ZAGREB, Jan 1 (Hina) - The very first day of 2000 is the last day of the electioneering in Croatia ahead of the parliamentary election scheduled for January 3, while the ban on electioneering is in force abroad as the voting in 47
other countries where Croats live, will be conducted on 2 and 3 January. There are 4,177,495 eligible voters who can cast ballots for about 150 deputies to the National Sabor's House of Representatives.
ZAGREB, Jan 1 (Hina) - The very first day of 2000 is the last day of
the electioneering in Croatia ahead of the parliamentary election
scheduled for January 3, while the ban on electioneering is in force
abroad as the voting in 47 other countries where Croats live, will
be conducted on 2 and 3 January.
There are 4,177,495 eligible voters who can cast ballots for about
150 deputies to the National Sabor's House of Representatives.#L#
The number of eligible Croatian voters who live outside Croatia is
350,372.
This time even 4006 candidates are running for the parliamentary
election, namely there are about 27 candidates per one seat.
Thirty five (35) political parties stand for the election
independently, and there are 15 coalitions and 20 lists if
independent candidates.
National minorities will have their five MPs and 30 candidates are
running for it.
The campaigning for this parliamentary election has been the
shortest so far. It officially commenced on 14 December, and will
take nominally 18 days, but only 15 days in earnest will be spent for
this purpose due to Christmas and News Year's holidays.
Only the method of proportional representation will be applied for
the election of MPs. Each of 10 electoral units in Croatia will
choose 14 deputies to the Sabor. Five (5) MPs will be
representatives of minorities. The exact number of representatives
from the Croatian Diaspora will be determined by the so-called non-
fixed quota. In the end, this number will be established according
to an average number of votes necessary for one seat in Croatia.
Over 280 lists have been submitted to the Electoral Commission, but
it is necessary to pass the threshold of five percent to get a seat
in the parliament. The number of seats for those lists that pass the
threshold will be allocated according to D'Hondt method.
This election will be carried out by 66,520 members of electoral
committees. Croatia is expecting about one thousand foreign
monitors and almost 6,000 monitors from NGOs. In addition, there
will be some 300 Croatian and foreign reporters who will cover the
voting.
(hina) ms