Croatias ruling conservatives win parliamentary elections, first results show
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Croatias Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic hailed a "great" re-election victory for his conservative HDZ party as official results showed them leading parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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"Our victory is not only great but binding," he said of the government's task to "work with all our hearts for Croatia".
His party was on course to win 68 seats of the 151-member assembly, ahead of the 42 seats won by their main rivals, a Social Democrat-led coalition, according to official results with nearly 90 percent of the ballots counted.
Nationalist and eurosceptic bloc Domovinski Pokret (Homeland Movement), led by popular singer Miroslav Skoro, came third with 15 seats followed by the conservative Most (Bridge) party with eight seats and leftist Mozemo (We can) with six seats.
The HDZ will now seek partners to form yet another ruling coalition which analysts believe should not be too difficult given their strong performance.
"They have a pretty comfortable position now as they may be able to choose their partners and may not need to negotiate with their opponents on the right-wing spectrum of the political scene," political analyst Berto Salaj told state television.
Plenkovic said the victory brought with it an obligation to work hard.
"Croatia is facing serious challenges which require from us responsibility, knowledge and experience. That is exactly what we have offered to the Croatian voters,&qRead More – Source
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