Elections for the Chamber of Representatives of Croatian Parliament were held on January 3rd 2000.

Those were the first elections to be held after the previous Chamber had their full term expired.

Ruling Croatian Democratic Union entered elections weakened by Zagreb Crisis, street protests and the series of corruption scandals that came to light in previous period. But the most important factor was deteriorating health of its leader and Croatian president Franjo Tudjman, which sparked succession struggle between various factions within party. The Croatian Democratic Union ( Croatian: Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, HDZ), is a Croatian political party. ... . Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ...

On the other side, two major Croatian opposition parties - Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Croatian Social Liberal Party - had their coalition formally agreed in 1998 and spent more than a year preparing for elections. At first, they were to run together with Croatian Peasant Party, Croatian People's Party, Istrian Democratic Assembly and Liberal Party. But, as Tudjman's condition worsened, leaders of SDP and HSLS concluded that they could win elections even without those four other parties which later formed separate bloc. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main socialist (Social Democrat) political party in Croatia. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Croatian political parties ... The Croatian Peasant Party (Croatian: Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) was formed in 1905 by Stjepan Radić, a leading Croatian politician. ... The Croatian Peoples Party _ Liberal Democrats (Croatian Hrvatska narodna stranka _ Liberalni Demokrati; HNS) a liberal party in Croatia. ... The Istrian Democratic Assembly (Croatian: Istarski Demokratski Sabor, Italian: Dieta Democratica Istriana) is a Croatian regional political party in Istria. ... Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world. ...

Like before all previous elections, electoral laws were altered in order to improve chances for ruling party. This included new voting system. For the first, First Past the Post was completely abandoned and Proportional Representation implemented (with exception of single ethnic minority seats). Croatia was divided into ten electoral districts, all drawn in order to maximise support for HDZ. Each district had to elect 14 members, with candidates' lists having to win more than 5 % votes in order to be represented in Sabor. Voters at the voting booths in the US in 1945 Voting systems are methods (algorithms) for groups of people to select one or more options from many, taking into account the individual preferences of the group members. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... 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. ...

Due to Tudjman's illness and death, the actual date of elections have been repeatedly postponed for constitutional reasons. There were speculations about elections being held during Christmas holidays - in order to have as much Croatian expatriates, traditional HDZ supporters, in country - but the date of January 3rd was chosen as most suitable.

As the day of the elections approached, its outcome was becoming more certain. The campaign was brief and relatively uneventful, with HDZ being visibly weakened and demoralised by the death of its long-term leader. On the actual day of elections the turnout - biggest since 1990 - also indicated Croatian people's desire to have their government changed.

In the end, coalition of SDP-HSLS, together with bloc of four other parties, won comfortable majority and few weeks later Ivica Račan became new Croatian prime minister. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

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