2024 European Parliament election in Croatia

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2024 European Parliament election in Croatia
Flag of Croatia.svg
  2019 9 June 20242029 

12 Croatian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout21.35% (Decrease2.svg 8.50 pp)
 First partySecond party
  Annual European Union Budget Conference - EU2024BE on 29 April 2024 - 61 (cropped).jpg Biljana Borzan - Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour markets (31691251574) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Andrej Plenković Biljana Borzan
Party HDZ Rivers of Justice
Alliance EPP S&D
Renew
Last election27.1%, 4 seats [lower-alpha 1] 22.1%, 4 seats [lower-alpha 2]
Seats won64
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote264,415192,859
Percentage35.13%25.62%

 Third partyFourth party
  Ivan Penava 2023 (cropped).png Gordan bosanac.jpg
Candidate Ivan Penava Gordan Bosanac
Party DP Možemo!
Alliance ECR Greens–EFA
Last electionDid not exist1.8%, 0 seats [lower-alpha 3]
Seats won11
Seat changeNewIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote66,54144,670
Percentage8.84%5.93%

2024-european-parliament-election-in-croatia.svg
Results by counties and historical regions

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Croatia were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. [1] This was the fourth parliamentary election since Croatia's EU accession in 2013, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Contents

It is the second election in 2024, the "superelection year" for Croatia, following the April parliamentary election and preceding the presidential election. Concurrently with this election, four local elections are being held on the same day, including the mayoral election in Gospić. [2]

Background

Since the previous 2019 election, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković was re-elected in both 2020 and 2024 parliamentary elections. After the latter, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who had fallen short of an absolute majority, formed a coalition government with the right-wing Homeland Movement. [3] [4]

Electoral system

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

The table shows the detailed composition of the Croatian seats at the European Parliament as of 23 January 2024. All outgoing MEPs are running for re-election. [7]

EP GroupSeatsPartySeatsMEPs
European People's Party
4 / 12
Croatian Democratic Union 4
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
4 / 12
Social Democratic Party of Croatia 4
Non-Inscrits
2 / 12
Law and Justice 2
Renew Europe
1 / 12
Istrian Democratic Assembly 1
European Conservatives and Reformists
1 / 12
Croatian Sovereignists 1
Total12
Source: European Parliament

Electoral lists

Parties could submit their nomination applications for participation to the State Electoral Commission (DIP) from 10 to 23 April. [8] On 23 April, the DIP released a list of all submitted candidacies, with the list of all valid candidacies being released on 24 April. [9] [10]

This is a list of the main parties who participated in the election.

PartyLeading candidateMain ideologyEuropean
party
EP Group2019 resultOutgoing MEPs
Votes (%)Seats
HDZ Croatian Democratic Union Andrej Plenković Christian democracy EPP EPP 22.7%
4 / 12
4 / 12
SDP+ Rivers of Justice Biljana Borzan Social democracy PES
ALDE
S&D
Renew
22.1%
4 / 12
4 / 12
PiP Law and Justice Mislav Kolakušić Populism None NI Did not contest [lower-alpha 4]
2 / 14
Most The Bridge Božo Petrov Social conservativism ECR Party ECR 17.6% [lower-alpha 5]
1 / 12
0 / 12
IDS+ Fair Play List 9 Valter Flego Liberalism
Regionalism
ALDE
EDP
Renew 11.9% [lower-alpha 6]
1 / 12
1 / 12
M! We can! Gordan Bosanac Green politics EGP Greens-EFA 1.8%
0 / 12
0 / 12
DP Homeland Movement Ivan Penava National conservativism NoneNoneDid not contest
0 / 12
NLLI Independent list of Ladislav Ilčić Ladislav Ilčić Christian right None ECR Did not contest
1 / 12

This table lists all other, minor lists participating in the election.

PartyEuropean PartyGroup2019 resultLead candidateNote
Authentic Croatian Party of Rights NoneNone0.41% Dražen Keleminec  [ hr ]
Workers' Front PEL LEFT 0.24% Katarina Peović with SRP in 2019
Movement for a Modern CroatiaNoneNone0.24%Damir Gašparović
Party of Ivan Pernar NoneNone Ivan Pernar
Croatian Party of Pensioners NoneNoneEma Culipart of Amsterdam Coalition in 2019
Green Alternative – ORaH EGP Greens-EFA Zorislav Antun Petrović  [ hr ]part of Green–Left Coalition in 2019
Republic NoneNoneLuka Kraljević
Determination and Justice  [ hr ]NoneNone Karolina Vidović Krišto  [ hr ]
UZSUBUZ  [ hr ]DSUNoneNone Milivoj Špika  [ hr ]
Independent list of Nina SkočakNoneNoneNina Skočakcalled "The Gen Z List"
Dalmatian Action NoneNone Nino Aviani  [ hr ]
Righteous CroatiaNoneNoneTihomir Majić
Ričard IndependentNoneNoneEnio Meštrović
Public GoodNoneNoneVladimira Mascarell
Agrarian PartyNoneNoneRobert Hadžić
Movement for AnimalsNoneNoneMarcel Maglica
Croatian Civil Resistance PartyNoneNoneJosip Babok

