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CROATIA
Hrvatski Sabor (Croatian Parliament)
LAST ELECTIONS

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Parliament name (generic / translated) Hrvatski Sabor / Croatian Parliament
Structure of parliament Unicameral
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) 4 December 2011
Purpose of elections Elections were held for all seats in the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
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STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Round no 14 December 2011
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes
4'504'251
2'446'831 (54.32%)

2'397'660
Notes - The statistics above include results from 10 constituencies in Croatia, abroad (constituency XI) and those reserved for minorities (constituency XII).
- The number of "voters" refers to the number of registered voters who turned out at the polls and received a ballot paper (including those who did not cast their ballot). Among the votes actually cast, there were 42,094 invalid votes.
Distribution of votes
Round no 1
Political Group Candidates Votes %
Alliance for Change (KUKURIKU) 52.98
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) 19.87
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - Croatian Civil Party (HGS) 8.61
Representatives of ethnic minorities 5.30
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) 3.97
Croatian Labour-Labour Party (HL-SR) 3.97
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - Democratic Centre (DC) 2.65
Ivan Grubisic Independent List 1.32
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) 0.66
Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) - Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HCSP) 0.66
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Political Group Total
Alliance for Change (KUKURIKU) 80
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) 30
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - Croatian Civil Party (HGS) 13
Representatives of ethnic minorities 8
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) 6
Croatian Labour-Labour Party (HL-SR) 6
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - Democratic Centre (DC) 4
Ivan Grubisic Independent List 2
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) 1
Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) - Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HCSP) 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
115
36
23.84%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Note on the distribution of seats
- The Alliance for Change (KUKURIKU) comprised the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (HNS), the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) and the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU).
- The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) -Croatian Civil Party (HGS) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - Democratic Centre (DC) were a part of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) coalition but fielded candidates separately.

Sources:
Croatian Parliament (25.01.2012)
Election Commission (31.01.2012)
http://www.croatiantimes.com/index.php
http://www.izbori.hr/2011Sabor/rezultati/rezultati.html
http://www.robert-schuman.eu/doc/oee/oee-744-en.pdf
http://www.robert-schuman.eu/doc/oee/oee-737-en.pdf
BBC Monitoring

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