2024 Croatian parliamentary election

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2024 Croatian parliamentary election
Croatia
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All 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament
76 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
HDZ-led coalition Andrej Plenković 66
Rivers of Justice[a] Zoran Milanović[b][c] 21
SD–IDS Davorko Vidović 19
Most–Sovereignists Nikola Grmoja[c] 12
We can! Sandra Benčić[c] 5
DP-led coalition Ivan Penava 6
Independents – 9
Minority lists
SDSS Milorad Pupovac 3
DZMH Róbert Jankovics 1
Kali Sara Veljko Kajtazi 1
UARH Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj 1
Independents –[d] 2
Incumbent Prime Minister
Andrej Plenković
HDZ
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Croatia on 17 April 2024 to elect the members of the 11th Sabor. Prior to the elections, the government consisted of a coalition of the Croatian Democratic Union and Independent Democratic Serb Party, with parliamentary support of five national minority MPs, one MP from the Croatian Social Liberal Party and Croatian Demochristian Party, and one independent MP, Silvano Hrelja.

Background[edit]

The pre-election period was marked by speculation about the possible date of the election, potential coalitions and unification of the opposition, as well as accusations of corruption and nepotism in the government led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and his changes in ministers.

Changes of ministers in the government[edit]

Andrej Plenković's two governments were marked by many changes in ministerial positions, a total of 30 ministers. Of its initial lineup in 2016, only the Minister of Culture and Media Nina Obuljen Koržinek, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Croatian Veterans Tomo Medved remained.[1]

The Bridge ministers Vlaho Orepić (Minister of the Interior), Ante Šprlje (Minister of Justice) and Slaven Dobrović (Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy) were the first to leave the government. They were dismissed by Plenković for refusing to reject the vote of no confidence in Finance Minister Zdravko Marić requested by the opposition. Immediately afterwards, fourth The Bridge member Minister of Administration Ivan Kovačić resigned from the Government, as did Pavo Barišić (Minister of Education) who was facing accusations of plagiarism which were later dismissed by the University of Augsburg.[1][2]

Scandals also occurred in 2018, which began with the Borg affair that led to the departure of Economy Minister Martina Dalić and her replacement by Darko Horvat, who was incarcerated in Remetinec prison in 2022 after being charged with illegally awarding 2.6 million Kuna.[1][2]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Davor Ivo Stier resigned after a disagreement with the party leadership, and his successor Marija Pejčinović Burić left in 2019 after being elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. In 2019, five ministers left the government following a series of scandals. Lovro Kušćević (Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning) after it was found that he conducted illegal real estate brokerage while he was the mayor of Nerežišća on Brač, Goran Marić (Minister of State Property) resigned after a series of real estate scandals. An indictment against Gabrijela Žalac (Minister of Regional Development and European Union Funds) was brought for abuse of position and authority in the "Software affair", and her name was also mentioned in the "Vjetroelektrana affair" with Josipa Rimac. Tomislav Tolušić (Minister of Agriculture) was mentioned in numerous scandals and was later indicted for embezzlement with EU funds, including 2.5 million Kuna for his winery, which he received under irregular circumstances.[2] Nada Murganić (Minister of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy) was dismissed for unsatisfactory performance.[1][3]

More controversies occurred in 2020, with Minister of Health, Milan Kujundžić leaving the government following a series of real estate scandal. Defense Minister Damir Krstičević resigned after the crash of a military training plane in which two members of the Croatian Air Force died near Biljana Donje near Zadar. He was replaced by Mario Banožić, who left after committing manslaughter while driving irresponsibly.[1][2] Marko Pavić was removed as Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, along with Minister of Tourism Gari Cappelli.[1] Vesna Bedeković was replaced as Minister for Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy by Josip Aladrović, who himself was under investigation by USKOK and also resigned.[1][2]

Nataša Tramišak was replaced as Minister of Regional Development and European Union Funds by Šime Erlić as part of Plenković's personal intentions. Ivan Paladina, Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction and State Property, was removed due to the slow pace of reconstruction after Zagreb and Petrinja earthquakes.[1][2]

Election date[edit]

In 2023, it was reported that the HDZ was preparing to hold elections in April 2024, two months before the elections for members of the European Parliament. From conversations with several high-ranking HDZ members, Jutarnji list reported that that Andrej Plenković would collect advantages with which he will go before the voters and ask for another prime ministerial mandate in the next year, so that the elections can be held before the Easter holidays in 2024.[4]

