Croatian Chamber of Counties election, 1993
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The Croatian Chamber of Counties election of February 7, 1993 was the first one held.
Under new Constitution adopted in 1990, Croatian Parliament was bicameral. Lower House had been elected few months earlier and its representatives passed laws creating new territorial organisation of Croatia. This included counties that were to be represented by upper house - Chamber of Counties.
Each county was electing three representatives, while Croatian President had the right to appoint five notable citizens.
The electoral law turned each of counties into district that was to elect three representatives on the basis of proportional representation.
In practice, use of proportional representation in such small districts led to a single party - Croatian Democratic Union - being grossly overrepresented because sometimes even with less than third of the votes guaranteed 2 out 3 seats.
Based on the actual percentage of votes won by their candidates, Croatian Social Liberal Party confirmed its status as the main opposition party, followed by Croatian Peasant Party.
The elections were also marked by uncharacteristically intense campaign directed towards single region - Istria. Government of Franjo Tudjman has invested great effort to defeat Istrian Democratic Assembly, concerned over that party's good result during 1992 elections for Chamber of Representatives. This effort backfired, resulting in record high percentage for IDS.
The election was held in conjunction with local and regional elections, during which opposition managed to win many Croatian cities, while HDZ won in overwhelming majority of counties, including City of Zagreb.
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