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Election Profile:

Flag of Croatia
  • Country: Croatia
  • Official Name: Republic of Croatia
  • Election Type: Presidential
  • First Round: December 27, 2009
    Second Round: January 10, 2010
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At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Croatia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Stjepan MESIC *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Jadranka KOSOR
  • Assembly: Croatia has a unicameral Assembly (Sabor) with 152 seats.

* The electoral system is two-round.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Assembly (Sabor), 140 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms, 8 members are reserved by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms and 5 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** The seat share apportioned to diaspora voters (currently 5) is based on diaspora voter turnout and can be no more than 12. 8 seats are reserved to 22 recognized minorities. The remaining seats are elected in 10 14-member districts.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 4,489,409 (July 2009 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 4,495,233 (December 2009 - Registration rate includes just under 500,000 persons in diaspora.)

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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