Croatian parliamentary election, 2007

Croatian parliamentary election, 2007

2003 ← 25 November 2007 → 2011

outgoing members ←

All 153 seats to Hrvatski sabor 77 seats needed for a majority Turnout 59.5%   First party Second party   Leader Ivo Sanader Zoran Milanović Party HDZ SDP Last election 66 seats 34 seats Seats won 66 / 153 56 / 153 Seat change 22 Popular vote 907,743 775,690 Percentage 36.6% 31.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Josip Friščić Vesna Pusić Party HSS HNS-LD Last election 13 seats (HSS, HSLS, PGS) 10 seats Seats won 8 / 153 7 / 153 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 161,814 168,440 Percentage 6.5% 6.8%

Results of the election in each of the ten electoral districts of Croatia: the party with the plurality of votes in each electoral unit. HDZ: blue; SDP: red

Prime Minister before election Ivo Sanader HDZ Subsequent Prime Minister Ivo Sanader HDZ

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Ivo Sanader
HDZ

Ivo Sanader
HDZ

Parliamentary elections to the Croatian Parliament were held on 25 November 2007 in Croatia and on 24 November and 25 November 2007 abroad. The campaign officially started on 3 November. The President of Croatia announced elections on 17 October and 14 days were allowed for candidate lists to be submitted.

Elections were held in 10 electoral districts inside Croatia (each providing 14 members of parliament), one electoral district for Croatian citizens living abroad (with a maximum 12 members of parliament), and one electoral district for national minorities (8 members of parliament). Candidate lists have to win more than 5% of the votes in at least one electoral district in order to be represented in the parliament. 4,478,386 people in total were eligible to vote, 405,092 of whom are in the diaspora, 280,000 living in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

To prevent possible electoral fraud, such as votes from the deceased, or people voting twice in different locations, the Croatians outside Croatia who were eligible to vote had to register no later than 14 days before the election.

In three locales, the election were repeated on 9 December 2007; while this could not and did not change the final result as far as mandates are concerned, it meant the final result became known only on 11 December 2007.

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