1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election

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]

1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election
April 13, 1997
63 out of 68 seats to the Chamber of Counties
Turnout71.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Franjo Tuđman Zlatko Tomčić
Party HDZ HSS
Last election 37 5
Seats won 40 9
Seat change 3 4
Speaker before election

Katica Ivanišević
HDZ

 Elected Speaker

Katica Ivanišević
HDZ

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Croatian Democratic Union1,060,90941.940+3
HSLS-HSS358,53014.2––
SDP-HNS281,49611.1––
Croatian Social Liberal Party87,3333.56−10
Croatian Peasant Party76,3843.09+4
Istrian Democratic Assembly64,8832.62−1
HSLS-HNS-HSS60,5742.4––
SDP-PGS-HNS60,3912.4––
Social Democratic Party of Croatia50,4872.04+3
Croatian Party of Rights 186146,1621.800
HSU-ASH39,6731.6––
Croatian Christian Democratic Union33,5311.300
Social Democratic Union33,5081.300
Serb People's Party32,3691.300
Croatian Pure Party of Rights27,8011.100
HDZ-HKDU-HSP-KDM19,5340.8––
IDF-FDI14,2020.6––
Croatian Party of Rights13,0030.52+2
SDP-HNS-HKDU12,3740.5––
Croatian People's Party10,6440.40−1
DA-SDU8,9940.4––
Other parties125,4365.000
Independents11,1940.400
Appointed members--50
Invalid/blank votes86,062–––
Total2,615,474100680
Sources: Nohlen & Stöver; Official results[4]

Graphic distribution of seats in the 2nd Chamber of Counties (1997-2001)

  HSS: 9 seats
  IDS: 2 seats
  SDP: 4 seats
  HSLS: 6 seats
  HSP: 2 seats
  HDZ: 40 seats
  Presidential appointees: 5 seats

Franjo Tuđman, as President of Croatia, 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.

References
  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. "History of Croatian Constitutional Judicature". Croatian Constitutional Court. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. Albert Bing (April 2016). "Sjedinjene Američke Države i reintegracija hrvatskog Podunavlja" (PDF). Scrinia Slavonica, Vol.8, Croatian Institute of History. pp. 336–365. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. "Izvješće o konačnim službenim rezultatima izbora zastupnika u Županijski dom Sabora Republike Hrvatske" (PDF) (in Croatian). State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia. 1997. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
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