At stake in this election:

• 152 seats in the Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor)

Description of government structure:

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

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Assembly (Hrvatski 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.***

*** Parties present lists in ten 14-member districts. The seat share apportioned to diaspora voters is based on diaspora voter turnout and can be no more than 12. Eight seats are reserved to 22 recognized minorities. Serbian minorities are designated three representatives. Hungarian and Italian minorities are designated one representative each. Czech and Slovak minorities share one representative. Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Polish, Romany, Romanian, Ruthenian, Russian Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach and Jewish minorities share one representative. Albanian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Slovenian minorities share one representative.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: HDZ coalition / Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ)
  • Leader: Jadranka KOSOR
  • Seats won in this election: 44
  • Seats won in last election: 65
• Coalition: Kukuriku coalition / Kukuriku koalicija**
  • Leader: Zoran MILANOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 77
  • Seats won in last election: 53
• Party: Croatian Labourists / Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada
  • Leader: Dragutin LESAR
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Croatian Party of Rights / Hrvatska stranka prava (HSP)
  • Leader: Ruža TOMASIC
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja / Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje
  • Leader: Vladimir SISLIJAGIC
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: 4

** The Social Democratic Party of Croatia leads the Kukuriku coalition, which includes, the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, and the Croatian Party of Pensioners. http://www.kukuriku.org

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 4,483,804 (July 2011 est.)
• Registered Voters: 4,254,121 (November 2011 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,217,011 (2011)

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Croatia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (9 September 1992)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 36 (following the 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 47 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Croatia ratified CRPD: Yes (15 August 2007)

·         Population with a disability: 672,570 (est.)