59 34.64 Zoran Milanović Croatia is Growing 83 56 33.38 Božo Petrov The Bridge (Croatia) new 19 13.64 Collective leadership Human Shield new 1 4.54 Milan Bandić Labour & Solidarity new 2 3.39 Boris Miletić IDS–PGS–Rl 3 3 1.90 Radimir Čačić Successful Croatia People's Party – Reformists new 1 1.57 Dragan Vulin Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja 6 2 1.37 Minority lists Independent Democratic Serb Party Vojislav Stanimirović 77.63 3 3 Alliance of Hungarian Associations Sándor Juhás 50.23 1 1 Croatian Romani Union "Kali Sara" Veljko Kajtazi 41.41 New 1 red Independents — – 1 3 2015 Croatian parliamentary election map.svg Result by constituency Prime Minister Zoran Milanović Social Democratic Party of Croatia 16 obljetnica vojnoredarstvene operacije Oluja 04082011 Zoran Milanovic 38.jpg Tihomir Orešković Non-partisan TihomirOreskovic.jpg Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 8 November 2015.http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kolinda-objavila-na-izbore-izlazimo-8-studenog/846227.aspx Kolinda objavila: Na izbore izlazimo 8. Studenog All 151 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This parliamentary election was the 8th since the first multi-party election in 1990 and the first since Croatia joined the European Union in 2013. The ruling center-left Croatia is Growing coalition, led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, was challenged by the center-right Patriotic Coalition led by the HDZ and headed by its party chairman Tomislav Karamarko, and also faced several new political coalitions. The elections produced a hung parliament, with the ruling Croatia is Growing coalition winning 56 seats in the 10 electoral constituencies within Croatia and 3 of the 8 representatives of national minorities (Ermina Lekaj-Prljaskaj and Veljko Kajtazi are members of HNS and Sándor Juhász is a member of SDP). The opposition Patriotic Coalition won 56 seats within Croatia and all three seats allocated to Croatian citizens living abroad, winning 59 seats, technically tying with the ruling coalition. The IDS-PGS-RI coalition was expected to side with Croatia is Growing, as well as the remaining 5 minority representatives, giving Prime Minister Milanović's coalition 67 seats to 59 for Karamarko's opposition coalition. This left Milanović 9 seats short of a majority, while Karamarko needed 17 seats. The third-placed MOST led by Metković mayor Božo Petrov, which won 19 seats, was expected to be the deciding factor in the formation of the next government of Croatia. After the election Drago Prgomet of MOST stated that neither Milanović nor Karamarko would be their choice for Prime Minister and that MOST will decide on who will head the 13th government of Croatia.http://www.vecernji.hr/izbori2015/drago-prgomet-mi-cemo-predloziti-svog-mandatara-to-nece-biti-ni-milanovic-ni-karamarko-1036449 Drago Prgomet: Mi ćemo predložiti svog mandatara, to neće biti ni Milanović ni Karamarko 2015-11-09 2015-11-09 Some within MOST had stated they prefer the formation of a national unity government made up of HDZ, SDP and MOST, though this was considered extremely unlikely.http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/parlamentarni-izbori-2015/404192/Razmisljamo-o-Vladi-HDZ-Most-SDP Razmišljamo o Vladi HDZ-Most-SDP 2015-11-10 2015-11-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113840/http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/parlamentarni-izbori-2015/404192/Razmisljamo-o-Vladi-HDZ-Most-SDP 2015-12-22 dead On 11 November Patriotic coalition leader Karamarko openly rejected the prospect of an HDZ-SDP-MOST government.http://www.jutarnji.hr/karamarko-odbio-petrova---ne-zelimo-sjediti-s-ljudima-koji-su-unistili-hrvatsku--vlada-ce-biti-strucna-i-ekspertna-tek-kad-ja-postanem-mandatar--/1456119/ Karamarko odbio Petrova: Ne želima sjediti s ljudima koji su uništili Hrvatsku-Vlada