On 28 February 2024, Jutarnji list reported that HDZ planned to hold the General Assembly on 17 March 2024 in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, three months before the deadline. Information subsequently began to circulate that the Parliament could be dissolved on 22 March, the last day of the 21st session of the Croatian Parliament, and the dissolution could be voted on.[5] On 8 March, Plenković confirmed the dissolution of parliament on 14 March.[6]

On 14 March, parliament unanimously voted to dissolve itself, without specifying a date for the election.[7] The following day, president Zoran Milanović announced that elections will be held on 17 April.[8][9] For the first time, the election will be held on a Wednesday,[10] while the 2000 Croatian parliamentary election was held on a Monday.[11]

Pre-election events[edit]

The first pre-election coalition was agreed by The Bridge and Croatian Sovereignists on 8 July 2023, with an open spot for other parties ranging from the center to the right including the Homeland Movement.[12] Ivan Penava (DP) did not decline the possibility but instead called for Most to join a coalition with DP.[13] After that DP entered a short-lived alliance with the Croatian Democratic Peasant Party on 16 December 2023.[14] On 27 March 2024 DP concluded an agreement with Law and Justice, a party which emerged following the unification of The Key of Croatia, Let's Change Croatia and Independent list of Mislav Kolakušić.[15][16] On the other hand Most and HS decided to enlarge coalition with the Independent Youth List (NLM) on 22 March 2024.[17]

On 28 July 2023, a coalition was agreed between two liberal regional parties, the Istrian Democratic Assembly and the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, with a main goal to represent Istria and Kvarner in VII and VIII electoral districts. The coalition will also contest the 2024 European Parliament elections.[18][19] Two more liberal parties, Focus and the People's Party – Reformists announced their cooperation on 10 November 2023. The leader of the Reformists Radimir Čačić said that with a high level of certainty they expect a large expansion of this cooperation with parties close to them, who believe that Croatia is institutionally and as a society trapped by the HDZ, and that this should be stopped and space should be opened for a different, much more modern, more liberal Croatia.[20] Finally two groups made one single alliance on 9 December 2023. Four party leaders: Davor Nađi (Focus), Dalibor Paus (IDS), Radimir Čačić (NS-R) and Darijo Vasilić (PGS) pointed out that they are running against the HDZ and that after the elections they will not participate in the government with the HDZ, although Čačić did not rule out the possibility of supporting a minority government.[21] On 5 March 2024, the coalition was formally constituted under the name "For better Croatia".[22] The coalition later collapsed after Focus decided to ally with the Republic party of Damir Vanđelić, while the Reformists still partnered with IDS and PGS in VII. and VIII constituencies and with the Rivers of Justice coalition in other constutuencues.[23][24]

Social Democratic Party dissidents led by Davorko Vidović as leader of Social Democrats made an agreement with the Croatian Peasant Party on 7 October 2023, creating the "Our Croatia" (Croatian: Naša Hrvatska) coalition.[25] Ten days later Croatian Labourists – Labour Party joined coalition emphasizing this is just continued cooperation and trust.[26] On 2 March 2024, the Democrats joined the coalition , claiming that they recognized the great potential for positive change as well as the courage and ability to gather broadly on the left and center.[27] HSS left the coalition on 5 March 2024 and joined the Rivers of Justice on 22 March 2024.[22][28] On 27 March 2024 "Our Croatia" announced a deal with the IDS, PGS and the NPS in III, VII and VIII electoral districts.[29]

The most anticipated coalition of the 2024 election is an alliance of the main opposition party Social Democratic Party of Croatia and left wing contender We can!. Such an idea was seen as probable because of the big swing that two parties could do together. In spite of that, We can! announced on 27 June 2023 that it would go on their own, leaving the possibility after the election to form a government with parties of the center to the left, including the SDP.[30] On 1 March 2024, Sandra Benčić (We can!) announced the start of negotiations with the SDP on a "dotted coalition", which means a coalition in constituencies where they do not have enough support individually. In that case, the coalition would be implemented in IV., V., VII. and IX. electoral unit, while in other units the parties would go separately.[31] On 22 March 2024 Možemo and SDP announced that an agreement was not reached, which means that they will go separately in all constituencies.[32]

