General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- All 151 seats in the Croatian Assembly
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Zoran MILANOVIĆ (since 18 February 2020)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIĆ (since 19 October 2016)
- Assembly: unicameral Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor) with 151 seats
Electoral System:
- The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two-rounds if necessary. The Presidents may serve up to two 5-year terms.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Assembly. The Prime Minister is typically the leader of the majority party or coalition.
- In the Assembly, 140 members are directly elected in multi-seat constituencies. An additional 3 members are elected in a single constituency representing the Croatian diaspora. The other 8 members are elected by simple majority vote from a national constituency by voters who belong to recognized minority groups: Serbs (3), Hungarians (1), Italians (1), Czechs/Slovaks (1), other minorities (1). All 151 members serve 4-year terms.
In the 2020 legislative election, a coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union won the largest share of seats (66). Seven additional coalitions and parties also won seats. Voter turnout was 46.44%.
Information for Voters:
Citizens in Politics / Građani u političkom životu (available in English and Croatian).
New/Unique in this Election:
On 14 March 2024, the Assembly voted unanimously to dissolve, prompting a snap election. The presidential election European Union parliamentary elections will also take place this year, but not concurrently.
Key Deadlines:
- Candidate registration deadline: 29 March 2024
- Voter registration deadline: N/A; Voter registration is passive and residence-based.
Main Parties in this Election:
- Croatian Democratic Union / Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ)
- Leader: Andrej PLENKOVIĆ
- Seats won in the last election: 61 seats out of 151
- Social Democratic Party of Croatia / Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske (SDP)
- Leader: Peđa GRBIN
- Seats won in the last election: 34 seats out of 151
- Social Democrats / Socijaldemokrati (SD)
- Leader: Davorko VIDOVIĆ
- Seats won in the last election: N/A (split from SDP in 2021)
- Homeland Movement / Domovinski pokret (DP)
- Leader: Ivan PENAVA
- Seats won in the last election: 11 seats out of 151
- The Bridge / Most (MOST)
- Leader: Božo PETROV
- Seats won in the last election: 8 seats out of 151
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 3,855,600 (2022 estimate)
- Registered Voters: 3,672,555 (2020)
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 1,977,680 (2022 estimate)
- CEDAW Status: Ratified (by succession) 9 September 1992
- Gender Quota: Yes, candidates of each gender should occupy no less than 40% of candidate slots on each party list.
- Female Candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 48 out of 151 (31.8%) in the Assembly
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.878, Very High, Rank 39 (2022)
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 16.9 (2023)
Disability Data:
- CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 15 August 2007
- Projected population with a disability: 616,896 (2022 estimate)
IFES Resources: