NEWS BULLETIN NO. 12674
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News schedule for Friday, 20 September
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ZAGREB, July 5 (Hina) - The centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic took an early lead in Croatia's parliamentary election on Sunday, with the centre-left Restart coalition headed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) coming in second, exit polls showed after the closure of polling stations at 7pm.
The HDZ won 61 seats in the 151-seat parliament and Restart 44.
The right-wing Homeland Movement of folk singer Miroslav Skoro won 16 seats, the conservative Bridge party and the left-green coalition led by the We Can! party captured eight seats each.
The liberal-centrist coalition of the Party with a First and Last Name, Pametno and Fokus won three seats.
No other party passed the 5 percent threshold to enter the 151-seat parliament.
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