On 17 February 2024, members of the left-liberal opposition held a protest under the name "Enough! Let's go to the elections!" (Croatian: Dosta je! Odmah na izbore!). The protest was organized by SDP, We can!, Centre, IDS, HSS and RF, Focus, SD, NS-Reformists, GLAS and SsIP. The reason for the protest was the appointment of Judge Ivan Turudić as the Attorney General. The day before, the same parties submitted a request for the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early elections. Most and HS joined them with signatures even if they did not participate in the protests.[33][34] The next protest was held on 23 March 2024 simultaneously in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Varaždin.[35]

On 5 March 2024, a large left-liberal future coalition named For better Croatia was announced after inter-party meeting. The coalition will be led by SDP with Peđa Grbin as prime ministerial candidate and will include Focus, NS R, PGS, IDS, Center, HSS, Glas, RF and SsIP.[22] On 6 March, IDS and PGS claimed there will be no coalition in VIII electoral district with other parties than Focus and NS-R, per previous agreements.[36] On 17 March, Grbin announced that the Workers' Front would not be part of the coalition, while the Istrian Democratic Assembly, Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Fokus left the coalition on 19 March, citing Milanović's candidacy, which is not in accordance with the law, as the reason.[37][38][39] After the collapse of the coalition, the remaining parties reached an agreement on going to the elections under the Rivers of Justice coalition.[40]

Following the creation of the opposition coalition, HDZ announced that it would cooperate with HSLS, HDS, HNS and HSU in some electoral districts.[41][42]

Hours after announcing the election date on 15 March, President Zoran Milanović announced at a press conference that he would be the SDP's candidate for prime minister in the elections,[43] during which he would run against incumbent prime minister Andrej Plenković in electoral district I.[44] On 18 March however, the Constitutional Court ruled that Milanović may not be a candidate nor could he actively participate in support of the SDP during the election campaign[45] unless he resigns from the presidency. In response, Milanović described the ruling as "done in a gangster way".[46]

Electoral system[edit]

Main article: Elections in Croatia § Parliamentary Elections
Electoral districts in use from 2023

The 151 members of the Croatian Parliament are elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts:[47]

  • 140 seats are elected in ten geographical 14-seat electoral districts (1st–10th Electoral Districts) by open list proportional representation (using a 5% electoral threshold) with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method
    • A voter can give their "preference vote" to a single candidate on the list, but only candidates who have received at least 10% of the party's votes take precedence over the other candidates on the list.[48]
  • 3 seats are elected in a special electoral district (11th Electoral District) for Croatian citizens living abroad
  • 8 seats are elected from an electoral district for national minorities (12th Electoral District): 3 seats for Serbian, 1 seat for Italian, 1 seat for Hungarian, 1 seat for Czech and Slovak, 1 seat for Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovenian, and 1 seat for Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vlach national minority
    • Voters with the right to vote in the 12th Electoral District can choose to either vote for a candidate list on the ballot in the district they belong to according to their place of residence (one of the 10 geographical districts) or for a candidate of their minority in the 12th Electoral District.[49]

On 28 October 2022 the Constitutional Court issued a warning that it could declare the next elections unconstitutional unless the electoral law was changed, due to excessive differences in the number of voters for each constituency, leading to significant variations in vote weight.[50] On 7 February 2023 the Constitutional Court repealed the electoral law because the difference in vote weight between different electoral districts was too large to comply with the constitutional provision that each vote must be of equal weight.[51] Parliament passed a new electoral law on 20 October 2023, which came into effect on 3 November, requiring the next elections to be held with reorganized electoral districts.[52]

Submission of candidate lists[edit]

Lists for the election of representatives may be proposed independently by one political party or by two or more political parties (coalition list) which are registered in the Republic of Croatia on the day the Decision to call the elections is announced, or by voters. Voters shall propose independent candidate lists on the basis of validly collected 500 signatures of residents of the Electoral District the list is running in.[53]

Parliamentary parties[edit]

The table below lists political parties represented in the 10th Sabor prior to the election.

Name Ideology Political position Leader 2020 results Current Status
HDZ Croatian Democratic Union,
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 		Conservatism,
Christian democracy,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-right Andrej Plenković
61 / 151
61 / 151
 Governing coalition
SDP Social Democratic Party of Croatia,
Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske 		Social democracy,
Progressivism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-left Peđa Grbin
34 / 151
13 / 151
 Opposition
SD Social Democrats,
Socijaldemokrati 		Social democracy,
Progressivism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-left Davorko Vidović split from SDP
11 / 151
 Opposition
Most The Bridge,
Most 		Fiscal conservatism,
Social conservatism,
Economic liberalism,
Soft Euroscepticism 		Centre-right to right-wing Božo Petrov
8 / 151
8 / 151
 Opposition
DP Homeland Movement,
Domovinski pokret 		Croatian nationalism,
Right-wing populism,
National conservatism,
Social conservatism,
Soft Euroscepticism 		Right-wing to far-right Ivan Penava
11 / 151
5 / 151
 Opposition
HS Croatian Sovereignists,
Hrvatski suverenisti 		Souverainism,
Croatian nationalism,
Conservatism,
Christian right,
Soft Euroscepticism 		Right-wing Marijan Pavliček
3 / 151
4 / 151
 Opposition
Možemo! We Can! – Political Platform,
Možemo! – politička platforma 		Green politics,
Eco-socialism,
Progressivism 		Left-wing Sandra Benčić,
Tomislav Tomašević [54]
4 / 151
4 / 151
 Opposition
SDSS,

СДСС

Independent Democratic Serb Party,
Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka,
Самостална демократска српска странка 		Serb minority politics,
Social democracy,
Social liberalism,
Anti-nationalism,
Anti-fascism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-left Milorad Pupovac
3 / 151
3 / 151
 Governing coalition
HSS Croatian Peasant Party,
Hrvatska seljačka stranka 		Agrarianism,
Social liberalism,
Liberalism,
Green politics,
Republicanism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-left Krešo Beljak
2 / 151
3 / 151
 Opposition
IDS,

DDI

Istrian Democratic Assembly,
Istarski demokratski sabor,
Dieta democratica istriana 		Istrian regionalism,
Liberalism,
Social liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-left Dalibor Paus
3 / 151
2 / 151
 Opposition
HSLS Croatian Social Liberal Party,
Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka 		Conservative liberalism,
Classical liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-right Dario Hrebak
2 / 151
2 / 151
 Support
HDS Croatian Demochristian Party,
Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka 		Christian democracy,
Conservatism 		Centre-right to right-wing Goran Dodig
1 / 151
2 / 151
 Support
Fokus Focus,
Fokus 		Classical liberalism,
Bright green environmentalism 		Centre to centre-right Davor Nađi
1 / 151
2 / 151
 Opposition
Centar Centre,
Centar 		Social liberalism,
Economic liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre Ivica Puljak merger of Pametno
and IP
1 / 151
 Opposition
DO i SIP Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name,
Dalija Orešković i ljudi s imenom i prezimenom 		Social liberalism,
Anti-corruption,
Reformism 		Centre to centre-left Dalija Orešković
1 / 151
successor of IP
1 / 151
 Opposition
RF Workers' Front,
Radnička fronta 		Democratic socialism,
Social progressivism,
Labour rights,
Socialist feminism,
Anti-fascism,
Anti-clericalism,
Eco-socialism,
Left-wing populism,
Antimilitarism 		Left-wing to far-left Collective leadership
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Opposition
HNS-LD Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats,
Hrvatska narodna stranka – Liberalni demokrati 		Social liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-left Mirko Korotaj
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Support
NL New Left,
Nova ljevica 		Social democracy,
Democratic socialism,
Progressivism,
Environmentalism,
Anti-fascism 		Centre-left to left-wing Ivana Kekin
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Opposition
GLAS Civic Liberal Alliance,
Građansko-liberalni savez 		Liberalism,
Social liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-left Anka Mrak-Taritaš
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Opposition
NS-R People's Party – Reformists,
Narodna stranka – Reformisti 		Liberalism,
Economic liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre Radimir Čačić
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Opposition
BLOK Bloc for Croatia,
Blok za Hrvatsku 		Croatian nationalism,
Right-wing populism,
Social conservatism 		Right-wing to far-right Zlatko Hasanbegović
1 / 151
1 / 151
 Opposition
PH Righteous Croatia,
Pravedna Hrvatska 		Croatian nationalism,
Liberal Conservatism,
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-right Milan Vrkljan split from DP
1 / 151
 Opposition
OIP Determination and Justice,
Odlučnost i pravednost 		Croatian nationalism,
National conservatism,
Social conservatism,
Soft Euroscepticism 		Right-wing to far-right Karolina Vidović Krišto split from DP
1 / 151
 Opposition

