| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Hrvatski Sabor / Croatian Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
18 September 1995
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| Mode of designation |
Directly elected 153 |
| Constituencies |
- 10 multi-member constituencies (14 seats each) in the area of the Republic of Croatia for 140 seats
- one special constituency (an unfixed number of) for Croatian citizens residing abroad (constituency No. 11)
- one national constituency (eight seats) reserved for the autochthonous national minorities (constituency No. 12) |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
- 140 are elected from 10 constituencies making up the territory of the Republic of Croatia, each constituency providing 14 MPs chosen from party lists or independent lists. The number of members chosen from each constituency list is established by the d'Hondt method. Any list winning less than 5% of the votes is excluded from the distribution of these seats.
- 8 are elected by members of the authochthonous national minorities in the Republic of Croatia, in a special (national) constituency
- others are chosen in a special constituency by Croatians residing abroad, by proportional representation, by means of an unfixed quota establishing the number of MPs to be elected in that constituency.
An MP elected from a constituency list is substituted by a candidated from the same list who has not been elected, nominated by the political party that proposed the list.
An MP elected from the list of Independents in a constituency is substituted by the next candidate on the same list who has not been elected.
An MP chosedn in the constituency for the election of MPs representing the autochthonous national minorities is substituted by another MP elected in the same constituency.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes elected at the same time as titular members.
Voting is not compulsory.
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| Voter requirements |
- Age: 18 years
- Croatian citizenship
Disqualifications: persons serving a sentence handed down by a court or persons declared to be legally incompetent. |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- Qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- Croatian citizenship |
| Incompatibilities |
- Judges of the Constitutional Court
- Officials in the judiciary
- Ambassadors and Consuls General
- State and local government officials
- Active officer in the Armed Forces
- Members of the Bord of companies or institutions whose majority owner is the State.
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| Candidacy requirements |
- Nomination by a registered political party or voters, either individually or jointly
- Nomination by political parties takes place according to their statutes
- Candidatures submitted by individuals require a prescribed number of signatures by supporting voters as follows: voters can only support one non-party candidate, one state list or one special list
Candidatures submitted for single-member districts: 400 signatures
Candidatures submitted under state lists: 5,000 signatures
Candidatures submitted under special lists: 500 signatures
- Candidatures submitted by ethnic minorities require a prescribed number of signatures by supporting voters as follows:
Candidatures submitted under party or association lists: 100 signatures
Candidatures submitted under constituency lists: 500 signatures |
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