Candidates

4: DP 5: HDZ 9: Fair Play List 9 11: Most - HS - HSP 12: Možemo! 17: PiP 18: RF 22: Rivers of Justice
Candidates
Candidates
Candidates
Candidates
Candidates
Candidates
    1. Katarina Peović
    2. Denis Geto
    3. Sandra Crnković
    4. Hrvoje Štefan
    5. Dubravka Kovačević
    6. Anton Glasnović
    7. Karin Grgorović
    8. Izvor Rukavina
    9. Josipa Vlasac Glasnović
    10. Boris Mijakovac
    11. Dora Zvjerković
    12. Dragan Nemet
Candidates

Campaign

Pre-election events

Croatian Democratic Union

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, [11] which were confirmed by Plenković to reporters on 22 April, [12] rumours have been circulating about Plenković as the possible next President of the European Commission, started by Bild [13] and continued by Politico. [14] [15] [16] [17]

On 10 May, HDZ and European People's Party organized a joint rally in Split. The spitzenkandidat of EPP and incumbent President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Andrej Plenković pointed out their successes with von der Leyen saying she's impressed with the progress Croatia is making. The president of HDZ BiH Dragan Čović thanked Plenković for his support of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [18]

Social Democratic Party

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 MEP Biljana Borzan is leading the list that, in addition to SDP members, includes coalition partners Dalija Orešković (DO i SIP) and Bojan Glavašević  [ hr ] (Ind.). [19] [20]

Fair Play List

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. [21] On 22 May, Flego presented the coalition named Fair Play List 9. [22] Flego was endorsed by Alexander De Croo, the Prime Minister of Belgium from the Flemish Open Vld. [23]

The Bridge – Sovereignists

The Bridge (Most) presented its joint list with Croatian Sovereignists (HS) and far-right Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) for the election on 23 April, with Most leader Božo Petrov as the top candidate. The parties are running on a social conservative and christian right platform, putting forward their initiative Vratimo EU kršćanskim korijenima (English: "Let's return the EU to its Christian roots"). [24] [25]

The list was originally supposed to be headed by Member of Parliament Marija Selak Raspudić. On 24 April, Selak Raspudić announced her and her husband's, MP Nino Raspudić's departure from Most. The two MPs and intellectuals, described by political commentators as the most educated and open-minded people in Most, were perceived as the most popular figures of the party that brought new life to Most after joining in 2020, attracting urban voters. [26] [27] Selak Raspudić, who describes herself as closest to centrist positions [28] and was formally independent, cites a clash with the party Vice president Marin Miletić on abortion issue as one of the reason for the couple's decision. Miletić, an ultraconservative, publicly distanced from his colleague Selak Raspudić after in an N1 debate, ahead of the April parliamentary election, she said that abortion is the right of a woman. [29] Selak Raspudić said that the coalition with HSP was not at the table at the time when she was still supposed to be a candidate. [30]

We Can!

The We Can! (Možemo!) is running with party spokesperson and human rights activist Gordan Bosanac as their slate leader. [31] The list emphasizes their fight to continue with the green transition and defence of anti-fascist Europe in the event of continued surge of far-right parties in the EU. On 29 May, the spitzenkandidat of European Greens, Bas Eickhout was present on a press conference in Zagreb to support the party. [32] [33]

Homeland Movement

Others

Incumbent MEP Ladislav Ilčić became a Member of the European Parliament for Croatian Sovereignists (HS) on 1 July 2021, replacing Ruža Tomašić, who had resigned. Ilčić submitted his list running as an independent candidate. [34] He previously voiced his opposition to HS running in the 2024 parliamentary election in a coalition with The Bridge. [35]

Social media influencer Nina Skočak is running in the election with her own independent list, dubbed by her [36] and the media [37] as "The Gen Z List". A politologist and journalist by profession, working for the European Commission in Brussels, she has over 200 thousand followers on TikTok. The list, that consists of candidates which are all not older than 30 years old, highlights the lack of representation for young people in politics. Skočak often covers political topics with her social media content, such as sustainable fashion and women's rights. [38] [39] [40]