Electoral lists[edit]

On 30 March 2024, the State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia (DIP) made decisions on validly submitted lists in I. - XI. electoral district and validly proposed candidates in XII. electoral district. All decisions on validly submitted lists and validly proposed candidates and summary lists were published on the same day at 5:00 p.m. on the website of the DIP.[55]

The table below is a list of the main parties and electoral coalitions which are contesting the election:

Coalition Parties Leading candidate Ideology Position 2020 result Seats at dissolution Gov.
Votes (%) Seats
HDZ-led coalition
List
 Andrej Plenković Conservatism
Christian democracy
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre-right 38.56%
67 / 151
68 / 151
 checkY
Rivers of Justice
List
 Peđa Grbin Social democracy
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism 		Centre to centre-left 24.87%
(Restart)
3.98%
(IP–P–F)
40 / 151
20 / 151
 ☒N
DP-led coalition
List
 Ivan Penava National conservatism
Right-wing populism 		Right-wing to far-right 10.89%
12 / 151
6 / 151
 ☒N
The Bridge–Sovereignists
List
 Nikola Grmoja[c] Social conservativism
Economic liberalism
Souverainism 		Centre-right to right-wing 7.39%
12 / 151
12 / 151
 ☒N
Možemo!
List
 Sandra Benčić[c] Progressivism
Green politics 		Centre-left to left-wing 6.99%
(Green–Left)
5 / 151
5 / 151
 ☒N
Our Croatia
List
 Davorko Vidović Social democracy
Social liberalism
Regionalism 		Centre to centre-left part of Restart
3 / 151
14 / 151
 ☒N
Focus–Republic
List
 Damir Vanđelić[c] Classical liberalism
Economic liberalism 		Centre 3.98%
(IP–P–F)
2 / 151
2 / 151
 ☒N
Workers' Front
List
 None[f] Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Progressivism 		Left-wing to far-left part of Green–Left
1 / 151
1 / 151
 ☒N
For Homeland
List
 Nikica Augustinović
Željko Glasnović 		Croatian ultranationalism
Neo-fascism 		Far-right 0.44%[g]
0 / 151
1 / 151
 ☒N
Party/Coalition I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Submitted
Most - HS - HKS - NLM x x x x x x x x x x 27.03.2024.
Most x 27.03.2024.
Independent list of Viktor Šimunić x 27.03.2024.
MDS x 27.03.2024.
SDP - CENTAR - HSS - DO i SIP - GLAS x x 28.03.2024.
SDP - CENTAR - HSS - DO i SIP - NS R - GLAS x x x x x x x x 28.03.2024.
IDS - PGS - UK - ISU - SD - NS R - D - HL SR x 28.03.2024.
NS R - PGS - IDS - UK - SHU x 28.03.2024.
OIP x x x x x x x x x x x 28.03.2024.
SHZ x 28.03.2024.
DP - PiP - Blok - Agrameri x 28.03.2024.
DP - PiP - nezavisni - DHSS - ZL x 28.03.2024.
DP - PiP - DHSS - ZL x x 28.03.2024.
DP - PiP x x x x 28.03.2024.
DP - PiP - DHSS - ZL - Agrameri x x 28.03.2024.
Fokus - Republika x x x x x x x x x x x 28.03.2024.
AP - AS x x 28.03.2024.
HSGO x x x 28.03.2024.
NPS x 29.03.2024.
PMH x x 29.03.2024.
UZ - SU - BUZ - DSU x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
PH x x 29.03.2024.
HDZ - HSLS - HDS - HNS - HSU x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
HDZ x 29.03.2024.
Ričard nezavisni x x 29.03.2024.
RF x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
Možemo - HP x x x x x 29.03.2024.
Možemo x x x x x 29.03.2024.
Možemo - SJG x 29.03.2024.
SD - HL SR - D x 29.03.2024.
SD - IDS - PGS - HL SR - D x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
HB x 29.03.2024.
HSP AS x 29.03.2024.
A-HSP x x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
SIP x x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
DA x 29.03.2024.
HSP - HB - HDSS x x x x x x x x x x 29.03.2024.
Independent list of Damir Kristijan Rogina x 29.03.2024.
AS - AP x x x 29.03.2024.
SRP x x 29.03.2024.
JD x x x x 29.03.2024.

