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Croatia 2003 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Croatian Democratic Union won 66 of 152 seats with 33.2% of the vote; 66.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 9.7 points on 2000.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Croatian Democratic Union66+2033.2+8.8800,503
Social Democratic Party of Croatia34−1023.3−17.5560,593
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats10+88.3198,781
Croatian Peasant Party10−77.3−8.3174,960
Croatian Party of Rightswith Democratic Party of Zagorje8+36.5+1.2155,588
Croatian Social Liberal Party2−224.199,467
Croatian Party of Pensioners3+34.1+2.298,299
Independents4+12.3+1.656,080
Croatian Bloc01.331,171
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party11.023,787
Istrian Democratic Assembly40
Independent Democratic Serb Party3
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Party of Liberal Democrats3
Liberal Party20
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar1−1
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia1

± is the change against the Croatia 2000 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Croatian Democratic Union 800,503
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia 560,593
  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats 198,781
  • Croatian Peasant Party 174,960
  • Croatian Party of Rights 155,588
  • Croatian Social Liberal Party 99,467
  • Croatian Party of Pensioners 98,299
  • Independents 56,080
  • Croatian Bloc 31,171
  • Croatian Democratic Peasant Party 23,787
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly
  • Independent Democratic Serb Party
  • Party of Liberal Democrats
  • Liberal Party
  • Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
  • Party of Democratic Action of Croatia

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

66.8% of the 3,690,936 registered voters cast a ballot (2,466,481 ballots), down 9.7 points on 2000. 2,409,240 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Croatian Democratic Union33.2% of votes43.4% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia23.3% of votes22.4% of seats
  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats8.3% of votes6.6% of seats
  • Croatian Peasant Party7.3% of votes6.6% of seats
  • Croatian Party of Rights6.5% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Croatian Party of Pensioners4.1% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Croatian Social Liberal Party4.1% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Croatian Democratic Peasant Party1.0% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.4 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Croatian Democratic Union led Social Democratic Party of Croatia by 9.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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