će biti stručna i ekspertna tek kad ja postanem mandatar 2015-11-11 2015-11-11 2015-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20151113173102/http://www.jutarnji.hr/karamarko-odbio-petrova---ne-zelimo-sjediti-s-ljudima-koji-su-unistili-hrvatsku--vlada-ce-biti-strucna-i-ekspertna-tek-kad-ja-postanem-mandatar--/1456119 dead This was followed by more than 45 days of negotiations between all three coalitions. On 22 December it was stated that Croatia is Growing would form a government with MOST, however, on 23 December, MOST decided to give its support to a government with the HDZ. The coalition was further supported by Milan Bandić 365 and two independent minority representatives, giving them a slim majority of 78 seats in Parliament, two more than the required 76 seats. They nominated a Croatian-Canadian businessman named Tihomir Orešković, who was generally unknown to the public and who had spent most of his life in Canada, to be the next prime minister.Tihomir Orešković to Be Named as Croatian Prime Minister-Designate, Total Croatia News, 23 December 2015.http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kanadski-drzavljanin-s-prebivalistem-u-nizozemskoj-tko-je-tihomir-tim-oreskovic/864152.aspx Kanadski državljanin s prebivalištem u Nizozemskoj: Tko je Tihomir Tim Orešković? - Vijesti Index.hr hr 2015-12-19 2015-12-23 A new government finally took office on 22 January 2016 with Orešković as the 11th Prime Minister, after a record 76 days of negotiations. Background The 2011 general election was held on 4 December 2011 and resulted in the victory of the center-left Kukuriku coalition led by the Social Democratic Party and supported by the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats, Croatian Party of Pensioners and the Istrian Democratic Assembly. The largest opposition party is the center-right Croatian Democratic Union. Other smaller opposition parties are the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party and the Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja. The previous 7th Assembly of the Croatian Parliament was dissolved on 28 September 2015, with the President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović subsequently being tasked with scheduling the elections on a Sunday within 60 days of the dissolution.http://www.vecernji.ba/predsjednica-iduci-tjedan-objavljuje-datum-izbora-102757 Predsjednica idući tjedan objavljuje datum izbora www.vecernji.hr 2015-09-29 2015-10-03 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Electoral system Elections were held in 10 electoral districts inside Croatia each with a roughly equal number of registered voters and 14 seats, supplemented by one electoral district for Croatian citizens living abroad (3 seats), and one electoral district for national minorities (8 seats). Parties or alliances had to pass a 5% threshold in each electoral district in order to qualify for seats, which were then distributed proportionally between the qualified lists using the D'Hondt method. As voters were allowed to select both a list and a candidate from it, the ranking of candidates on the list was superseded by voter selection wherever candidates got at least 10% of the list's votes. Electoral law amendments In February 2015 the Croatian parliament voted to amend the country's election rules by introducing a number of changes, most importantly introducing an element of preferential voting by letting candidate selection function as a most open list system for candidates receiving a minimum of 10%, while keeping list ranking for those that do not meet this quota. In addition there were several other changes, including a gender quota, a ban on convicted criminals running, new rules for monitoring of the elections, changes to the way media covers elections etc. The proposal came from the ruling Social Democratic Party as well as several other minor changes. The opposition left Parliament and did not participate in the voting process.http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/croatian-parliament-backs-changes-to-electoral-law/ Croatian parliament backs changes to electoral law europeanvoice.com 2015-02-26 2015-02-26 However, on 25 September 2015 the Constitutional Court of Croatia ruled that some of the changes to the electoral law were unconstitutional, including a ban on criminals convicted for misuse of position running for office, while maintaining this ban for other offences, an electoral list quota of 40% candidates of each gender and an obligation to collect 1,500 signatures for a political party to run in an electoral district. Political parties List of political parties in Croatia Name Abbr. Ideology Political spectrum Leader Seats 2011 Seats before election Electoral districtsCroatia is Growing coalitionhttp://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/zbogom-kukuriku-rodjena-je-nova-koalicija-hrvatska-raste---399414.html Zbogom 'Kukuriku', rođena je nova koalicija - Hrvatska raste www.dnevnik.hr 2015-09-08 2015-10-02 Social Democratic Party of CroatiaSocijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske SDP Social democracyhttp://www.sdp.hr/media/303876/statut-sdp.pdf SDP - Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske 2015-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130927164227/http://www.sdp.hr/media/303876/statut-sdp.pdf 2013-09-27 Centre-left Zoran Milanović 61 56http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=4577 Hrvatski sabor 2015-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630230123/http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=4577 2015-06-30 dead all but XI Croatian People's Party-Liberal DemocratsHrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati HNS Liberalism, Economic liberalism, Progressivismhttp://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/programske-smjernice Programske smjernice Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati November 10, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141202093302/http://www.hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/programske-smjernice December 2, 2014 http://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/statut Statut Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati November 10, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141202025426/http://www.hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/statut December 2, 2014 Centre left Vesna Pusić 14 11 Croatian Labourists - Labour PartyHrvatski laburisti - stranka rada Laburisti Labor rights Left-wing Nansi Tireli 6 2 Croatian Party of PensionersHrvatska stranka umirovljenika HSU Single-issue politics (pensioner's rights) Centre-left Silvano Hrelja 3 4 Authentic Croatian Peasant Party A-HSS Agrarianism Centre-right Stanko Grčić 0 0 Zagorje Party ZS Regionalism (Hrvatsko Zagorje) Centre Miljenko Jerneić 0 0Patriotic Coalitionhttp://domoljubna.hr/ Domoljubna koalicija 2015-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003204722/http://domoljubna.hr/ 2015-10-03 dead http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/domoljubna-koalicija-u-vukovaru-potpisala-koalicijski-sporazum---409410.html Domoljubna koalicija u Vukovaru potpisala koalicijski sporazum www.dnevnik.hr 2015-09-21 2015-10-02 Croatian Democratic UnionHrvatska demokratska zajednica HDZ Christian democracy, Social conservatismhttp://hdz.hr/static/media/attached_files/attachedfileitem/Statut/STATUT_HDZ-a_2012.pdf Archived copy 2015-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130502034920/http://www.hdz.hr/static/media/attached_files/attachedfileitem/Statut/STATUT_HDZ-a_2012.pdf 2013-05-02 Centre-right Tomislav Karamarko 44 42 all Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante StarčevićHrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević HSP AS National conservatism Right-wing Ivan Tepeš 1 1 Croatian Peasant PartyHrvatska seljačka stranka HSS Agrarianism, Christian democracy, Social conservatism Centre-right Branko Hrg 1 1 Croatian Social Liberal PartyHrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka HSLS Liberalism Centre Darinko Kosor 0 0 Bloc Pensioners Together BUZ Single-issue politics (Pensioners' rights) Milivoj Špika 0 Croatian Growth Hrast Social conservatism Ladislav Ilčić Did not exist 0 Croatian Christian Democratic Party HDS Christian democracy Goran Dodig 0 0 Democratic Party of Zagorje ZDS Regionalism (Hrvatsko Zagorje) Stanko Belina 0 0"The Right to Our Own" coalition Istrian Democratic AssemblyIstarski demokratski sabor IDS Istrian regionalism, social liberalism Centre-left Boris Miletić 3 2 VIII Alliance of Primorje-Gorski KotarPrimorsko goranski savez PGS Regionalism (Primorje-Gorski Kotar) Darijo Vasilić 0 0 List for RijekaLista za Rijeku RI Regionalism (Rijeka) 0 0Successful Croatia coalition People's Party - ReformistsNarodna stranka - Reformisti Reformisti Economic liberalismhttp://reformisti.hr/dokumenti/program Program November 10, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151006114043/http://www.reformisti.hr/dokumenti/program October 6, 2015 Centre Radimir Čačić Did not exist 3 all Forward Croatia! - Progressive AllianceNaprijed Hrvatska! - Progresivni savez Naprijed Hrvatska! Progressivism, Social democracy Centre-left Ivo Josipović Did not exist 1 Party of Croatian Pensioners, Green Forum, Dubrovnik Democratic Assembly Umirovljenici, ZF, DDS 0 0Labour and Solidarity Coalition Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and SolidarityMilan Bandić 365 - stranka rada i solidarnosti Bandić 365 Populism Centre Milan Bandić Did not exist 0 all Istrian democratsIstarski demokrati ID-DI Regionalism Centre-left Damir Kajin Did not exist 1 http://www.sabor.hr/istarski-demokrati Archived copy www.sabor.hr 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150930105054/http://www.sabor.hr/istarski-demokrati 30 September 2015 dead New wave- Party of DevelopmentNovi val-Stranka razvoja Novi val Social Democratic Centre-left Ljubo Jurčić Did not exist 1 http://www.sabor.hr/novi-val-stranka-razvoja Archived copy www.sabor.hr 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222200426/http://www.sabor.hr/novi-val-stranka-razvoja 22 December 2014 dead Democratic Party of Prigorje and Zagreb, Democratic Women's Party, European Party of Croatia, Croatian Workers' Party, Croatian Party of Greens – Eco-Alliance, Međimurje Party, Independent Croatian Farmers, Pensioners' Party, Pensioners' Democratic Union, Green Alliance, Green Party DPS, DSŽ, HES, HRS, Zeleni, MS, SU, UDU, Zeleni, ZS 0 0Coalition "Ready" Croatian Conservative PartyHrvatska konzervativna stranka HKS National conservatism, Economic liberalism Right-wing Ruža Tomašić Did not exist 0 all Croatian Party of RightsHrvatska stranka prava HSP National liberalism, Croatian nationalism, Euroscepticism far right Daniel Srb 0 0 Family PartyObiteljska stranka OS Social conservatism Right-wing Mate Knezović 0 0Not part of any coalition Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and BaranjaHrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje HDSSB Slavonian regionalism, Conservativism Right-wing Dragan Vulin 6 7 IV, V Croatian Citizen PartyHrvatska građanska stranka HGS Right-wing populism Centre-right Željko Kerum 2 2 IX, X Sustainable Development of CroatiaOdrživi razvoj Hrvatske ORaH Sustainable development, Environmentalism, Progressivism Centre-left Mirela Holy Did not exist 3 all Bridge of Independent ListsMost nezavisnih lista Most Fiscal conservatism, Economic liberalism Centre-right Božo Petrov Did not exist 0 all Human BlockadeŽivi zid Živi zid Populism, Anti-establishment, Euroscepticism Centre Five Co-presidents Did not exist 0 all but XI (joint list with