Croatian Chamber of Counties election, 1997
63 out of 68 seats to the Chamber of Counties
Turnout
71.4%
First party
Second party
Leader
Franjo Tuđman
Zlatko Tomčić
Party
HDZ
HSS
Last election
37
5
Seats won
40
9
Seat change
3
4
Chamber of Counties election 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]
Results [ edit ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Croatian Democratic Union
1,060,909
41.9
40
+3
HSLS -HSS
358,530
14.2
–
–
SDP -HNS
281,496
11.1
–
–
Croatian Social Liberal Party
87,333
3.5
6
−10
Croatian Peasant Party
76,384
3.0
9
+4
Istrian Democratic Assembly
64,883
2.6
2
−1
HSLS -HNS -HSS
60,574
2.4
–
–
SDP -PGS -HNS
60,391
2.4
–
–
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
50,487
2.0
4
+3
Croatian Party of Rights 1861
46,162
1.8
0
0
HSU -ASH
39,673
1.6
–
–
Croatian Christian Democratic Union
33,531
1.3
0
0
Social Democratic Union
33,508
1.3
0
0
Serb People's Party
32,369
1.3
0
0
Croatian Pure Party of Rights
27,801
1.1
0
0
HDZ -HKDU -HSP -KDM
19,534
0.8
–
–
IDF-FDI
14,202
0.6
–
–
Croatian Party of Rights
13,003
0.5
2
+2
SDP -HNS -HKDU
12,374
0.5
–
–
Croatian People's Party
10,644
0.4
0
−1
DA -SDU
8,994
0.4
–
–
Other parties
125,436
5.0
0
0
Independents
11,194
0.4
0
0
Appointed members
-
-
5
0
Invalid/blank votes
86,062
–
–
–
Total
2,615,474
100
68
0
Sources: Nohlen & Stöver; Official results[ 3]
References [ edit ]