The 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament was constituted on 11 January 2008. It came into existence following the November 2007 general election and consisted of 153 representatives elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts. It was dissolved on 28 October 2011, about a month before the 2011 general election.
Electoral system in Croatia
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Since 1999 Croatia has been divided into 10 geographically-based electoral districts. These districts are named using Roman numerals and were formed according to the number of voters so that each district holds around 250,000–300,000 registered voters. These districts therefore do not correspond to the borders of top administrative divisions within Croatia and each district contains one or more or parts of several Croatian counties.
Each district sends 14 MPs to the parliament and winning candidates are determined using the party-list proportional representation voting system. This means that parties make lists of 14 candidates to be elected, and seats get allocated to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives, with the election threshold set at 5 percent of votes in each district, calculated using the standard D'Hondt formula.
In addition, there are two non-geographical districts. In District XI, up to 12 members are chosen by proportional representation - depending on the number of voters in Croatia - to represent Croatian citizens residing abroad (this district is commonly referred to as the diaspora electorate). Although all people living outside Croatia are eligible to vote for this list, the majority of voters who turnout for this list traditionally consists of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the majority of whom hold dual Croatian and Bosnian citizenships. In District XII an additional 8 members are elected to represent the 22 ethnic minorities in Croatia which are legally recognized as such in the Croatian Constitution, with 3 of these seats reserved for the Serbian minority.
Since the seats are allocated according to the proportion of votes received in each district, parties usually nominate senior party officials on top of their lists in districts where they have traditionally enjoyed good levels of support, to ensure that the party's most prominent members win parliamentary seats. All candidates are elected to four-year terms. However, many MPs who are members of post-election ruling coalitions often get appointed to various ministerial and government positions while others serve as city mayors or directors of various government agencies. In such cases they are required by law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term in office and their seats are then taken by party-appointed deputy MPs.
2007 election results
editAccording to the November 2007 election results, 122 out of 153 (or almost 80 percent) of seats were won by the two major parties, the centre-right HDZ and the centre-left SDP. HDZ then entered a post-election coalition agreement with several minor parties and formed a coalition government. The 153 parliament seats were divided as follows (members of the ruling coalition indicated in bold):
- Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) – 66 seats
- Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) – 56 seats
- Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) – 7 seats
- Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) – 6 seats
- Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) – 3 seats
- Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) – 3 seats
- Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) – 3 seats
- Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) – 2 seats
- Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDAH) – 1 seat
- Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) – 1 seat
- Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) – 1 seat
- Independent – 4 seats
(Members of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from ASH) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.)
Parliament officials
editThe president of the parliament (often also called the speaker in English) is Luka Bebić (HDZ). Vicepresidents of the parliament are:
- Vladimir Šeks (HDZ)
- Ivan Jarnjak (HDZ)
- Josip Friščić (HSS)
- Željka Antunović (SDP)
- Neven Mimica (SDP)
The secretary is Josip Sesar.
Composition of the 6th Sabor
editMembers of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from SDA) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.
Luka Bebić (HDZ) was appointed Speaker of Parliament in the 6th assembly, replacing Vladimir Šeks (HDZ) who had held the post since December 2003.
| Party | January 2008 |
October 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) | 66 | 65 |
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) | 56 | 53 | |
| Croatian People's Party (HNS) | 7 | 5 | |
| • | Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) | 6 | 6 |
| Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) | 3 | 4 | |
| • | Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) | 3 | 3 |
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) | 3 | 3 | |
| • | Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) | 2 | 0 |
| • | Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) | 1 | 1 |
| Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) | 1 | 1 | |
| • | Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDA) | 1 | 1 |
| Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL) | 0 | 1 | |
| Croatian Social Democrats (HSD) | 0 | 1 | |
| Independents | 4 | 9 | |
Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)
MPs by party
editThis is a list of MPs elected to Sabor in the 2007 general election, sorted by party. Note that this table is a record of the 2007 election results, it is not a record of the current status of Sabor. The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation.