AM in IX) Youth ActionAkcija mladih AM 0 0 all but XI (joint list with Živi zid in IX) In the Name of the Family – Project HomelandU Ime Obitelji – projekt Domovina UiO-projekt Domovina Social conservatism, Political Catholicism Right-wing Željka Markić Did not exist 0 all Authentic Croatian Party of RightsAutohtona – Hrvatska stranka prava A-HSP 0 0 all Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Croatian Democratic Party, National Democrats HKDU, HDS, ND 0 0 I, III, V–VII, IX–XI Croatian Dawn – Party of the PeopleHrvatska Zora Stranka Naroda HZ Social conservatism, Christian democracy Right-wing Milan Kujundžić Did not exist 0 I, II, VI, VII, IX, X Socialist Labour Party of CroatiaSocijalistička radnička partija SRP Communism Far-left Vladimir Kapularin 0 0 II, III, VIII, X, XI For the CityZa Grad Za Grad Did not exist 0 I, II, VI, VII Defenders' Patriotic Party of CroatiaBraniteljsko Domoljubna Stranka Hrvatske BDSH 0 0 I, III, IV, VII Workers' FrontRadnička fronta RF Democratic socialism Far-left collective leadership Did not exist 0 I, VI, VIII SmartPametno Pametno Economic liberalism Centre Marijana Puljak Did not exist 0 I, VII, X Together MovementPokret Zajedno Pokret Zajedno Did not exist 0 I, VII, VIII Croatian Party of OrderHrvatska stranka reda HSR Did not exist 0 II Međimurje Democratic AllianceMeđimurske demokratski savez MDS Did not exist 0 III Democratic Union of National Renewal – RightDemokratski Savez Nacionalne Obnove – Desno Desno National conservatism, Croatian nationalism Far-right Anto Đapić Did not exist 0 IV Opinion polls Opinion polling for the Croatian parliamentary election, 2015 thumb|800px|centre|15-day average trend line of poll results from December 2011 to the present day, with each line corresponding to a political party. Results thumb|330px|Results by municipality, shaded according to winning party's percentage of the vote.#0a4091 HDZ—>80%#1c57b0 HDZ—70–80%#2168d1 HDZ—60–70%#4685e3 HDZ—50–60%#81abeb HDZ—40–50%#b6cdf0 HDZ—<40%#910a0a SDP—>80%#b01c1c SDP—70–80%#d12121 SDP—60–70%#e34646 SDP—50–60%#eb8181 SDP—40–50%#f0b6b6 SDP—<40%#66c221 IDS—50–60%#94e456 IDS—40–50%#cff0b6 IDS—<40%#76ed93 BM365—40–50%#cbb2b2 HDSSB—<40%#ebaf81 Most—40–50%#e6edbd Živi zid—<40% On November 9, 2015, State Election Commission published only the provisional official results from the 99.9% of regular polling stations because elections were repeated in 7 polling stations due to irregularities on election day. Final results were announced on 24 November. Centre-right Patriotic Coalition won 5956 + 3 from District XI seats, centre-left Croatia is Growing coalition 58 (2 national minority representatives side with the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats), centre Bridge of Independent Lists 19, centre-left Istrian Democratic Assembly 3, right wing Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja and centre Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity 2 each, centre Human Blockade and centre People's Party - Reformists 1 each. As for the 8 mandates of minority representatives, 3 go to Croatia is Growing because those representatives are members of HNS party or its parliamentary club, while Independent Democratic Serb Party that won 3 seats confirmed that it would negotiate with Croatia is Growing. In addition, Istrian Democratic Assembly also confirmed that it would negotiate only with Croatia is Growing. A total of 17 parties won representation in the 8th assembly of the Croatian Parliament: HDZ (51), SDP (42 + 1 representative of national minorities), MOST (19), HNS (9 + 2 national minority representatives), Labourists (3), IDS (3), HSP-AS (3), HSU (2), HSLS (2), Bandić Milan 365 (2), HDSSB (2), BUZ (1), HSS (1), Human Blockade (1), HRAST (1), HDS (1) and Reformists (1).http://www.jutarnji.hr/ekskluzivna-infografika--ovo-su-ljudi-koji-su-izabrani-u-novi-saziv-sabora-u-parlament-usli-predstavnici-17-stranaka/1454658/ Ekskluzivna infografika: Ovo su ljudi koji su izabrani u novi saziv Sabora, u parlament ušli predstavnici 17 stranaka 2015-11-10 2015-11-10 2015-11-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20151110201953/http://www.jutarnji.hr/ekskluzivna-infografika--ovo-su-ljudi-koji-su-izabrani-u-novi-saziv-sabora-u-parlament-usli-predstavnici-17-stranaka/1454658/ dead Such a fractured political situation meant that forming a stable majority that would serve a full 4-year term would be a challenge. Furthermore, the total number of MOST's seats in Parliament, who held the balance of power, fell from 19 to 15 within months of election day, namely Drago Prgomet, who was expelled from MOST only four days after the election, founded his own party Croatian Dialogue Initiative (HRID), which two more MOST parliamentarians soon jointed, while Stipe Petrina another MOST MP became an independent. National minorities elected 8 representatives through a separate election system: Milorad Pupovac (75,9% of votes), Mile Horvat (59,2%) and Mirko Rašković (54,4%) for the Serb national minority, Sándor Juhász (50,2%) for the Hungarian minority, Furio Radin (65,8%) for the Italian minority, Vladimir Bilek (75,7%) for the Czech and Slovak minorities, Veljko Kajtazi (41,4%) for the Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach minorities and Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj (21,1%) for the Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovene minorities. Patriotic Coalition (HDZ–HSS–HSP AS–BUZ–HSLS–Hrast–HDS–ZDS) 771070 59 +10 Croatia is Growing (SDP–HNS–HSU–HLSR–A-HSS–ZS) 742909 56 –18 Bridge of Independents 303564 19 New Human Shield–Youth Action 101073 1 New Labour and Solidarity (BM 365–DPS–DSŽ–HES–HRS–ID–MS–NSH–NV–SU–UDU–Zeleni–ZS) 75527 2 +2 Right to Our Own (IDS–PGS–RI) 42193 3 0 Sustainable Development of Croatia 39090 0 New Successful Croatia (NS-R–NHPS–Pensioners–ZF–DDS) 34905 1 +1 People's Party – Reformists Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja 30443 2 –4 In the Name of the Family – Project Homeland 23866 0 New #B9395C HKS–HSP–OS 14101 0 Authentic Croatian Party of Rights 12027 0 Pametno 6001 0 Croatian Dawn – Party of the People 4487 0 HKDU–HDS–ND 3010 0 Za Grad 2548 0 Socialist Labour Party of Croatia 2528 0 Croatian Civic Party 2234 0 Veterans' Patriotic Party of Croatia 1645 0 Democratic Alliance of National Reconstruction 1548 0 Workers' Front 1293 0 Together Movement 961 0 Međimurje Democratic Alliance 762 0 Croatian Party of Order 162 0 Independents 7976 0 National minorities 8 0 0 39367 3592341 State Election Committee; http://www.izbori.hr/140zas/rezult/1/nrezultati.html#close Izbori 2015 - Rezultati hr State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia 2015-11-09 2015-11-09 2016-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20160302162648/http://www.izbori.hr/140zas/rezult/1/nrezultati.html#close dead Dnevnik http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/parlamentarni-izbori-2015-rezultati-izbora---415538.html hr Dnevnik Domoljubna koalicija 59 Hrvatska raste 56, MOST 19 mandata 2015-11-09 2015-11-09 Minority seats Albanians, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Slovenes Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj FAI–KUANM–HASI–UKURH 999 #ccffcc Idris Sulejmani Albanian Community of Istria County 994 Nedžad Hodžić Bosniak Democratic Party of Croatia 755 Mirsad Srebreniković Party of Democratic Action 711 Jonuz Aliti Independent 375 Alen Džomba Forward Croatia! 306 Alija Avdić Bosnian Party of Croatia 176 Sabina Koželj-horvat Slovenian Cultural Society 143 Senad Pršić Bosnian National Community 128 Lutvija Graca Independent 52 Sulejman Tabaković Independent 45 Suad Salkić Independent 30 50 26774 y Austrians, Bulgarians, Germans, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Ruthenians, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians, Vlachs and Jews Veljko Kajtazi Croatian Romani Union "Kali Sara" 1913 #ccffcc Željko Balog Forward Croatia! 