Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic will launch a second round of consultations on Monday with party leaders and individual MPs, in order to identify whether any of them have enough parliamentary support to win the mandate to form the country's next government.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic called the first session of the new parliament for Thursday despite the fact that no coalition has yet secured enough backing from MPs to form a government.

The first session will be run by the former chair of the parliament, Josip Leko, from the previous centre-left Social Democratic Party, SDP-led government.

Talks on forming a potential new government in Croatia have yet to bear fruit after parliamentary elections on November 8 finished without a clear winner.

The governing centre-left coalition, led by the Social Democratic Party, SDP won 56 seats, while the opposition centre-right coalition, led by Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, won 59. There are 151 seats in total.

After Croatia's parliamentary elections resulted in no clear winner, the ruling centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, is seeking to gather a majority in parliament to form a new government.

Croatia Grows, led by the governing Social Democratic Party, SDP, won 56 of the 151 seats in total. The minimum number of MPs needed to form a government is 76.

After becoming a pivotal party for forming the next Croatian government, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, on Wednesday called for a government of national unity, including MOST, the governing centre-left and the opposition centre-right coalitions.

A political newcomer, MOST won 19 of the 151 seats in parliament in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

After winning 19 seats in the parliamentary elections and becoming the country's new political powerbroker, MOST said that if either of Croatia's main blocs wants its support to form a government, it must first agree to adopt a list of reforms.

Opposition conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) has won most votes in Sunday's general election but remained short of outright majority in the 151-seat parliament, HINA reported.

With 99.79% of ballots counted, the HDZ-led Patriotic Coalition has won 59 seats.

The conservative opposition party in Croatia has narrowly won the country's first election since joining the European Union (EU) in 2013, as the country grapples with economic hardships and an influx of migrants. 

After 99.8 per cent of votes from the Croatian parliamentary elections were counted on Monday morning, the opposition centre-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, had a slight lead over the governing centre-left coalition led by Social Democratic Party, SDP.

The Croatian Election Commission has announced that a pre-election coalition led by the opposition HDZ party had won 59 seats in the country's parliament.

According to this, the ruling SDP party and their coalition won 56, while the regional party Most has 19 seats. The SDSS party, representing Serbs in Croatia, has won three seats, as has the IDS-PGS-RI coalition.