Patriotic Coalition

Grabar Kitarovic on Wednesday evening named Oreskovic, a non-party candidate with a business background in the pharmaceutical industry, as prime minister designate.

The political deadlock in Croatia should finally be resolved on Monday when the prime minister-designate will be named, according to key negotiating political parties.

Croatia's governing centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, on Wednesday said it had accepted the key terms set by the post-election kingmaker party, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST.

After Croatia's parliamentary elections resulted in no clear winner, the ruling centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, is seeking to gather a majority in parliament to form a new government.

Croatia Grows, led by the governing Social Democratic Party, SDP, won 56 of the 151 seats in total. The minimum number of MPs needed to form a government is 76.

Opposition conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) has won most votes in Sunday's general election but remained short of outright majority in the 151-seat parliament, HINA reported.

With 99.79% of ballots counted, the HDZ-led Patriotic Coalition has won 59 seats.

After 99.8 per cent of votes from the Croatian parliamentary elections were counted on Monday morning, the opposition centre-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, had a slight lead over the governing centre-left coalition led by Social Democratic Party, SDP.

The opposition conservative party, Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), claimed victory in the parliamentary elections, which were held in the country on Sunday.

However HDZ will face challenges in forming a government as partial results show that the party is set to win about 60 seats, while the ruling alliance led by the Social Democrats is expected to have 50 MPs.

According to ballots cast and counted at 31 per cent of polling stations in the country, the opposition centre-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, is ahead of the governing centre-left coalition the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Sunday's general election.

Polling stations opened at 7am on Sunday in Croatia, where more than 3.7 million voters have the opportunity to cast votes in parliamentary elections.

Who they will choose is hard to call after a closely fought campaign between the governing centre-left coalition and its centre-right opponents.

The latest polls in Croatia suggest that a political newcomer, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, could become the third political force in the country after the next election and so play a role in forming the next government.