Issues

European Green Deal

European Green Deal is one of the main issues in the campaign, together with the initiative's impact and European policies on agriculture. WWF Adria, environmental organization BIOM and Nova TV all requested for candidates or parties to give statements on the topic. According to BIOM and WWF, parties HDZ, SDP, Možemo!, ORaH, DP and RF all responded with support for the Deal, with some stating reservations on the deadlines. RF emphasized that there is no green transition without changing the capitalist way of production and distribution of goods. [41] [42] For Nova TV, Tomislav Sokol (HDZ) criticized "unnecessary administrative and environmental burdens" pushed by the "extreme green left", while Božo Petrov (Most) announced they will confront "harmful green policies that brought farmers to the brink of bankruptcy or bankruptcy, and increased food prices". [43]

Palestine

On 23 May, Možemo! asked the government to recognize Palestine as an independent state, call for ceasefire and stop with the "inhuman passivity" when it comes to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The party announced a motion in Parliament that will also include sending humanitarian help to Palestinians. [44] Governments of Norway, Spain and Ireland announced their coordinated recognition the day before. When asked about it by the press, Andrej Plenković said the government is not considering recognising Palestine for the time being. [45] Croatia was one of the 25 countries abstaining in the vote on United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/23.

Party slogans

Party/allianceOriginal sloganEnglish translationRef.
HDZ „Hrvatska, snažna i važna“"Croatia, strong and important" [46] [47]
Rivers of Justice „Radimo za hrvatske ljude!“"We work for the Croatian people!" [48]
Možemo! „Borbeno. Dosljedno. Zajedno!“"Fiercely. Consistently. Together!" [49] [50]
MostHSHSP „Osloni se na naše“"Rely on ours" [49] [51]
DP „Suverena Hrvatska u Europi“"Sovereign Croatia in Europe" [49]
Fair Play List 9 „U našem timu igraju samo najbolji.”"Only the best are playing in our team." [52] [53]
IDS „Naša forca u Briselu!“"Our force in Bruxelles!" [54]
Italian: „Con Flego in Europa“"With Flego in Europe"

Election debates

2024 European Parliament election debates in Croatia
DateOrganizers   P Present   A Absent invitee  I Invitee  N Non-invitee 
HDZ SDP DP Most Možemo IDS PiP Refs
17 May Večernji list P

Karlo Ressler

P

Predrag Fred Matić

P

Stephen Nikola Bartulica

P

Božo Petrov

P

Gordan Bosanac

NINI [55]
21 May Nova TV P

Karlo Ressler

P

Predrag Fred Matić

P

Stephen Nikola Bartulica

P

Petra Mandić

P

Gordan Bosanac

NINI [56]
2 Jun N1 P

Tomislav Sokol

P

Marko Vešligaj

P

Branka Lozo

P

Božo Petrov

P

Gordan Bosanac

NINI [57]
4 June Nova TV P

Davor Ivo Stier

P

Biljana Borzan

P

Davor Dretar

P

Božo Petrov

P

Gordan Bosanac

NINI [58]

Financing

GONG created and published an easily searchable database of preliminary financial reports delivered by political parties to the DIP. It contains data about donations and funding spent in the campaign by 2 June, including media advertising. According to the reports, the HDZ had spent the most, €221,650 of the maximum possible amount of €530,891 on election advertising. Ladislav Ilčić received the most donations overall, as well as the two highest individual donations. [59]

Cost of the elections was estimated on 9.245 milion euros. [60]

Opinion polls

Publication
date
Polling firmSample
size
HDZ
EPP
SDP
S&D
Most
ECR
PiP
NI
IDS
RE
DP
ID
M!
G/EFA
OthersUndecidedLead
6 Jun 2024 Ipsos 100131.9
5
24.6
4
6.1
1
-3.7
0
5.8
1
6.5
1
- [lower-alpha 7]
7.77.3
5 Jun 2024 Promocija plus 130028.4
5
20.5
4
5.7
1
3.9
0
3.2
0
6.9
1
7.4
1
11.7 [lower-alpha 8]
0
12.37.9
2 Jun 2024 2x1 komunikacije 104131.2
5
22.0
3
7.1
1
3.7
0
3.8
0
8.7
1
11.1
2
-11.09.2
25 May 2024 Ipsos 99028.5
5
17.8
3
5.4
1
1.8
0
3.8
0
7.4
1
9.9
2
12.2 [lower-alpha 9]
0
14.910.7
4 May 2024 Promocija plus 100030.6
5
24.2
4
5.4
1
2.5
0
2.3
0
6.7
1
7.5
1
--6.4
17 Apr 2024 2024 parliamentary election 34.425.48.0 [lower-alpha 10] 2.39.69.111.2-9.0
26 May 2019 2019 European election 27.1
4
22.1
4
17.6
1
13.6
2
11.9
1
1.8
0
5.8-5.0

Voter turnout

TurnoutTime
11:3016:3019:00
20192024±20192024±20192024±
Total9.93%7.69%Decrease2.svg 2.24 pp 21.31%15.05%Decrease2.svg 6.26 pp 29.85%21.35%Decrease2.svg 8.50 pp
Sources: State Electoral Commission

