Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia
The Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia is a Croatian non-governmental organization that represents the Hungarian minority. It was established in 1993, and is headquartered in Osijek.Self-definition
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia political goals are demographic preservation of current numbers of Hungarians in Croatia, respect of Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia and establishment of positive Croatia–Hungary relations. Party was part of ruling coalition in the municipality of Bilje together with Croatian Democratic Union but latter it canceled cooperation with that party in 2011. In 2011 party functionaries stated that they believe they can get into power in Kneževi Vinogradi 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 after they failed to introduce Hungarian language into official use into Kneževi Vinogradi at that time.Electoral results
In the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election, 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, 2011 and 2015 they nominated Robert Jankovics but did not win the seat. At 2016 Croatian parliamentary election they again succeeded to win one seat in national minorities electoral District XII.
