2024 European Parliament election in Croatia

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12 Croatian seats to theEuropean Parliament
Turnout	21.35% ( 8.50pp)
First party Second party   Candidate Andrej Plenković Biljana Borzan Party HDZ Rivers of Justice Alliance EPP S&D Renew Last election 27.1%, 4 seats[a] 22.1%, 4 seats[b] Seats won 6 4 Seat change 2 Popular vote 264,415 192,859 Percentage 35.13% 25.62%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Ivan Penava Gordan Bosanac Party DP Možemo! Alliance ECR Greens–EFA Last election Did not exist 1.8%, 0 seats[c] Seats won 1 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 66,541 44,670 Percentage 8.84% 5.93%
Results by counties andhistorical regions

The2024 European Parliament elections inCroatia were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the2024 European Parliament election.^[1] This was the fourth parliamentary election sinceCroatia's EU accession in 2013, and the first to take place after Brexit.

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

Since the previous2019 election, Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković was re-elected in both2020 and2024 parliamentary elections. After the latter, the rulingCroatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who had fallen short of anabsolute majority, formed a coalition government with the right-wingHomeland Movement.^[3][4]

Compared to last election, Croatia is entitled to one moreMEP in this election, already assigned since 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution postBrexit. The 12 members are elected throughsemi-open listproportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated throughD'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]

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]

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.

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

ThePrime Minister of Croatia, the president ofCroatian 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 nextPresident of the European Commission, started byBild^[13] and continued byPolitico.^{[14][15][16][17]}

On 10 May, HDZ andEuropean People's Party organized a joint rally inSplit. The spitzenkandidat of EPP and incumbent President of the European CommissionUrsula 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 ofHDZ BiHDragan Čović thanked Plenković for his support ofCroats in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[18]

TheSocial Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) approved its 2024 European Parliament list on 25 March, together withRivers of Justice coalition lists for the2024 Croatian parliamentary election. Incumbent MEPBiljana Borzan is leading the list that, in addition to SDP members, includes coalition partnersDalija Orešković (DO i SIP) andBojan Glavašević [hr] (Ind.).^[19][20]

TheIstrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) MEPValter Flego announced that acentrist bloc was formed to contest the election, consisting of: IDS,SDSS,HSLS,HNS,NS-R,SD,PGS,RI,Independent Platform of the North (NPS) andindependent candidates.^[21] On 22 May, Flego presented the coalition namedFair Play List 9.^[22] Flego was endorsed byAlexander De Croo, thePrime Minister of Belgium from the FlemishOpen Vld.^[23]

The Bridge (Most) presented its joint list withCroatian Sovereignists (HS) and far-rightCroatian Party of Rights (HSP) for the election on 23 April, with Most leaderBožo Petrov as the top candidate. The parties are running on asocial conservative andchristian right platform, putting forward their initiativeVratimo EU kršćanskim korijenima (English: "Let's return the EU to its Christian roots").^[24][25]

The list was originally supposed to be headed byMember of ParliamentMarija Selak Raspudić. On 24 April, Selak Raspudić announced her and her husband's, MPNino Raspudić's departure from Most. The two MPs andintellectuals, 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 tocentrist positions^[28] and was formallyindependent, cites a clash with the party Vice president Marin Miletić onabortion issue as one of the reason for the couple's decision. Miletić, anultraconservative, publicly distanced from his colleague Selak Raspudić after in anN1 debate, ahead ofthe 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]

TheWe Can! (Možemo!) is running with party spokesperson andhuman rights activistGordan Bosanac as their slate leader.^[31] The list emphasizes their fight to continue with thegreen transition and defence ofanti-fascist Europe in the event of continued surge offar-right parties in the EU. On 29 May, thespitzenkandidat ofEuropean Greens,Bas Eickhout was present on a press conference in Zagreb to support the party.^[32][33]

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Incumbent MEPLadislav Ilčić became a Member of the European Parliament forCroatian Sovereignists (HS) on 1 July 2021, replacingRuža Tomašić, who had resigned. Ilčić submitted his list running as anindependent candidate.^[34] He previously voiced his opposition to HS running in the2024 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 "TheGen Z List". Apolitologist andjournalist by profession, working for theEuropean Commission inBrussels, she has over 200 thousand followers onTikTok. The list, that consists of candidates which are all not older than 30 years old, highlights the lack of representation foryoung people in politics. Skočak often covers political topics with her social media content, such assustainable fashion andwomen's rights.^[38][39][40]