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Croatian Democratic Union 264,41535.136+2
Rivers of Justice 192,85925.6240
Homeland Movement 66,5418.841New
We can! 44,6705.931+1
Fair Play List 9 41,7105.540-1
Independent list of Nina Skočak 30,3694.030New
The BridgeHSHSP 30,1554.010-1
Law and Justice 22,4252.980-2
Determination and Justice  [ hr ]10,3281.370New
Independent list of Ladislav Ilčić 9,1561.220New
Ričard Independent 8,7571.160New
Croatian Party of Pensioners 5,2350.700New
Workers' Front 4,7290.6300
Pensioners Together 4,2980.570New
Movement for Animals 3,0600.410New
Agrarian Party 2,8400.380New
Party of Ivan Pernar 2,2800.300New
Green Alternative – ORaH 1,6360.2200
Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights 1,4020.1900
Republic 1,0990.150New
Movement for a Modern Croatia 1,0050.1300
Croatian Civil Resistance Party 9860.130New
Dalmatian Action 9730.130New
Righteous Croatia 9630.130New
Public Good 7700.100New
Total752,661100.00120
Valid votes752,66198.50
Invalid/blank votes11,4281.50
Total votes764,089100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,731,86020.47
Source: Results
Popular vote (party)
HDZ
35.13%
SDP
25.62%
DP
8.84%
Možemo!
5.93%
Fiair Play
5.54%
Gen Z
4.03%
Most
4.01%
PiP
2.99%
OiP  [ hr ]
1.37%
NLLI
1.22%
Others
4.32%

List of elected MEPs

CandidatePartyGroupPreference votesShare of preference votes on candidate's listPrevious termNote
Annual European Union Budget Conference - EU2024BE on 29 April 2024 - 61 (cropped).jpg
Andrej Plenković HDZ EPP 101,82039.72%1 July 2013 – 12 October 2016Refused to take the seat, replaced by Sunčana Glavak
Biljana Borzan - Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour markets (31691251574) (cropped).jpg
Biljana Borzan SDP S&D 83,65643.49%1 July 2013 
Stephen Nikola Bartulica DP ECR 35,30353.99%None
Tonino Picula at Citizens' Corner debate on EU policies for asylum seekers and immigrants (18867238130) (cropped).jpg
Tonino Picula SDP S&D 30,09915.65%1 July 2013 
Davor Ivo Stier February 2017 (32903349825).jpg
Davor Ivo Stier HDZ EPP 25,4249.91%19 October 2016 – 19 June 2017
P matic.jpg
Predrag Matić SDP S&D 17,2398.96%2 July 2019 Died on 23 August 2024
Ivana Kekin (cropped).jpg
Ivana Kekin M! Greens/EFA 11,30725.76%NoneRefused to take the seat, replaced by Gordan Bosanac
Dubravka Suica - Croatian part- Citizens' Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour markets (32494127516).jpg
Dubravka Šuica HDZ EPP 8,8643.45%1 July 2013 – 30 November 2019Refused to take the seat, replaced by Tomislav Sokol
EU budget debate ahead of crucial summit - with Nikolina Brnjac (Council) (49524883806) (cropped).jpg
Nikolina Brnjac HDZ EPP 7,7343.01%None
Zeljana Zovko.jpg
Željana Zovko HDZ/HDZ BiH EPP 6,7072.61%21 November 2016 
Karlo Ressler HDZ EPP 6,2732.44%2 July 2019 
Romana Jerkovic EU sluzbeno (cropped).jpg
Romana Jerković SDP S&D 1,0050.52%1 February 2020 

See also

Notes

  1. Including HDZ and Independent list of Marijana Petir results from the 2019 European Parliament election
  2. Including SDP, START and Pametno results from the 2019 European Parliament election
  3. Compared to the result of the Green-Left Coalition
  4. A merger of the Independent List of Mislav Kolakušić (7.89%, 1 seat) and The Key of Croatia (5,67%, 1 seat)
  5. Including MOST, HS and NHRHSP results from the 2019 European Parliament election
  6. IDS, SDSS, HSLS, HNS, Reformists, SD, PGS
  7. HSU at 3.8%; all others under 3.5% each
  8. Including Gen Z list at 2.1%, RF at 1.3%, HSU at 1.1%, and Ladislav Ilčić at 1.0%
  9. Including HSU at 1.9%, The Gen Z list at 1.9% and Republika at 1.1%
  10. with DP

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Sandra Benčić is a Croatian politician and civil rights and gender equality activist who is serving as a Member of Parliament since 2020. She is a member of the green-left political platform We Can! since its foundation and has been serving as one of its two coordinators since 2023, together with Tomislav Tomašević.

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