ZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - On the first day of voting, a turnout at the polling stations organised outside Croatia for the election for the Sabor House of Representatives was very good, said Croatia's National Electoral Commission on
Sunday evening. The voting of the Diaspora proceeded without any problem or incident on the first day.
ZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - On the first day of voting, a turnout at the
polling stations organised outside Croatia for the election for the
Sabor House of Representatives was very good, said Croatia's
National Electoral Commission on Sunday evening.
The voting of the Diaspora proceeded without any problem or
incident on the first day.#L#
On Sunday and Monday, 350,372 voters without permanent residence in
Croatia can exercise their right to vote at polling stations in 47
countries. The opening hours of those polling station are from
07.00 am to 07.00 pm, local time, on January 2 and 3.
According to the National Electoral Commission, the turnout of
voters was large in Bosnia-Herzegovina and poor in Yugoslavia.
This is the second time the Diaspora is electing its
representatives to the House of Representatives. Diaspora deputies
were elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in
the 1995 elections, when their number (12) was fixed. The number of
Diaspora MPs in the Sabor this time will be determined by the so-
called non-fixed quota, which means that it will depend on the
average number of votes needed for one parliamentary seat. The
Electoral Law envisages that the number of Diaspora seats will be
determined by dividing the total number of valid ballots in 10
constituencies by 140 (the number of MPs elected within Croatia);
the number of valid ballots in the 11th constituency is then divided
by this number and the result obtained is the number of Diaspora MPs
in the Sabor.
Eligible voters in Croatia can go to the polls from 07.00 am to 07.00
pm Monday.
(hina) ms