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List of members of Croatian Parliament, 2008–11

List of members of Croatian Parliament, 2008–11

The 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament was constituted on 11 January 2008. It came into existence following the November 2007 general election and consisted of 153 representatives elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts. It was dissolved on 28 October 2011, about a month before the 2011 general election.

Electoral system in Croatia

Since 1999 Croatia has been divided into 10 geographically-based electoral districts. These districts are named using Roman numerals and were formed according to the number of voters so that each district holds around 250,000–300,000 registered voters. These districts therefore do not correspond to the borders of top administrative divisions within Croatia and each district contains one or more or parts of several Croatian counties.

Each district sends 14 MPs to the parliament and winning candidates are determined using the party-list proportional representation voting system. This means that parties make lists of 14 candidates to be elected, and seats get allocated to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives, with the election threshold set at 5 percent of votes in each district, calculated using the standard D'Hondt formula.

In addition, there are two non-geographical districts. In District XI, up to 12 members are chosen by proportional representation - depending on the number of voters in Croatia - to represent Croatian citizens residing abroad (this district is commonly referred to as the diaspora electorate). Although all people living outside Croatia are eligible to vote for this list, the majority of voters who turnout for this list traditionally consists of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the majority of whom hold dual Croatian and Bosnian citizenships. In District XII an additional 8 members are elected to represent the 22 ethnic minorities in Croatia which are legally recognized as such in the Croatian Constitution, with 3 of these seats reserved for the Serbian minority.

Since the seats are allocated according to the proportion of votes received in each district, parties usually nominate senior party officials on top of their lists in districts where they have traditionally enjoyed good levels of support, to ensure that the party's most prominent members win parliamentary seats. All candidates are elected to four-year terms. However, many MPs who are members of post-election ruling coalitions often get appointed to various ministerial and government positions while others serve as city mayors or directors of various government agencies. In such cases they are required by law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term in office and their seats are then taken by party-appointed deputy MPs.

2007 election results

According to the November 2007 election results, 122 out of 153 (or almost 80 percent) of seats were won by the two major parties, the centre-right HDZ and the centre-left SDP. HDZ then entered a post-election coalition agreement with several minor parties and formed a coalition government. The 153 parliament seats were divided as follows (members of the ruling coalition indicated in bold):

  • Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) – 66 seats

  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) – 56 seats

  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) – 7 seats

  • Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) – 6 seats

  • Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) – 3 seats

  • Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) – 3 seats

  • Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) – 3 seats

  • Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) – 2 seats

  • Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDAH) – 1 seat

  • Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) – 1 seat

  • Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) – 1 seat

  • Independent – 4 seats

(Members of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from ASH) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.)

Parliament officials

The president of the parliament (often also called the speaker in English) is Luka Bebić (HDZ). Vicepresidents of the parliament are:

  • Vladimir Šeks (HDZ)

  • Ivan Jarnjak (HDZ)

  • Josip Friščić (HSS)

  • Željka Antunović (SDP)

  • Neven Mimica (SDP)

The secretary is Josip Sesar.

Composition of the 6th Sabor

Members of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from SDA) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.

Luka Bebić (HDZ) was appointed Speaker of Parliament in the 6th assembly, replacing Vladimir Šeks (HDZ) who had held the post since December 2003.

PartyJanuary
2008
October
2011
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)6665
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)5653
Croatian People's Party (HNS)75
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)66
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB)34
Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)33
Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)33
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)20
Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU)11
Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)11
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDA)11
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL)01
Croatian Social Democrats (HSD)01
Independents49

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

MPs by party

This is a list of MPs elected to Sabor in the 2007 general election, sorted by party. Note that this table is a record of the 2007 election results, it is not a record of the current status of Sabor. The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation.

