RESULTS OF REPEATED ELECTION FOR PRIMORJE-GORSKI KOTAR COUNTY

( Editorial: --> 5061 ) RIJEKA, Dec 1 (Hina) - The election commission of the Primorje- Gorski Kotar County at 00.30 hours Monday unveiled the final unofficial results of a repeated election for members of the County Assembly. According to the proportional representation system, 56,25 per cent of the vote went to the Family Coalition, which includes the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Primorje-Gorski Kotar Alliance (PGS), the Croatian People's Party (HNS) and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). The coalition composed of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) and the Croatian Christian Democratic Party (HKDS) won 24,84 per cent of the vote. The Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) won 5,54 cent of the vote. In line with the election results, the Family Coalition won 20 seats at the County Assembly, the second coalition won eight seats, and the IDS won two. According to the first-past-the-post system, the SDP, PGS, HNS, HSLS Coalition won nine seats in the County assembly, while the IDS won one. The Family Coalition thus has 29 seats at the Assembly, the HDZ, HKDU, HKDS Coalition has eight, and the IDS has three seats. (hina) ha mm 011916 MET dec 97