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Local Self-Governments and Elections in the Yugoslav Successor States

Local Self-Governments and Elections in the Yugoslav Successor States. Shinichi ISHIDA Atomi University, JAPAN. Table 1: Local Self-government Units. *The number of municipalities and cities, and the average size (population),

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Local Self-Governments and Elections in the Yugoslav Successor States

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  1. Local Self-Governments and Elections in the Yugoslav Successor States Shinichi ISHIDA Atomi University, JAPAN

  2. Table 1: Local Self-governmentUnits *The number of municipalities and cities, and the average size (population), including (excluding) capital cities. **Estimated. ***Excluding Kosovo.

  3. Table 2: Details *Podgorica Municipality consists of Podgorica City Proper and two subdivisions called ‘urban municipalities’.

  4. Table 3: Upper-level Units

  5. Local Self-governmentin Croatia • Law on the Local and Regional Self-government (2001) *Decentralization (revision of Law 1992) • 2 types of Self-government Unit *3 types in the beginning (abolished District) • Local Self-government Unit: Municipality (opcina) and City (grad) *Requirement of a city is 10,000 inhabitants • Regional Self-government Unit: County (zupanija) *City of Zagreb

  6. Problems • Size (population) of municipalities and cities Too much municipalities and cities? Rapid increase: 102 (1991) to 556 (2006) Reduction of average size: 47,000 to 8,000 84 % of municipalities - less than 5,000 45 % of cities - less than 10,000 • Financial problems Fragility of financial basis (revenue, funds) *Merger of municipalities is under consideration

  7. Table 4: Election Methods *M =majority system; P =proportional representation system **In Bosnia, the direct election is introduced in general, with exceptions for some cities and cantons.

  8. Local Politics in Croatia I • National politics and local politics Strong influence of political parties Intervention of the Government *Case of Zagreb Increase of joint (coalition) candidate-lists Bipolarization (Multipolarization) ? Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Social Democratic Party (SDP) • Problem of direct election: Towards Cohabitation ? Head vs. Council

  9. Table 5: Election Results in Croatia I

  10. Table 6: Election Results in Croatia II The percentage of the seats in county assemblies.

  11. Table 7: Election Results in Croatia III

  12. Table 8: Election Results in Croatia IV

  13. Local Politics in Croatia II • National Minorities (the Serbs) Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (1992, 2002) Creation of “District with Special Self-Government Status” around Knin and Glina vs. “Republic of Serbian Krajina” • Rise of regionalist movement Istrian Democratic Parliament (IDS) in Istria, PGS in Rijeka, HDSSB in Slavonia, etc. Cross-border cooperation *Euroregion

  14. Table 9: Election Results in Istria The percentage of the seats in county assemblies. IDS and HDZ include their coalitions.

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