OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR ZAGREB CITY ASSEMBLY ELECTION

ZAGREB, May 21 (Hina) - The official results of yesterday's local elections for the Zagreb City Council came in from the General Electoral Commission today afternoon. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) received the most votes, with 27.07 percent or 73,560 votes; followed by the Croatian Democratic Union/Croatian Christian Democratic Union/Croatian Party of Rights (HDZ-HKDU-HSP) coalition which won 19.91 percent, or 54,100 votes. The Croatian People's Party (HNS) follows with 17.54 percent and 47,667 votes, and the Miroslav Tudjman independent list with 7.64 percent or 20,761 votes. Out of the total 694,586 voters in Zagreb, 276,359 voters came to the polls Sunday, making up 39.79 percent. A total of 4,550 invalid ballots were counted, or 1.65 percent. Four lists participated in the run for Assembly seats, so the SDP won 20 seats, the HDZ-HKDU-HSP coalition won 14 seats, the HNS 12 seats and the Miroslav Tudjman independent list won five seats. The remaining 25 lists did not pass the threshold. Complaints may be submitted within the next 48 hours, to the State Electoral Commission, the General Electoral Commission chairman, Miroslav Sumanovic, said, stressing there have been no indications of complaints yet. (hina) lml