Unusual Upset in Parliamentary Elections: Prominent Politicians and Entertainers Lose Seats despite Strong Showing

In the recent parliamentary elections, several politicians lost their seats despite fighting for re-election. The Social Democrats, founded in the fall of 2022, were among those who did not win a new mandate. Despite being the third political force in the country, the Homeland Movement also failed to gain enough trust from voters to win a seat in the third constituency.

Entertainer Davor Dretar Drele, who won 4,703 preferential votes, also lost his parliamentary seat. Katarina Peović and Karolina Vidović Kristo, vocal critics of the ruling party, will no longer be seen in parliamentary debates. The Reformists, who had one mandate in the last convocation, will also not have a representative in the Parliament this time.

Bojan Glavašević, a former independent representative, also lost in the election. He ran on the Rijeka pravde list and won 6.5 percent of preferential votes. Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj, the representative of the Albanian national minority, also said goodbye to the parliamentary benches.