The Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia ( hr, Demokratska zajednica Mađara Hrvatske, DZMH; hu, Horvátországi Magyarok Demokratikus Közössége, HMDK) is a
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non-governmental organization
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that represents the
Hungarian minority. It was established in 1993, and is headquartered in
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
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Self-definition
The goals of the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia are the demographic preservation of current numbers of Hungarians in Croatia, respect of
and establishment of positive
Croatia–Hungary relations.
The party was part of ruling coalition in the municipality of
Bilje together with the
Croatian Democratic Union
The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...
but it cancelled cooperation with that party in 2011.
In 2011 party functionaries stated that they believe they can get into power in
Kneževi Vinogradi
Kneževi Vinogradi ( hu, Hercegszöllős; sr-cyr, Кнежеви Виногради) is a village and municipality in Croatia. It is situated in the Osijek-Baranja County, on the southern slopes of Bansko Brdo, 11 km southeast of Beli Manas ...
to, where at the time the main concurrent ''Union of Hungarian Organisations'' was in power.
They criticized the ''Union of Hungarian Organisations'' minority advocacy credentials in the field of protection of
Minority languages of Croatia
The Constitution of Croatia in its preamble defines Croatia as a nation state of ethnic Croats, a country of traditionally present Community, communities that the constitution recognizes as National minority, national minorities and a country of ...
after they failed to introduce Hungarian language into official use into Kneževi Vinogradi at that time.
Electoral results
In the
2003 Croatian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections to elect all 151 members of the Croatian Parliament were held on 23 November 2003. They were the fifth parliamentary elections to take place since the first multi-party elections in 1990. Voter turnout was 61.7%. The result ...
, they nominated one Jene Adam in the election for the special seat for the Hungarian minority and won one seat in the parliament.
In the elections of
2007
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,
2011
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and
2015
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they nominated Robert Jankovics but did not win the seat. At
2016 Croatian parliamentary election
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they again succeeded to win one seat in national minorities electoral District XII, represented by Robert Jankovics. He won another mandate at the
2020 Croatian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 5 July 2020. They were the tenth parliamentary elections since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and elected the 151 members of the Croatian Parliament. 140 Members of Parliament were elected ...
, as the only candidate for the Hungarian minority.
See also
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Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség; sr, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Savez vojvođanskih Mađara; abbr. СВМ, SVM, or VMSZ) is a Regionalism (politics), regionalist List of political ...
References
External links
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2015 election Nova TV presentation
Political parties of minorities in Croatia
Hungarians of Croatia
Conservative parties in Croatia
Hungarian minority interests parties
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