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:

• Ivo JOSPOVIC
  • Party: Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) / Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
• Milan BANDIC
  • Independent(s): Independent

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Ivo JOSIPOVIC
  • Party: Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) / Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
• Milan BANDIC
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Andrija HEBRANG
  • Party: Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) / Hrvatska demokratska zajednica
• Nadan VIDOSEVIC
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Vesna PUSIC
  • Party: Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (HNS) / Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati
• Dragan PRIMORAC
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Miroslav TUDMAN
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Damir KAJIN
  • Party: Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) / Istarski demokratski sabor - Dieta democratica istriana
• Josip JURCEVIC
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Boris MIKSIC
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Vesna ŠKARE-OZBOLT
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Slavko VUKSIC
  • Party: Democratic Party of Slavonia Plain / Demokratska stranka slavonske ravnice

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.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,294,512 (2009)

·         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: 32 (following the 2007 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: 673,411 (est.)