Croatian parliamentary election, 2016

Croatian parliamentary election, 2016

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All 151 seats to Hrvatski sabor 76 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Turnout 52.59% 8.23   First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrej Plenković Zoran Milanović Božo Petrov Party HDZ SDP Most Alliance HDZ-HSLS- HDS-HRAST People's Coalition Leader since 21 June 2016 2 June 2007 17 November 2012 Last election 33.4% , 59 seats (Patriotic Coalition) 33.2% , 56 seats (Croatia is Growing) 13.5%, 19 seats Seats won 61 / 151 54 / 151 13 / 151 Seat change 2 2 6 Popular vote 682,687 636,602 186,626 Percentage 36.27% 33.82% 9.91%

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 (6)   SDP (4)

Prime Minister before election Tihomir Orešković Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković HDZ

2003 election • MPs

2007 election • MPs

2011 election • MPs

2015 election • MPs

2016 election

Tihomir Orešković
Independent

Andrej Plenković
HDZ

Parliamentary elections were 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. These were the ninth parliamentary elections since the 1990 multi-party elections.

The elections were contested by the two largest parties in the outgoing eighth Parliament; the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), led by Andrej Plenković, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by Zoran Milanović. The SDP contested the election as part of the People's Coalition, consisting of the SDP, HNS, HSS and HSU. They were also challenged by a number of other parties and coalitions, including the Bridge of Independent Lists (Most), which held the balance of power after the 2015 elections. The incumbent Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković, a non-partisan technocrat, announced that he would not be running on any party's candidate list and would not seek reelection.

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