Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) wins early election in Lika-Senj County

The independent slate of former HDZ member Darko Milinovic was second (20.4 percent), the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) was third (17.2 percent), the independent slate of Anto Dabo was fourth (9.8 percent) and the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) was fifth with 5.36 of the votes.

Parties that won less than five percent of the votes are the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Human Shield Party, the HSLS/HNS coalition and Milan Bandic's party.

The New Lika Senj County Assembly will have 13 members from the HDZ slate, seven from Milinovic's slate, six from the HSP slate, three from Dabo's slate and two from the the SDSS slate.

The turnout was 51.2 percent.

The HDZ also won election for the Davor Municipal Council, while the SDP won the election for the Ogulin City Council. The independent slate of Marina Budimir won the elections in the town of Ilok.