Structural stability despite increased fragmentation: The 2021 county elections in Croatia

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-15 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2022.2146673

Josip Glaurdić, L. Fel

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The 2021 county elections in Croatia were the perfect example of political change amidst continuity. Relatively new parties and independent candidates made significant inroads against the dominant players of the center-right and the center-left, most notably in the capital city of Zagreb, where a novel leftist political platform won the elections conclusively. The rise of new and credible alternatives resulted in increased fragmentation of the county assemblies and likely more unstable regional governments in the near future. On the other hand, the party that has dominated Croatian politics since independence, Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), continued that dominance on the county-level by winning 15 out of 21 offices of county prefects. More important, the determinants of electoral support for the principal political blocs have remained unchanged from the pattern observed in all national elections since the end of Croatia’s War of Independence more than two and a half decades ago.

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尽管分裂加剧，但结构稳定:2021年克罗地亚县选举

摘要2021年克罗地亚的县选举是政治变革在连续性中的完美范例。相对较新的政党和独立候选人在对抗中右翼和中左翼的主导者方面取得了重大进展，尤其是在首都萨格勒布，一个新颖的左翼政治纲领最终赢得了选举。新的、可信的替代方案的出现导致了县议会的分裂加剧，并可能在不久的将来导致地区政府更加不稳定。另一方面，自独立以来一直主导克罗地亚政治的政党克罗地亚民主联盟（HDZ）在21个县省长办公室中赢得了15个，继续在该县占据主导地位。更重要的是，自二十多年前克罗地亚独立战争结束以来，主要政治集团的选举支持率决定因素与所有全国选举中观察到的模式保持不变。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.80

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21.40%

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