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1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election 63 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of CountiesTurnout 71.37%
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Elections for the Second Assembly of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament were held in Croatia on 13 April 1997.[ 1] The result was a victory for the Croatian Democratic Union , which won 40 of the 63 elected seats. This was the last election for the Chamber of Counties, which was abolished through a constitutional amendment on 29 March 2001.[ 2] UNTAES facilitated the conduct of elections in the United Nations protectorate region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia .[ 3]
Results
President Franjo Tuđman had the constitutional right to appoint up to five members of the Chamber of Counties. He chose to exercise that right by naming Ivan Aralica , Jovan Bamburač , Slobodan Lang , Vojislav Stanimirović and Zlatko Vitez to the chamber.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Croatian Democratic Union 1,060,909 41.94 40 +3 HSLS –HSS 358,530 14.17 - - SDP –HNS 281,496 11.13 - - Croatian Social Liberal Party 87,333 3.45 6 –10 Croatian Peasant Party 76,384 3.02 9 +4 Istrian Democratic Assembly 64,883 2.57 2 –1 HSLS –HNS –HSS 60,574 2.39 - - SDP –PGS –HNS 60,391 2.39 - - Social Democratic Party of Croatia 50,487 2.00 4 +3 Croatian Party of Rights 1861 46,162 1.83 0 New HSU –ASH 39,673 1.57 - - Croatian Christian Democratic Union 33,531 1.33 0 0 Social Democratic Union 33,508 1.32 0 0 Serb People's Party 32,369 1.28 0 0 Croatian Pure Party of Rights 27,801 1.10 0 New HDZ –HKDU –HSP –KDM 19,534 0.77 - - Croatian Party of Pensioners 18,156 0.72 0 New Democratic Party of Zagorje 15,490 0.61 0 New Istrian Democratic Forum 14,202 0.56 - - Croatian Party of Rights 13,003 0.51 2 New SDP –HNS –HKDU 12,374 0.49 - - Croatian People's Party 10,644 0.42 0 –1 Croatian Spring 9,683 0.38 0 New Croatian Civic Peasant Party 9,403 0.37 0 New DA –SDU 8,994 0.36 - - Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party 8,325 0.33 0 New Croatian Green Party 7,808 0.31 0 New HGSS –HND 6,763 0.27 - - Croatian Democratic Peasant Party 6,474 0.26 0 New SDU –SDA 5,326 0.21 - - Croatian Republican Union 5,314 0.21 0 0 Croatian Dalmatian Home 4,674 0.18 0 New Croatian Christian Democratic Party 4,608 0.18 0 0 HKDU –SBHS 4,287 0.17 - - Croatian Independent Democrats 2,920 0.12 0 New Istrian Independent Party 2,472 0.10 0 0 Croatian Democratic Party of Rights 2,402 0.09 0 0 Croatian Liberation Movement 2,370 0.09 0 New Istrian Party 2,092 0.08 0 New Croatian Peasant Workers' Party 1,542 0.06 0 New Social Democratic Action of Croatia 1,310 0.05 0 New Independent Party of Rights 1,149 0.05 0 New Croatian Roma Party 1,054 0.04 0 New Croatian Party 996 0.04 0 0 Homeland Civic Party 818 0.03 0 0 Independents 11,194 0.44 0 0 Appointed members 5 0 Total 2,529,412 100.00 68 0 Valid votes 2,529,412 96.71 Invalid/blank votes 86,062 3.29 Total votes 2,615,474 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,664,666 71.37 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, State Election Commission
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