Conservatives Win Parliamentary Majority

DW: Croatian PM hails 'victory' for conservatives in parliamentary vote

The center-right HDZ party has scored a significant majority in Croatia's parliamentary election. The opposition had said early elections would endanger voters amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Croatia's acting prime minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday praised the "great result and a great victory" for his conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party as results of the country's parliamentary election rolled in.

Exit polls on Monday showed the ruling HDZ party, which Plenkovic leads, scoring a landslide victory: with nearly all votes counted, the party was slated for 66 seats in the 151-member parliament.

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Update #1: Croatia’s governing conservatives win election with surprising ease (SCMP)
Update #2: Conservative Shock Win Leaves Croatia’s Left Licking Wounds (Balkan Insight)

WNU Editor: This was a landslide victory.