PartyNameConstituency
Croatian Democratic Union (66)Ivo Andrić-LužanskiDistrict 11 (diaspora)
Branko BačićDistrict 10
Ivan BagarićDistrict 11 (diaspora)
Mladen BarišićDistrict 1
Luka BebićDistrict 10
Božo BiškupićDistrict 3
Suzana Bilić-VardićDistrict 5
Mato BilonjićDistrict 5
Rade BošnjakDistrict 11 (diaspora)
Dražen BošnjakovićDistrict 6
Ivica BuconjićDistrict 4
Perica BukićDistrict 9
Gari CappelliDistrict 8
Lino ČervarDistrict 8
Petar ČobankovićDistrict 5
Tomislav ČuljakDistrict 5
Josip ĐakićDistrict 4
Stjepan FiolićDistrict 6
Božo GalićDistrict 5
Sunčana GlavakDistrict 3
Ivo GrbićDistrict 9
Andrija HebrangDistrict 2
Bojan HlačaDistrict 8
Davor HuškaDistrict 5
Tomislav IvićDistrict 4
Vladimir IvkovićDistrict 3
Ivan JarnjakDistrict 3
Gordan JandrokovićDistrict 2
Božidar KalmetaDistrict 9
Nedjeljka KlarićDistrict 9
Jadranka KosorDistrict 1
Dragan KovačevićDistrict 4
Ante KulušićDistrict 9
Boris KunstDistrict 6
Ana LovrinDistrict 9
Franjo LucićDistrict 5
Anton ManceDistrict 7
Krunoslav MarkovinovićDistrict 7
Bianca MatkovićDistrict 2
Marina Matulović-DropulićDistrict 7
Frano MatušićDistrict 10
Darko MilinovićDistrict 9
Petar MlinarićDistrict 5
Živko NenadićDistrict 10
Marija Pejčinović-BurićDistrict 6
Damir PolančecDistrict 2
Dragan PrimoracDistrict 11 (diaspora)
Zvonimir PuljićDistrict 10
Niko RebićDistrict 9
Jerko RošinDistrict 10
Ante SanaderDistrict 9
Ivo SanaderDistrict 10
Ivan ŠantekDistrict 6
Vladimir ŠeksDistrict 4
Petar SelemDistrict 1
Damir SesvečanDistrict 2
Miroslav ŠkoroDistrict 4
Dubravka ŠuicaDistrict 10
Ivan ŠukerDistrict 6
Emil TomljanovićDistrict 9
Marko TurićDistrict 1
Željko TurkDistrict 1
Ivan VučićDistrict 7
Branko VukelićDistrict 7
Dragan VukićDistrict 11 (diaspora)
Mario ZubovićDistrict 7
Social Democratic Party (56)Ingrid Antičević-MarinovićDistrict 9
Željka AntunovićDistrict 10
Milan BandićDistrict 2
Arsen BaukDistrict 10
Dragutin BodakošDistrict 4
Biljana BorzanDistrict 4
Nada Čavlović-SmiljanecDistrict 4
Brankica CrljenkoDistrict 9
Luka DenonaDistrict 8
Igor DragovanDistrict 5
Mirjana Ferić-VacDistrict 1
Gvozden FlegoDistrict 1
Zdenko FranićDistrict 7
Branko GrčićDistrict 10
Mario HabekDistrict 3
Ivan HanžekDistrict 3
Goran HefferDistrict 5
Mirela HolyDistrict 1
Nadica JelašDistrict 3
Ivo JelušićDistrict 7
Ivo JosipovićDistrict 1
Željko JovanovićDistrict 8
Ljubo JurčićDistrict 3
Marin JurjevićDistrict 10
Zlatko KomadinaDistrict 8
Ante KotromanovićDistrict 9
Dino KozlevacDistrict 8
Josip LekoDistrict 7
Slavko LinićDistrict 8
Marina LovrićDistrict 6
Šime LučinDistrict 6
Marija LugarićDistrict 2
Gordan MarasDistrict 1
Zoran MilanovićDistrict 1
Neven MimicaDistrict 1
Mirando MrsićDistrict 6
Zvonimir MršićDistrict 2
Milanka OpačićDistrict 7
Rajko OstojićDistrict 6
Ranko OstojićDistrict 9
Ivica PančićDistrict 2
Tonino PiculaDistrict 6
Vlatko PodnarDistrict 4
Zdravko RonkoDistrict 5
Tatjana Šimac-BonačićDistrict 10
Sonja ŠimunovićDistrict 5
Vesna ŠkulićDistrict 2
Gordana SobolDistrict 8
Boris ŠpremDistrict 2
Nenad StazićDistrict 7
Davorko VidovićDistrict 6
Zoran VinkovićDistrict 4
Biserka VranićDistrict 7
Tanja VrbatDistrict 8
Antun VujićDistrict 1
Dragica ZgrebecDistrict 3
Croatian People's Party (7)Goran Beus-RichemberghDistrict 6
Radimir ČačićDistrict 3
Miljenko DorićDistrict 7
Danica HursaDistrict 3
Zlatko KoračevićDistrict 3
Dragutin LesarDistrict 3
Vesna PusićDistrict 1
Croatian Peasant Party (6)Damir BajsDistrict 2
Josip FriščićDistrict 2
Stipo GabrićDistrict 10
Zdravko KelićDistrict 5
Božidar PankretićDistrict 7
Marijana PetirDistrict 6
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (3)Branimir GlavašDistrict 4
Boro GrubišićDistrict 5
Vladimir ŠišljagićDistrict 4
Istrian Democratic Assembly (3)Ivan JakovčićDistrict 8
Damir KajinDistrict 8
Boris MiletićDistrict 8
Independent Democratic Serb Party (3)Ratko GajicaDistrict 12 (minority list)
Milorad PupovacDistrict 12 (minority list)
Vojislav StanimirovićDistrict 12 (minority list)
Croatian Social Liberal Party (2)Đurđa AdlešičDistrict 2
Ivan ČehokDistrict 3
Croatian Party of Pensioners (1)Silvano HreljaDistrict 8
Croatian Party of Rights (1)Anto ĐapićDistrict 4
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (1)Šemso TankovićDistrict 12 (minority list)
Independents (4)Zdenka ČuhnilDistrict 12 (minority list)
Nazif MemediDistrict 12 (minority list)
Furio RadinDistrict 12 (minority list)
Deneš ŠojaDistrict 12 (minority list)

