At stake in this election:     

• The 151 seats in the Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Zoran MILANOVIC
• Assembly: Croatia has a unicameral Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor) with 151 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, approved by the assembly.
• 140 members are elected from each of the ten electoral districts through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms; 8 members are elected by national ethnic minorities through a simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms; and currently, 3 members are elected by diaspora voters through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.*

 

*The seat share apportioned to diaspora voters is based on diaspora voter turnout and can be no more than 12.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Croatia is Growing Coalition / Hrvatska Raste**
  • Leader: Zoran MILANOVIC
  • Seats won in last election: 80
• Party: Croatian Democratic Union / Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (HDZ)
  • Leader: Tomislav KARAMARKO
  • Seats won in last election: 47
• Party: Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja / Hrvatski Demokratski Savez Slavonije i Baranje
  • Leader: Dragan VULIN
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: People’s Party - Reformists / Narodna Stranka - Reformist
  • Leader: Radimir CACIC
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

**Formerly the Kukuriku Coalition.

Last election:

• The last election for the Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor) was held on 4 December 2011. There were 4,504,251 registered voters for the election. The Kukuriku Coalition won 80 seats (of 151) or 40.02% of the vote; the HDZ Coalition won 47 seats (of 151) or 23.17% of the vote; the Croatian Labourists won 6 seats (of 151) or 5.09% of the vote; the Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja won 6 seats (of 151) or 2.88% of the vote; and the Croatian Party of Rights won 1 seat (of 151) or 2.76% of the vote. Full results can be found here.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 4,464,844 (July 2015 est.)[1]
• Registered voters: 3,825,242 (2015)[2]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,388,692 (July 2015 est.)[3]
• Is Croatia a signatory to CEDAW: N/A[4]
• Has Croatia ratified CEDAW[5]: Yes (9 September 1992)
• Gender Quota:  No, but there are voluntary political party quotas[6]
• Female Candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Legislators: 36 (24%) of 151 seats in Croatia’s Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor) [7]
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 47 [8]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A[9]

Disability Data:

• Is Croatia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)[10]
• Has Croatia ratified CRPD: Yes (15 August 2007[11]
• Population with a disability: 669,727 (2015 est.)[12]

 

 

[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

[2] http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2837/

[3] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

[4] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[5] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[6] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/search.cfm#

[7] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/search.cfm#

[8] http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-1-human-development-index-and-its-components

[9] http://genderindex.org/countries

[10] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[11] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[12] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/