778 Muhamed Zahirović Labour and Solidarity Coalition 638 Robert Bosak Luna 539 Duško Kostić Independent 258 Dubravka Rašljanin Russian Association 182 Renata Trischler German Union 131 Vesna Pichler Association of Germans and Austrians 61 Jelena Zaričnaja Jindra Union of Russians 58 Bari Ahmedi Independent 44 Zvonko Kalanjoš Independent 18 74 14093 y Czechs and Slovaks Vladimir Bilek Independent 1598 #ccffcc Ivan Komak Independent 512 17 6456 y Hungarians Šandor Juhas Alliance of Hungarian Associations 2218 Róbert Jankovics Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia 2198 59 9129 y Italians Furio Radin Independent 1594 #ccffcc Maurizio Zennaro Independent 676 Daniela Dapas Sustainable Development of Croatia 151 26 10312 y Serbs Milorad Pupovac Independent Democratic Serb Party 14103 #ccffcc Mile Horvat Independent Democratic Serb Party 10997 #ccffcc Mirko Rašković Independent Democratic Serb Party 10103 #ccffcc Srđan Milaković Independent 2995 Siniša Ljubojević Independent 2690 Jovan Ajduković Our Party 1681 Dušan Bjelajac Serbian Justice Party 852 Dragan Todić Our Party 543 Slavko Mirnić Our Party 541 Nenad Vlahović Serbian Justice Party 471 Dragoljub Petrović Serbian Justice Party 371 18578 398 129683 Izbori Distribution of seats by electoral district Party / District I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Patriotic Coalition 4 6 4 6 8 5 5 3 8 7 3  — Croatia is Growing 7 5 8 5 4 6 6 7 4 4  —  — Most 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 0 — IDS+PGS+RI —  —  —  —  —  —  — 3  —  —  — — Bandić 365 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  — HDSSB — — — 2 0  — — — ——  —  — Human Shield 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  —  — Successful Croatia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  — Ethnic minorities —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 8 Government formation According to official results the ruling Croatia is Growing coalition won 56 seats, amounting to 59 due to the coalition with IDS.http://www.jutarnji.hr/ni-karamarko-ni-milanovic-ne-mogu-bez-mosta-kome-ce-se-oni-prikloniti-mogli-bismo-znati-vec-danas/1454429/ NI KARAMARKO NI MILANOVIĆ NE MOGU BEZ MOSTA Kome će se oni prikloniti mogli bismo znati već danas - Jutarnji.hr 2015-11-14 2015-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022736/http://www.jutarnji.hr/ni-karamarko-ni-milanovic-ne-mogu-bez-mosta-kome-ce-se-oni-prikloniti-mogli-bismo-znati-vec-danas/1454429/ dead The opposition Patriotic Coalition and MOST (Croatian for bridge) were the second and third largest blocs, respectively. MOST has stated that it will not enter into coalition with either of the two largest blocs and that it will instead present its own candidate for prime minister.http://www.jutarnji.hr/drago-prgomet--novog-mandatara-odlucit-ce-most--a-to-nece-biti-ni-tomislav-karamarko-ni-zoran-milanovic-/1454883/ DRAGO PRGOMET POSLAO PORUKU HDZ-u i SDP-u: Novog mandatara predložit će MOST, a to neće biti ni Tomislav Karamarko ni Zoran Milanović 2015-11-09 2015-11-09 2015-11-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20151110201938/http://www.jutarnji.hr/drago-prgomet--novog-mandatara-odlucit-ce-most--a-to-nece-biti-ni-tomislav-karamarko-ni-zoran-milanovic-/1454883/ dead On 12 November, MOST MP Drago Prgomet was expelled from the party for holding private talks with Prime Minister Zoran Milanović without the knowledge of other members of the party's leadership.http://www.jutarnji.hr/veliki-potres-u-most-u-drago--prgomet-nakon-sto-je-izletio-iz-stranke----sto-cu-sa-svojim-mandatom--to-pitajte--22-000-gradana-koji-su-glasali-za-mene--/1456506/ Veliki potres u Mostu: Drago Prgomet nakon što je izletio iz stranke: Što ću sa svojim mandatom- to pitajte 22 000 