12th Electoral District[edit]

Candidate /Party Serbs Hungarians Italians Czech-Slovaks ex-Yu others Submitted
Armin Hodžić, Bošnjaci zajedno! x 18.03.2024.
Veljko Kajtazi, SRRH "Kali Sara" x 18.03.2024.
Franjo Horvat, "Udruga Roma korak po korak" x 23.03.2024.
Elvis Kralj, Independent x 24.03.2024.
Róber Jankovics, DZMH x 27.03.2024.
Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj, UARH x 27.03.2024.
Furio Radin, Independent x 27.03.2024.
Vladimir Bilek, Independent x 27.03.2024.
Šoip Šoipi, Independent x 28.03.2024.
Ivan Komak, MSO x 28.03.2024.
Srđan Milaković, DSS x 28.03.2024.
Milorad Pupovac, SDSS x 29.03.2024.
Dragana Jeckov, SDSS x 29.03.2024.
Anja Šimpraga, SDSS x 29.03.2024.
Sulejman Tabaković, Independent x 29.03.2024.
Corrado Dussich, Independent x 29.03.2024.
Dragan Crnogorac, Independent x 29.03.2024.

Campaign[edit]

Issues[edit]

Party slogans[edit]

Party/alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
HDZ „Za sve izazove.“ "For all challenges." [56]
Rivers of Justice „Rijeke pravde dolaze“ "Rivers of justice are coming" [57]
Most–HS–NLM „Na tvojoj strani“ "On your side" [58][59]
DP–PiP–BLOK „Ustani i ostani“ "Rise up and stay" [60]
Možemo! „Zamisli drugačiju Hrvatsku“ "Imagine a different Croatia" [61]
SD–IDS–PGS–D–HL „Ozbiljno. Za Hrvatsku” "Seriously. For Croatia" [62]
Fokus–Republika „Glas razuma" "Voice of reason" [citation needed]

Election debates[edit]

2024 Croatian parliamentary election debates
Date Organizers     P  Present    A  Absent invitee   I  Invitee   N  Non-invitee 
HDZ SDP DP Most Možemo Refs
20 Feb Nova TV P

Damir Habijan

P

Branko Grčić

P

Mario Radić

P

Zvonimir Troskot

P

Damir Bakić

[63]
5 Mar Nova TV P

Ivan Malenica

P

Mišel Jakšić

P

Igor Peternel

P

Nikola Grmoja

P

Morena Lekan

[64]
19 Mar Nova TV P

Vili Beroš

P

Mišo Krstičević

P

Damir Biloglav

P

Ivan Bekavac

P

Ivana Kekin

[65]
20 Mar Jutarnji list P

Nikola Mažar

P

Siniša Hajdaš Dončić

P

Mario Radić

P

Nino Raspudić

P

Gordan Bosanac

[66]
20 Mar N1 P

Damir Habijan

P

Sanja Radolović

P

Mario Radić

P

Zvonimir Troskot

P

Damir Bakić

[67]
27 Mar N1 P

Nikola Mažar

P

Dalija Orešković[h]

P

Igor Peternel

P

Nikola Grmoja

P

Đuro Capor

[68]
2 Apr Nova TV P

Marin Piletić

P

Arsen Bauk

P

Davor Dretar

P

Marija Selak Raspudić

P

Sandra Benčić

[69]

Opinion polls[edit]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election
LOESS curve of the polling for the 2024 Croatian Parliamentary Election excluding undecided.


Notes[edit]

  1. ^ SDP, HSS, Centre, Glas, DO i SIP and NS-R
  2. ^ The President of Croatia
  3. ^ a b c d e f as a prime minister nominee
  4. ^ Vladimir Bilek (Czech and Slovak seat) and Furio Radin (Italian seat)
  5. ^ running on Our Croatia list in the 6th Electoral district
  6. ^ The party neither has a leader in general (Collective leadership) nor did it announce a PM candidate; Katarina Peović is the party's only MP and de facto spokesperson
  7. ^ Glasnović also won 20.97% as an independent candidate in the 11th Electoral district
  8. ^ Debater for Rivers of Justice as part of coalition, member of DO I SIP

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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