Conservatives lost absolute majority in Croatian elections

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “D Sight” publication, in the parliamentary elections of Croatia, the party of the Prime Minister of this country, Andrii Plenkovic, was again in first place, but lost the absolute majority of seats.

In this way, based on the preliminary results, the conservative HDZ party led by Andrej Plenkovic emerged as the strongest faction in the Croatian parliamentary elections. This news was announced by the Election Commission of this country. However, HDZ could not achieve the absolute majority of 151 parliamentary seats needed to form a government. Accordingly, after counting more than 90% of the votes from the constituencies The voting, HDZ and its allies won 35.04 percent of the votes. Although Plenkovic will not have an absolute majority, it is possible that he could attract smaller parties and representatives of ethnic minorities to form a coalition. The previous elections in 2020 had similar results.

HDZ has decisively won the parliamentary elections for the third time in a row, Plenkovic told his supporters. He emphasized: “This party will start the process of obtaining a new parliamentary majority in the morning.” (Rivers of Justice), which is close to President Zoran Milanovic and is led by the Social Democratic Party SDP, came second with 25.08 percent of the vote. The right-wing national party Domovinski Pokret (Patriot Movement) came in third with 9.58 percent of the vote. Observers believe that this party has great potential to conduct coalition negotiations, which can make him a decisive factor.

The leader of the Social Democratic Party after the announcement These results said that the results were not what we wanted. At the same time, he said: Nevertheless, these results showed that “people want change”. Negotiations on a possible coalition will begin on Thursday.

Based on the preliminary results of the conservative-right populist coalition led by the Most (Bridge) party with 7.62% and the Green-liberal Mozemo (We Can) is also likely to re-enter parliament with 8 percent. The barrier to entering the parliament is five percent. The official final result is expected to be announced next week.

Plenkovic has ruled Croatia since 2016, and the conservative HDZ party has been in power since 33 years after the country’s independence. It has been power. This party is in favor of the West and Europe. However, critics accuse it of continuing the spread of corrupt networks in the state and administration that his predecessors started. He lost the minister due to corruption scandals. With the recent controversial appointment of Chief Public Prosecutor Ivan Turodić, who is loyal to HDZ, Plenkovic now seems to want to end the fight against corruption and the previously fruitful cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

Participation in Croatia’s parliamentary elections was close to a record: just two and a half hours before the polls closed, the turnout was 50.6 percent, higher than the total turnout in the last election of 2020. which was 46.9 percent. Parliamentary fate in Croatia