Changes

Note that a number of MPs who are high-ranking members of parties in the ruling coalition were subsequently appointed to various ministerial and governmental positions, while others continued to serve as city mayors. In such cases they are required by Croatian law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term of office and in the meantime their seats are then taken by a party-appointed replacement MP. Those replacements are not documented here.

DateConstituencyGainLossNote
10 April 2008District 3IndependentHNSDragutin Lesar (HNS) resigns from the Croatian People's Party, reducing them to six seats.[1]
24 April 2009District 3IndependentHNSZlatko Horvat (HNS), who since January 2008 held the seat of Radimir Čačić, county prefect of Varaždin County, is expelled from the Croatian People's Party for entering the May 2009 local elections in the city of Varaždin as an independent. This reduced HNS to five seats.
11 January 2010District 2IndependentSDPIvica Pančić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 55 seats.
12 April 2010District 3HLIndependentDragutin Lesar (Ind.) establishes the centre-left Croatian Labourists (HL) and becomes their only member of parliament.[1]
14 July 2010District 3IndependentHSLSIvan Čehok (HSLS) resigns from the Croatian Social Liberal Party following the party's exit from the ruling coalition, reducing them to a single seat.
22 September 2010District 2HSDIndependentIvica Pančić (Ind.) joins the non-parliamentary centre-left party Croatian Social Democrats (HSD), becoming their only member of parliament.
19 October 2010District 4IndependentSDPZoran Vinković (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, reducing them to 54 seats.
21 October 2010District 2IndependentHSLSĐurđa Adlešič (HSLS) returns to parliament after stepping down from the post of deputy prime minister in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor following Croatian Social Liberal Party's decision to leave the ruling coalition in July 2010. She takes the seat as an independent, having resigned from the party in the meantime, leaving HSLS with no representation in parliament.
22 October 2010District 10IndependentHDZFormer prime minister Ivo Sanader (HDZ) returns to parliament, having resigned from the post in July 2009 and after being expelled from the Croatian Democratic Union in January 2010. He takes the seat as an independent, reducing Croatian Democratic Union to 65 seats.
12 April 2011District 4HDSSBIndependentZoran Vinković (Ind.) joins the right-wing regionalist Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) as their fourth member of parliament.
May 2011District 3IndependentSDPLjubo Jurčić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 53 seats.

References

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Citation Linkwww.sabor.hr"Dragutin Lesar" (in Croatian). Sabor.hr. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
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Citation Linkweb.archive.orgList of members of the 6th Sabor
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Citation Linkwww.sabor.hrFull list of members on 28 October 2011
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Citation Linkwww.sabor.hr"Dragutin Lesar"
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Citation Linkweb.archive.orgList of members of the 6th Sabor
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Citation Linkwww.sabor.hrFull list of members on 28 October 2011
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