| Party | Name | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian Democratic Union (66) | Ivo Andrić-Lužanski | District 11 (diaspora) | |
| Branko Bačić | District 10 | ||
| Ivan Bagarić | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Mladen Barišić | District 1 | ||
| Luka Bebić | District 10 | ||
| Božo Biškupić | District 3 | ||
| Suzana Bilić-Vardić | District 5 | ||
| Mato Bilonjić | District 5 | ||
| Rade Bošnjak | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Dražen Bošnjaković | District 6 | ||
| Ivica Buconjić | District 4 | ||
| Perica Bukić | District 9 | ||
| Gari Cappelli | District 8 | ||
| Lino Červar | District 8 | ||
| Petar Čobanković | District 5 | ||
| Tomislav Čuljak | District 5 | ||
| Josip Đakić | District 4 | ||
| Stjepan Fiolić | District 6 | ||
| Božo Galić | District 5 | ||
| Sunčana Glavak | District 3 | ||
| Ivo Grbić | District 9 | ||
| Andrija Hebrang | District 2 | ||
| Bojan Hlača | District 8 | ||
| Davor Huška | District 5 | ||
| Tomislav Ivić | District 4 | ||
| Vladimir Ivković | District 3 | ||
| Ivan Jarnjak | District 3 | ||
| Gordan Jandroković | District 2 | ||
| Božidar Kalmeta | District 9 | ||
| Nedjeljka Klarić | District 9 | ||
| Jadranka Kosor | District 1 | ||
| Dragan Kovačević | District 4 | ||
| Ante Kulušić | District 9 | ||
| Boris Kunst | District 6 | ||
| Ana Lovrin | District 9 | ||
| Franjo Lucić | District 5 | ||
| Anton Mance | District 7 | ||
| Krunoslav Markovinović | District 7 | ||
| Bianca Matković | District 2 | ||
| Marina Matulović-Dropulić | District 7 | ||
| Frano Matušić | District 10 | ||
| Darko Milinović | District 9 | ||
| Petar Mlinarić | District 5 | ||
| Živko Nenadić | District 10 | ||
| Marija Pejčinović-Burić | District 6 | ||
| Damir Polančec | District 2 | ||
| Dragan Primorac | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Zvonimir Puljić | District 10 | ||
| Niko Rebić | District 9 | ||
| Jerko Rošin | District 10 | ||
| Ante Sanader | District 9 | ||
| Ivo Sanader | District 10 | ||
| Ivan Šantek | District 6 | ||
| Vladimir Šeks | District 4 | ||
| Petar Selem | District 1 | ||
| Damir Sesvečan | District 2 | ||
| Miroslav Škoro | District 4 | ||
| Dubravka Šuica | District 10 | ||
| Ivan Šuker | District 6 | ||
| Emil Tomljanović | District 9 | ||
| Marko Turić | District 1 | ||
| Željko Turk | District 1 | ||
| Ivan Vučić | District 7 | ||
| Branko Vukelić | District 7 | ||
| Dragan Vukić | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Mario Zubović | District 7 | ||
| Social Democratic Party (56) | Ingrid Antičević-Marinović | District 9 | |
| Željka Antunović | District 10 | ||
| Milan Bandić | District 2 | ||
| Arsen Bauk | District 10 | ||
| Dragutin Bodakoš | District 4 | ||
| Biljana Borzan | District 4 | ||
| Nada Čavlović-Smiljanec | District 4 | ||
| Brankica Crljenko | District 9 | ||
| Luka Denona | District 8 | ||
| Igor Dragovan | District 5 | ||
| Mirjana Ferić-Vac | District 1 | ||
| Gvozden Flego | District 1 | ||
| Zdenko Franić | District 7 | ||
| Branko Grčić | District 10 | ||
| Mario Habek | District 3 | ||
| Ivan Hanžek | District 3 | ||
| Goran Heffer | District 5 | ||
| Mirela Holy | District 1 | ||
| Nadica Jelaš | District 3 | ||
| Ivo Jelušić | District 7 | ||
| Ivo Josipović | District 1 | ||
| Željko Jovanović | District 8 | ||
| Ljubo Jurčić | District 3 | ||
| Marin Jurjević | District 10 | ||
| Zlatko Komadina | District 8 | ||
| Ante Kotromanović | District 9 | ||
| Dino Kozlevac | District 8 | ||
| Josip Leko | District 7 | ||
| Slavko Linić | District 8 | ||
| Marina Lovrić | District 6 | ||
| Šime Lučin | District 6 | ||
| Marija Lugarić | District 2 | ||
| Gordan Maras | District 1 | ||
| Zoran Milanović | District 1 | ||
| Neven Mimica | District 1 | ||
| Mirando Mrsić | District 6 | ||
| Zvonimir Mršić | District 2 | ||
| Milanka Opačić | District 7 | ||
| Rajko Ostojić | District 6 | ||
| Ranko Ostojić | District 9 | ||
| Ivica Pančić | District 2 | ||
| Tonino Picula | District 6 | ||
| Vlatko Podnar | District 4 | ||
| Zdravko Ronko | District 5 | ||
| Tatjana Šimac-Bonačić | District 10 | ||
| Sonja Šimunović | District 5 | ||
| Vesna Škulić | District 2 | ||
| Gordana Sobol | District 8 | ||
| Boris Šprem | District 2 | ||
| Nenad Stazić | District 7 | ||
| Davorko Vidović | District 6 | ||
| Zoran Vinković | District 4 | ||
| Biserka Vranić | District 7 | ||
| Tanja Vrbat | District 8 | ||
| Antun Vujić | District 1 | ||
| Dragica Zgrebec | District 3 | ||
| Croatian People's Party (7) | Goran Beus-Richembergh | District 6 | |
| Radimir Čačić | District 3 | ||
| Miljenko Dorić | District 7 | ||
| Danica Hursa | District 3 | ||
| Zlatko Koračević | District 3 | ||
| Dragutin Lesar | District 3 | ||
