At Stake in this Election:  

• The Presidency of Croatia 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (since 19 October 2016) 

• Assembly: unicameral Assembly (Hrvatski Sabor) with 151 seats. 

Electoral System:  

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote in up to 2 rounds to a 5-year term, once renewable. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and approved by the Assembly. 

• 140 of the 151 members of the Assembly are elected in 10-seat constituencies. 8 members are elected by simple majority vote in a national constituency by recognized minority groups: Serbs (3), Hungarians (1), Italians (1), Czechs/Slovaks (1), other minorities (1). The remaining 3 members are elected by the Croatian diaspora in a single constituency. All members are elected to 4-year terms. 

Last Election:  

In the last election in 2020, Zoran MILANOVIC of the Social Democratic Party was elected in the second round with 53% of the vote.  Voter turnout was 55%.

Information for Voters: 

Upute i obavijesti biračima / Instructions and Notifications to Voters (in Croatian) 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 10 December 2024 

• Voter registration deadline: 19 December 2024 

Main Candidates in this Election:  

• Zoran MILANOVIĆ 

• • Parties: Social Democratic Party of Croatia/Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske (SDP) 

• Dragan PRIMORAC 

• • Parties: Croatian Democratic Union / Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (HDZ) 

• Miro BULJ 

• • Party: MOST 

• Niko Tokić KARTELO 

• • Party: Independent 

• Marija Selak RASPUDIĆ 

• • Party: Independent 

• Slobodan MIDŽIĆ 

• • Party: Independent 

• Dražen KELEMINEC 

• • Party: Autochthon - Croatian Party of Rights - Dražen Keleminec / Autohtona - Hrvatska Stranka Prava - Dražen Keleminec (A – HSP - Dražen Keleminec) 

• Branka LOZO 

• • Party: Home and National Union / Dom I Nacionalno Okupljanje (DOMINO) 

• Ivana KEKIN 

• • Party: We Can! - Political Platform - We Can! / Možemo! - Politička Platforma - Možemo! 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 3,853,200 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 3,482,150 (2024) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 1,975,280 (2023 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Succeeded 09 Sep 1992 

• Gender Quota:  Yes, political parties must have no greater than a 60-40 gender split in candidate nominations for the legislature. Non-compliance can lead to fines and possible disqualification of candidates. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 50 of 151 (33%) 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 Mar 2007, Ratified 15 Aug 2007 

• Projected population with a disability: 616,512 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Croatia: No 

• Election Access: Yes  

• ElectionBase Link: Yes