Elections in Croatia: First place without independence for Plenkovic's party, exit polls show

The conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which has been in power since 2016, emerged as the leading force in today's parliamentary elections in Croatia, but did not secure independence, according to exit polls. In particular, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's HDZ reportedly occupies 58 of the 151 seats in the new parliament, compared to 44 for President Zoran Milanovic's Social Democratic Party (SDP), 13 for the far-right Movement for the Fatherland and 11 for the Environmentalists. In the 2020 elections, according to APE-MPE, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) secured 66 seats. In the first analyses, there is talk of a period of political instability that Croatia is entering, as the two largest parties seek to ally with forces that have different positions on several issues. High inflation and corruption scandals in previous years have eroded the ratings of HDZ, which has dominated Croatian politics since the country's independence in 1991. Voter turnout at polling stations has moved […]
Source: News Beast

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