Croatian Civic Initiative

Croatian Civic Initiative Hrvatska građanska inicijativa
Abbreviation	HGI
President	Marija Vučinović
Founded	28 August 2002 (2002-08-28)
Headquarters	Tivat, Montenegro
Ideology	Croatian minority interests Conservatism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Red, white, blue
Parliament of Montenegro	1 / 81
Website
Official website
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The Croatian Civic Initiative (Croatian/Montenegrin: Hrvatska građanska inicijativa, HGI, Montenegrin Cyrillic: Хрватска грађанска иницијатива, ХГИ) is a Croat minority political party in Montenegro. The party was formed in 2002. It first participated in local elections in Tivat municipality that year, and established its headquarters in this town. HGI has best electoral results in Boka region, because the Croat minority is concentrated mostly in municipalities of Tivat and Kotor. Marija Vučinović is the party's current president.

At the 2009 legislative elections in Montenegro, Croatian Civic Initiative was a part of victorious Coalition for a European Montenegro, alongside DPS, SDP and BS.

HGI contested the 2012 legislative elections independently, and won 0.4% of votes, gaining one seat in the Parliament, because of the lower electoral threshold envisaged for the Croat minority, which has been set at 0.35%. The party entered a post-election coalition with ruling DPS and SDP. The party's sole current parliamentary representative is Adrijan Vuksanović.

Parliamentary elections

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Coalition	Government
2006	164,737	48.62%	1 / 81	1	ECG	gov't support
2009	168,290	51.9%	1 / 81		ECG	gov't support
2012	1,470	0.4%	1 / 81		—	government
2016	1,801	0.47%	1 / 81		—	government

Notable members

• Božo Nikolić

Related links

• Croats of Montenegro
• Croatian Civic Society of Montenegro

External links

• (Montenegrin/Croatian) Template:En icon Official website