građana koji su glasali za mene 2015-11-12 2015-11-12 2015-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20151114001919/http://www.jutarnji.hr/veliki-potres-u-most-u-drago--prgomet-nakon-sto-je-izletio-iz-stranke----sto-cu-sa-svojim-mandatom--to-pitajte--22-000-gradana-koji-su-glasali-za-mene--/1456506/ dead There are four possible outcomes: HDZ forms a coalition with MOST, SDP forms a coalition with MOST, forming of a coalition between HDZ and SDP, and called a new election.http://www.jutarnji.hr/cetiri-scenarija-za-sastav-nove-vlade-ako-most-odbije-sve--u-sijecnju-novi-izbori-ili-velika-koalicija/1454246/ Archived copy 2015-11-14 2015-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020701/http://www.jutarnji.hr/cetiri-scenarija-za-sastav-nove-vlade-ako-most-odbije-sve--u-sijecnju-novi-izbori-ili-velika-koalicija/1454246/ dead Jutarnji reported that Milanović is closer to gaining the 76 seats needed for a majority in parliament than Tomislav Karamarko, the former having reportedly gained the support of IDS and the eight MPs elected by national minorities. It was also reported that Milan Bandić, whose party won two seats, as well as Radimir Čačić of Forward Croatia! - Progressive Alliance are also more likely to support Milanović. The regional party HDSSB is considered very unlikely to support a Patriotic Coalition government due to animosity on the local level (although they are ideologically closer), but they might support Croatia is Growing in a minority government.http://www.jutarnji.hr/milanovic-blize-sastavljanju-vlade--sdp-tvrdi-da-su-dobili-bandica-i-tehnicku-potporu-hdssb-a/1457957/ SDP: Imamo Bandića i tehničku podršku Glavaša; HDZ: I mi računamo na Bandića... 2015-11-15 hr 2015-11-15 2015-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20151116170722/http://www.jutarnji.hr/milanovic-blize-sastavljanju-vlade--sdp-tvrdi-da-su-dobili-bandica-i-tehnicku-potporu-hdssb-a/1457957/ dead The first round of talks on the formation of the next government, held on 26 November at the Presidential palace proved inconclusive, with none of the leaders of parliamentary parties presenting the required 76 MPs needed for the naming of a Prime Minister-designate. President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović called the first session of the eighth assembly of parliament for 3 December and set the date for new talks on 7 December. On 27 November, Milanović offered the position of Speaker of Parliament to MOST chairman Božo Petrov, who declined stating that he was not interested in holding a position, but rather for reforms to be agreed upon first. On 23 December, the Patriotic Coalition, MOST, Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity and two minority representatives (Ermina Lekaj-Prljaskaj and Mirko Rašković) agreed upon non-partisan candidate Tihomir Orešković as prime minister-designate. Orešković presented the 78 signatures of support to Grabar-Kitarović, upon which she gave him the task of forming a new government and called the second attempt at constituting the parliament for 28 December.December 2015Željko Reiner was elected Speaker on 28 December with 88 votes in favor, 62 abstentions and 1 against, thus constituting the 8th Assembly of Parliament 50 days after the elections were held. The confirmation of the cabinet to be led by Tihomir Orešković took place on 22 January 2016. After a 14-hour parliamentary debate the new government was supported by a majority of 83 out of 151 parliamentary representatives. Zoran Milanović handed over the office of Prime Minister to Tihomir Orešković at 23:55 pm on the same day. This ended a record-breaking 76 days of negotiations that began on 9 November 2015. Notes References External links Official results by State Election Committee (Interactive Map) Croatia Croatia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Croatia Category:November 2015 elections