Encyclopedia > Croatian Chamber of Counties election, 1993
First election for Croatian Chamber of Counties was held on February 7th 1993.
Under new Constitution adopted in 1990, The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ...Croatian Parliament was bicameral. Lower House had been elected few months earlier and its representatives passed laws creating new territorial organisation of Croatia. This included counties that were to be represented by upper house _ Chamber of Counties.
Each county was electing three representatives, while Croatian President had the right to appoint five notable citizens.
The electoral law turned each of counties into district that was to elect three representatives on the basis of Proportional Representation (PR) describes various multi_winner electoral systems which try to ensure that the proportional support gained by different groups is accurately reflected in the election result. ...proportional representation.
In practice, use of proportional representation in such small districts led to a single party _ The Croatian Democratic Union ( Croatian: Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, HDZ), is a Croatian political party. ...Croatian Democratic Union _ being grossly overrepresented because sometimes even with less than third of the votes guaranteed 2 out 3 seats.
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However, in September 1993, the Croatian Army led an offensive against the Serb-held Republic of Krajina.
The Croatian Parliament, also known as the Sabor, became a unicameral body after its upper house (Chamber of Counties) was eliminated by constitutional amendment in March 2001.
As a result of the parliamentary elections in November 2003, the HDZ formed a government in coalition with the Pensioners Party (HSU) and all ethnic minority representatives in the Sabor.
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