| Vesna Pusić | District 1 | ||
| Croatian Peasant Party (6) | Damir Bajs | District 2 | |
| Josip Friščić | District 2 | ||
| Stipo Gabrić | District 10 | ||
| Zdravko Kelić | District 5 | ||
| Božidar Pankretić | District 7 | ||
| Marijana Petir | District 6 | ||
| Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (3) |
Branimir Glavaš | District 4 | |
| Boro Grubišić | District 5 | ||
| Vladimir Šišljagić | District 4 | ||
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) | Ivan Jakovčić | District 8 | |
| Damir Kajin | District 8 | ||
| Boris Miletić | District 8 | ||
| Independent Democratic Serb Party (3) | Ratko Gajica | District 12 (minority list) | |
| Milorad Pupovac | District 12 (minority list) | ||
| Vojislav Stanimirović | District 12 (minority list) | ||
| Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) | Đurđa Adlešič | District 2 | |
| Ivan Čehok | District 3 | ||
| Croatian Party of Pensioners (1) | Silvano Hrelja | District 8 | |
| Croatian Party of Rights (1) | Anto Đapić | District 4 | |
| Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (1) | Šemso Tanković | District 12 (minority list) | |
| Independents (4) | Zdenka Čuhnil | District 12 (minority list) | |
| Nazif Memedi | District 12 (minority list) | ||
| Furio Radin | District 12 (minority list) | ||
| Deneš Šoja | District 12 (minority list) | ||
Changes
editNote that a number of MPs who are high-ranking members of parties in the ruling coalition were subsequently appointed to various ministerial and governmental positions, while others continued to serve as city mayors. In such cases they are required by Croatian law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term of office and in the meantime their seats are then taken by a party-appointed replacement MP. Those replacements are not documented here.
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2008 | District 3 | HNS | Independent | Dragutin Lesar (HNS) resigns from the Croatian People's Party, reducing them to six seats.[1] | ||
| 24 April 2009 | District 3 | HNS | Independent | Zlatko Horvat (HNS), who since January 2008 held the seat of Radimir Čačić, county prefect of Varaždin County, is expelled from the Croatian People's Party for entering the May 2009 local elections in the city of Varaždin as an independent. This reduced HNS to five seats. | ||
| 11 January 2010 | District 2 | SDP | Independent | Ivica Pančić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 55 seats. | ||
| 12 April 2010 | District 3 | Independent | HL | Dragutin Lesar (Ind.) establishes the centre-left Croatian Labourists (HL) and becomes their only member of parliament.[1] | ||
| 14 July 2010 | District 3 | HSLS | Independent | Ivan Čehok (HSLS) resigns from the Croatian Social Liberal Party following the party's exit from the ruling coalition, reducing them to a single seat. | ||
| 22 September 2010 | District 2 | Independent | HSD | Ivica Pančić (Ind.) joins the non-parliamentary centre-left party Croatian Social Democrats (HSD), becoming their only member of parliament. | ||
| 19 October 2010 | District 4 | SDP | Independent | Zoran Vinković (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, reducing them to 54 seats. | ||
| 21 October 2010 | District 2 | HSLS | Independent | Đurđa Adlešič (HSLS) returns to parliament after stepping down from the post of deputy prime minister in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor following Croatian Social Liberal Party's decision to leave the ruling coalition in July 2010. She takes the seat as an independent, having resigned from the party in the meantime, leaving HSLS with no representation in parliament. | ||
| 22 October 2010 | District 10 | HDZ | Independent | Former prime minister Ivo Sanader (HDZ) returns to parliament, having resigned from the post in July 2009 and after being expelled from the Croatian Democratic Union in January 2010. He takes the seat as an independent, reducing Croatian Democratic Union to 65 seats. | ||
| 12 April 2011 | District 4 | Independent | HDSSB | Zoran Vinković (Ind.) joins the right-wing regionalist Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) as their fourth member of parliament. | ||
| May 2011 | District 3 | SDP | Independent | Ljubo Jurčić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 53 seats.
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References
edit- ^ a b "Dragutin Lesar" (in Croatian). Sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
External links
edit- List of members of the 6th Sabor following the 2007 election results, published by Jutarnji list on 26 November 2007 (in Croatian)
- Full list of members on 28 October 2011 at the Croatian Parliament website (in Croatian)