Who Will Sit in Croatian Parliament?

140 MPs have entered the new Croatian parliament. With a salary of 15,000 kuna, they are the ‘owners’ of the most lucrative jobs in Croatia.

Being a member of parliament must be the most wanted job in Croatia. An average monthly salary of 15,000 kuna, privileged pensions, free transport cross-country are only some of the benefits of the job. And with all those privileges, some MPs often fail to fulfil their duty of regularly attending parliamentary sessions.

The constituting of the 6th Croatian Parliament assembly has been envisaged for December, that is, 20 days after the issuing of official results of the general elections.

While the past parliament consisted of 152 MPs, this year 140 MPs will sit in parliament, of whom 61 are from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which will be joined by five other MPs elected by the Diaspora, 56 social democrats (SDP), six members of the Croatian People’s Party (HNS) and seven MPs of the Croatian Peasants’ Party-Croatian Social Liberal Party coalition (HSS-HSLS).

The biggest surprise of this year’s elections is Branimir Glavas’s party (HDSSB) that will have three MPs. The Serb Democratic Independent Party (SDSS) led by Milorad Pupovac will have three MPs. The Croatian party of Rights (HSP) and Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) are the greatest losers of these elections, with one MP each.

In the 3rd electoral unit, the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) won three seats.

Also, representatives of minorities will sit in parliament: Furio Radin, Zdenka Cunhil, Semso Tankovic, Denes Soja and Nazif Memedi.

They will all soon sit in their seats in parliament and make up the largest legislative body in Croatia. We do not doubt that they will often make us laugh with their statements, but also make us quite angry. But it is too late for regrets, these are the “faces of the nation” that we elected.

Look at who will be representing the HDZ and SDP in parliament.