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Parliamentary elections will be held in Croatia on 11 September 2016, with all 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament up for election. The elections were preceded by a successful motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković and his cabinet on 16 June 2016, with 125 MPs voting in favour of the proposal. A subsequent attempt by the Patriotic Coalition to form a new parliamentary majority, with Minister of Finance Zdravko Marić as Prime Minister, failed and the Parliament voted to dissolve itself on 20 June 2016. The dissolution took effect on 15 July 2016, which made it possible for President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to officially call for elections on 11 September 2016.[1]
The elections will be contested by the two largest parties in the outgoing eighth Parliament; the Croatian Democratic Union, led by Andrej Plenković, and the Social Democratic Party led by Zoran Milanović. The SDP will contest the election as part of the People's Coalition, consisting of the SDP, HNS, HSS and HSU. They will also be challenged by a number of other parties and coalitions, including the Bridge of Independent Lists, which held the balance of power after the 2015 elections, as well as many of the other smaller parties and independent lists in the previous Parliament.
Background
Following the 2015 elections a government was formed by independent businessman Tihomir Orešković. However, the largest party in his coalition government, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), put forward a motion of no confidence on 16 June, with 125 of 151 MPs voting in favour of the motion.[2] The HDZ sought to form a new government with Minister of Finance Zdravko Marić as Prime Minister; this was opposed by the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, which wanted fresh elections.[2]
On 20 June MPs voted to dissolve parliament effective on 15 July, resulting in snap elections being called. The date will be chosen by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, but must be between 30 and 60 days after the dissolution,[3] with 11 September as the most likely date.
Electoral system
The 151 members of the Croatian Parliament are elected by three methods: 140 are elected in ten 14-seat constituencies by proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method; 3 are elected in a special constituency for Croatian citizens and people of Croatian descent living overseas;[4] 8 are elected from a constituency for ethnic national minority groups: 3 for Serbs, 1 for Italians, 1 for Hungarians, 1 for Czechs/Slovaks, 1 for Albanians/Bosniaks/Macedonians/Montenegrins/Slovenes and 1 for Austrians/Bulgarians/Germans/Jews/Poles/Roma/Romanians/Rusyns/Russians/Turks/Ukrainians/Vlachs
Political parties
References
- ^ http://www.politico.eu/article/kolinda-grabar-kitarovic-croatian-president-calls-snap-election-no-confidence-vote/
- ^ a b Croatian prime minister toppled in confidence vote BBC News, 16 June 2016
- ^ Croatian parliament votes for snap election Reuters, 20 June 2016
- ^ Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ "Domoljubna koalicija". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ "Domoljubna koalicija u Vukovaru potpisala koalicijski sporazum". www.dnevnik.hr. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ^ http://hdz.hr/static/media/attached_files/attachedfileitem/Statut/STATUT_HDZ-a_2012.pdf
- ^ Statute of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia Template:Hr icon
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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