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General information

There are 10 electoral units based on geography and population. In each unit, 14 candidates are elected on proportional electoral system. The election threshold is 5%. Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems used in multiple-winner elections (e. ... In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament. ...

In addition, 8 candidates are elected to represent national minorities.

The citizens that live outside Croatian borders vote in a separate electoral unit. The number of representatives elected from this unit will be determined after the elections, based on how many people actually vote in Croatia, so that there is equal value of votes both inside and outside Croatia. For reference, the number of diaspora seats in the 2000-2003 Sabor was six.

Total: 140 domestic seats + 8 minority seats + 4 diaspora seats.

Distribution of minority seats:

• Serbs: 3
• Hungarians: 1
• Italians: 1
• Czechs and Slovaks: 1
• Austrians, Bulgarians, Germans, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Rusyns, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians, Vlachs and Jews: 1
• Albanians, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Slovenians: 1

Languages Serbian Religions Predominantly Serbian Orthodox Christian Related ethnic groups Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs See Cognate peoples below (* many Serbs opted for Yugoslav ethnicity) [27] Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... Rusyns, also called Ruthenians, Ruthenes, Rusins, Carpatho-Rusins, and Russniaks, are a modern group of ethnic groups that speak the Rusyn language and are descended from the minority of Ruthenians who did not adopt a Ukrainian national identity and become Ukrainians in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Languages Bosnian Religions Predominantly Islam Related ethnic groups Slavs (South Slavs) The Bosniaks or Bosniacs[1] (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, IPA: ) are a South Slavic people, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Croatia... Montenegrins (Serbian/Montenegrin: Црногорци/Crnogorci) are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Montenegro. ...

Parties and coalitions

Pre-election coalitions: A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ...

• DC and HSLS, in all electoral units
• SDP and IDS, in the 8th electoral unit (the county of Istria et al)
• HB and HIP, in all electoral units
• SDP and Libra in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 10th electoral unit
• SDP and LS, in the 4th and 6th electoral unit
• HNS and SBHS, in the 4th and 5th electoral unit (counties of Slavonia)
• HNS and PGS, in the 7th and 8th electoral unit (Northern seacoast counties)

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Summary of votes and seats

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Summary of the 23 November 2003 Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) election results

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	Seats	%	Change (%)
Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)		840,692	33.9	66	43.71	+13,25
Coalition:	Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske)	560,593	22.6	34	22.52	-5,96
	Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski sabor/Dieta democratica Istriana)			4	2.65	0
	Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra - Stranka liberalnih demokrata)			3	1.99
	Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka)			2	1.32	0
Coalition:	Croatian People's Party (Hrvatska narodna stranka)	198,781	8.0	10	6.62	+5.30
	Alliance of Primorje - Gorski Kotar (Primorsko-goranski savez)			1	0.66	-0.66
	Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (Slavonsko-baranjska hrvatska stranka)			-	0.00	-0.66
Croatian Peasant Party (Hrvatska seljačka stranka)		177,359	7.2	10	6.62	-4.64
Coalition:	Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava)	157,987	6.4	8	5.30	+2,65
	Zagorje Democratic Party (Zagorska demokratska stranka)			-	0.00
	Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka)			-	0.00
Coalition:	Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka)	100,335	4.0	2	1.32	-15.24
	Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar)			1	0.66
Croatian Pensioners' Party (Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika)		98,537	4.0	3	1.99
Independent Democratic Serbian Party (Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka)		-	-	3	1.99
Coalition:	Croatian Democratic Peasants Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka)	24,872	1.0	1	0.66
	Croatian Democratic Centre (Hrvatski demokratski centar)			-	0.00
	Democratic Prigorje-Zagreb Party (Demokratska prigorsko-zagrebačka stranka)			-	0.00
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (Demokratska zajednica Mađara Hrvatske)		-	-	1	0.66
German People's Union (Njemačka narodnosna zajednica)		-	-	1	0.66
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (Stranka demokratske akcije Hrvatske)		-	-	1	0.66
Non-partisans				4	2.65
Total (turnout 61.7 %)		2,478,967		151	100.00
Invalid Votes		41,041
Votes Cast		2,520,008
Registered Voters		4,087,553
Source: Izbori.hr and IFES.

Diagram of final election results

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Ivo Sanader of Croatian Democratic Union HDZ was appointed as Prime Minister by the President and confirmed by the Croatian Parliament. Ivo Sanader [] (born June 8, 1953 in Split) is the current Prime Thief of Croatia (President of the Government). ... The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, HDZ), is a major Croatian political party. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ...

The new Government was formed of 13 HDZ ministers and 1 of Democratic Centre.

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