1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election

none 1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election Croatia 1997 63 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Counties 7 February 1993 64.34% yes yes Croatian Democratic Union Franjo Tuđman 37 45.49 Croatian Social Liberal Party Dražen Budiša 16 21.83 Croatian Peasant Party Drago Stipac hr 11.62 5 Istrian Democratic Assembly Ivan Jakovčić 3.42 3 Social Democratic Party of Croatia Ivica Račan 1.88 1 Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Savka Dabčević-Kučar 0.69 1 Speaker Josip Manolić Croatian Democratic Union Chamber of Counties elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 7 February 1993.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Croatian Democratic Union, which won 37 of the 63 elected seats. Background Under the new constitution adopted in 1990, the Croatian Parliament was bicameral. The lower house had been elected in 1992 and its representatives had passed laws creating new territorial organisations of Croatia. This included counties that were to be represented by the upper house – the Chamber of Counties. Each county elected three members, while the President had the right to appoint five members, known as "Virils".Nohlen & Stöver, p419 The electoral law made each county a district that was to elect three representatives on the basis of proportional representation. In practice, the use of proportional representation in such small districts led to a single party – the Croatian Democratic Union – being grossly overrepresented because sometimes even with less than third of the votes guaranteed two of the three seats. The elections were marked by an uncharacteristically intense campaign directed towards single region – Istria. The government of Franjo Tuđman has invested great effort to defeat the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) after being concerned by the party's good result during the 1992 elections. This effort backfired, resulting in record vote for the IDS. Results File:Chamber of Counties of Croatia 1993-1997.svg Croatian Democratic Union 1013365 37 Croatian Social Liberal Party 486210 16 Croatian Peasant Party 258953 5 Istrian Democratic Assembly 76273 3 HSLS–HNS 45657 – Social Democratic Party of Croatia 41955 1 HSLS–HNS–SDP 35937 – HSLS–HNS–HKDU–SDP 33246 – Croatian Christian Democratic Union 27584 0 Dalmatian Action 26303 0 RDS–IDS 22801 – HSLS–SDP 21478 – SDP–HSS 18312 – Social Democratic Union 17413 0 Croatian People's Party 15363 1 Serb People's Party 14239 0 Croatian Party of Natural Law 7026 0 Croatian Democratic Party of Rights 6973 0 HNS–SDP 4660 0 HKDU–HRZ–KNS Christian People's Party 4220 0 HKDU–HKDS Croatian Christian Democratic Party–HDS Croatian Democratic Party 3511 0 Homeland Civic Party 3105 0 HKDS Croatian Christian Democratic Party–HNS 2895 0 #F8F9FA Christian People's Party 2872 0 Croatian Party 2678 0 Istrian Liberal Party 2296 0 Party of Democratic Action of Croatia 2259 0 SDP–SSH–SDH Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2194 0 IPS Istrian People's Party–INS Istrian Independent Party–KNS Christian People's Party 1690 0 #F8F9FA Croatian Christian Democratic Party 1632 0 HKDS Croatian Christian Democratic Party–HDS Croatian Democratic Party–KNS Christian People's Party 1414 0 #F8F9FA Central European Action Party 687 0 Independents 22562 0 Appointed members 5 76019 3580396 Nohlen & Stöver, State Election Commission References Category:Parliamentary elections in Croatia Croatia Chamber of Counties Croatia