premise: Croatian television said that the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) would get nine seats, the Croatian Social and Liberal Party (HSLS) seven, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) four and the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) two.
  Preliminary unofficial results Monday afternoon, with much of the vote counted, Tudjman's HDZ to be the leading party in 19 regions, including one where it was in a coalition with other parties.
  Tudjman, quoted by Croatian radio, said he expected an HDZ victory. However, given the proportional electoral system, the effect on the seats in the upper house was not immediately clear.
  In Zagreb, opposition parties won a slim majority on the 50 seat city council, a key battleground with the ruling party, according to preliminary results announced in the afternoon.
  The local electoral commission said the HDZ would have 24 seats, the opposition Social Democratic Party 14, the opposition Croatian Social and Liberal Party (HSLS) nine and the Croatian Peasants' Party three.
  After elections in 1995, the opposition parties controlled the city council, but a crisis ensued when Tudjman four times rejected their choice of mayor, before dissolving the council in April, drawing international criticism.
   Why was Tudjman criticised?
hypothesis: Tudjman four times rejected their choice of mayor