The 2024 European Parliament elections in Croatia will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.[1] This will be the fourth parliamentary election since Croatia’s EU accession in 2013, and the first to take place after Brexit.
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It is the second election in 2024, the "superelection year" for Croatia, following the April parliamentary election and preceding the upcoming presidential election.
Background edit
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković was re-elected in the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election.[2] The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) also won plurality in the 2024 parliamentary election, but fell short of an absolute majority and the government formation talks are still ongoing.[3][4]
Electoral system edit
Compared to last election, Croatia is entitled to one more MEP in this election, already assigned since 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit. The 12 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method. The electoral threshold is set at 5%, but due to the seat allocation procedure, at least one seat is only guaranteed from a vote share of at least 8.33%.[5]
All people who have Croatian citizenship and a main residence in Croatian, Croatian citizens without residence in Croatia and other Union citizens whose main residence is in Croatia are entitled to vote in the European elections in Croatia. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. Voter registration is required only for non-Croatian EU citizen residing in Croatia, while Croatian citizen are automatically registered in their place of residence.[6]
Outgoing delegation edit
The table shows the detailed composition of the Croatian seats at the European Parliament as of 23 January 2024.
| EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 4 / 12
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Croatian Democratic Union | 4 | |||
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 4 / 12
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Social Democratic Party of Croatia | 4 | |||
| Non-Inscrits | 2 / 12
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Law and Justice | 2 | |||
| Renew Europe | 1 / 12
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Istrian Democratic Assembly | 1 | |||
| European Conservatives and Reformists | 1 / 12
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Croatian Sovereignists | 1 | |||
| Total | 12 | |||||
| Source: European Parliament | ||||||
Campaign edit
Croatian Democratic Union edit
The Prime Minister of Croatia, the president of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and former MEP (2013–2016) Andrej Plenković will lead the list of HDZ. Together with the rumours about his potential EP candidacy,[7] which were confirmed by Plenković to reporters on 22 April,[8] rumours have been circulating about Plenković as the possible next President of the European Commission, started by Bild.[9]
Social Democratic Party of Croatia edit
The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) approved its 2024 European Parliament list on 25 March, together with Rivers of Justice coalition lists for the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election. Incumbent MP Biljana Borzan is leading the list that, in addition to SDP members, includes coalition partners Dalija Orešković (DO i SIP) and Bojan Glavašević (Ind.).[10][11]
Istrian Democratic Assembly edit
The Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) MEP Valter Flego announced that a centrist bloc was formed to contest the election, consisting of: IDS, SDSS, HSLS, HNS, NS-R, SD, PGS, RI, Independent Platform of the North (NPS) and independent candidates.[12]
Electoral lists edit
Parties could submit their nomination applications for participation to the State Electoral Commission (DIP) from 10–23 April.[13]
On 23 April, the DIP released a list of all submitted candidacies, with the list of all valid candidacies being released on 24 April.[14][15]
This is a list of the main parties which will participate in the election.
| Party | Leading candidate | Main ideology | European party |
EP Group | 2019 result | Outgoing MEPs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| HDZ | Croatian Democratic Union | Andrej Plenković | Christian democracy | EPP | EPP | 22.7% | 4 / 12
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4 / 12
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| SDP+ | Social Democratic Party
List
|
Biljana Borzan | Social democracy | PES ALDE |
S&D Renew |
22.1% | 4 / 12
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4 / 12
| |
| PiP | Law and Justice | Mislav Kolakušić | Populism | None | NI | Did not contest | 2 / 14
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| MOST | The Bridge-led coalition
List |
Božo Petrov | Social conservativism | ECR Party | ECR | 17.6%[d] | 1 / 12
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0 / 12
| |
| IDS+ | Istrian Democratic Assembly-led coalition
List |
Valter Flego | Liberalism Regionalism |
ALDE EDP |
Renew | 11.9%[e] | 1 / 12
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1 / 12
| |
| M! | Možemo! | Gordan Bosanac | Green politics | EGP | Greens-EFA | 1.8% | 0 / 12
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0 / 12
| |
| DP | Homeland Movement | Ivan Penava | National conservativism | None | None | Did not contest | 0 / 12
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See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Including Human Shield and Independent list of Mislav Kolakušić results from the 2019 European Parliament election
- ^ Independent list of Marijana Petir won 4.4% in the 2019 European Parliament election, Petir is running on the HDZ list in 2024
- ^ Including SDP, START and Pametno results from the 2019 European Parliament election
- ^ a b Including MOST, HS and NHR–HSP results from the 2019 European Parliament election
- ^ a b Compared to Amsterdam Coalition result, in addition to SDSS, HNS, NS-R and HSLS results from the 2019 European Parliament election
References edit
- ^ "Croatia - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Walker, Shaun; Rankin, Jennifer (2020-07-06). "Croatia's rightwing ruling party wins election victory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Ruling conservatives win most seats in Croatia election, but no majority". euractiv.com. 18 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Who will form the Government? "The deal could fall faster than we think"". n1info.hr. N1. 22 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Oelbermann, Kai Friederike; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (July 2020). "The European Elections of May 2019" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. p. 14.
- ^ "How to vote in Croatia". European Parliament. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Plenković on the HDZ list, going to the European Parliament?". n1info.hr. N1. 22 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Plenković otkrio hoće li biti nositelj liste za Europski parlament: 'Ma kakav bijeg u Bruxelles...'". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 22 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "EU-Chefin von der Leyen droht der Putsch trnas-title=EU leader von der Leyen is threatened with a coup". bild.de (in German). Bild. 21 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Glavni odbor SDP-a izglasao liste za Hrvatski sabor i Europski parlament". sdp.hr. SDP. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "FOTO Objavljene SDP-ove izborne liste, pogledajte tko je sve na njima". index.hr (in Croatian). Index. 25 Mar 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Flego: IDS okupio centristički blok za EU izbore". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 22 Apr 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Priopćenje u svezi podnošenja prijedloga kandidacijskih lista na izborima članova u Europski parlament iz Republike Hrvatske" [Announcement regarding the submission of nomination lists for the elections of members to the European Parliament from the Republic of Croatia] (PDF). Državno izborno povjerenstvo (in Croatian). 9 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "ZAPRIMLJENE KANDIDATURE". izbori.hr. State Electoral Comission. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Kandidatura". izbori.hr. DIP. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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