European Green Deal is one of the main issues in the campaign, together with the initiative's impact and European policies onagriculture.WWF Adria, environmental organization BIOM andNova 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 "harmfulgreen policies that brought farmers to the brink of bankruptcy or bankruptcy, and increased food prices".^[43]

On 23 May, Možemo! asked the government torecognise Palestine as an independent state, call forceasefire and stop with the "inhuman passivity" when it comes to theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict. The party announced a motion in Parliament that will also include sendinghumanitarian help to Palestinians.^[44] Governments ofNorway,Spain andIreland 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 onUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/23.

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 million euros.^[60]

Turnout	Time
	11:30			16:30			19:00
	2019	2024	±	2019	2024	±	2019	2024	±
Total	9.93%	7.69%	2.24pp	21.31%	15.05%	6.26pp	29.85%	21.35%	8.50pp
Sources:State Electoral Commission

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Croatian Democratic Union	264,415	35.13	6	+2
	Rivers of Justice	192,859	25.62	4	0
	Homeland Movement	66,541	8.84	1	New
	We can!	44,670	5.93	1	+1
	Fair Play List 9	41,710	5.54	0	-1
	Independent list of Nina Skočak	30,369	4.03	0	New
	The Bridge–HS–HSP	30,155	4.01	0	-1
	Law and Justice	22,425	2.98	0	-2
	Determination and Justice [hr]	10,328	1.37	0	New
	Independent list of Ladislav Ilčić	9,156	1.22	0	New
	Ričard Independent	8,757	1.16	0	New
	Croatian Party of Pensioners	5,235	0.70	0	New
	Workers' Front	4,729	0.63	0	0
	Pensioners Together	4,298	0.57	0	New
	Movement for Animals	3,060	0.41	0	New
	Agrarian Party	2,840	0.38	0	New
	Party of Ivan Pernar	2,280	0.30	0	New
	Green Alternative – ORaH	1,636	0.22	0	0
	Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights	1,402	0.19	0	0
	Republic	1,099	0.15	0	New
	Movement for a Modern Croatia	1,005	0.13	0	0
	Croatian Civil Resistance Party	986	0.13	0	New
	Dalmatian Action	973	0.13	0	New
	Righteous Croatia	963	0.13	0	New
	Public Good	770	0.10	0	New
Total		752,661	100.00	12	0
Valid votes		752,661	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		11,428	1.50
Total votes		764,089	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,731,860	20.47
Source:Results

Candidate		Party		Group		Preference votes	Share of preference votes on candidate's list	Previous term	Note
	Andrej Plenković		HDZ		EPP	101,820	39.72%	1 July 2013 – 12 October 2016	Refused to take the seat, replaced bySunčana Glavak
	Biljana Borzan		SDP		S&D	83,656	43.49%	1 July 2013 –
	Stephen Nikola Bartulica		DP		ECR	35,303	53.99%	None
	Tonino Picula		SDP		S&D	30,099	15.65%	1 July 2013 –
	Davor Ivo Stier		HDZ		EPP	25,424	9.91%	19 October 2016 – 19 June 2017
	Predrag Matić		SDP		S&D	17,239	8.96%	2 July 2019 –	Died on 23 August 2024
	Ivana Kekin		M!		Greens/EFA	11,307	25.76%	None	Refused to take the seat, replaced byGordan Bosanac
	Dubravka Šuica		HDZ		EPP	8,864	3.45%	1 July 2013 – 30 November 2019	Refused to take the seat, replaced byTomislav Sokol
	Nikolina Brnjac		HDZ		EPP	7,734	3.01%	None
	Željana Zovko		HDZ/HDZ BiH		EPP	6,707	2.61%	21 November 2016 –
	Karlo Ressler		HDZ		EPP	6,273	2.44%	2 July 2019 –
	Romana Jerković		SDP		S&D	1,005	0.52%	1 February 2020 –

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