From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election

none

Field	Value
election_name	1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
country	Croatia
next_election	1997
seats_for_election	63 of the 68 seats in the Chamber of Counties
election_date	7 February 1993
turnout	64.34%
first_election	yes
nopercentage	yes
party1	Croatian Democratic Union	leader1 = Franjo Tuđman	seats1 = 37	percentage1 = 45.49
party2	Croatian Social Liberal Party	leader2 = Dražen Budiša	seats2 = 16	percentage2 = 21.83
party3	Croatian Peasant Party	leader3 =	percentage3 = 11.62	seats3 = 5
party4	Istrian Democratic Assembly	leader4 = Ivan Jakovčić	percentage4 = 3.42	seats4 = 3
party5	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	leader5 = Ivica Račan	percentage5 = 1.88	seats5 = 1
party6	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats	leader6 = Savka Dabčević-Kučar	percentage6 = 0.69	seats6 = 1
title	Speaker
after_election	Josip Manolić
after_party	Croatian Democratic Union

Chamber of Counties elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 7 February 1993. 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". 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

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p410 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p419

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

parliamentary-elections-in-croatia 1993-elections-in-europe 1993-elections-in-croatia february-1993-in-europe

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report