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| Turnout | 20.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| HDZ—>80% HDZ—70–80% HDZ—60–70% HDZ—50–60% HDZ—40–50% HDZ—<40% | SDP—>80% SDP—70–80% SDP—60–70% SDP—50–60% SDP—40–50% SDP—<40% | NL Jakovčić—60–70% NL Jakovčić—50–60% NL Jakovčić—40–50% NL Jakovčić—<40% HDSSB—40–50% HDSSB—<40% HSS-HSLS—50–60% HSS-HSLS—40–50% HSS-HSLS—<40% Labour—<40% NS-NSS—60–70% |
European Parliament elections were held inCroatia for the first time on 14 April 2013 to elect twelveMembers of the European Parliament.[1] The members served the remainder of the Parliament's 2009–2014 term after Croatia entered theEuropean Union on 1 July 2013. The country formeda single constituency, with members elected byproportional representation usingopen lists.[2][3]
Despite opinion polling predicting a decisive victory of the governing centre leftSDP-led coalition, the centre rightHDZ-led coalition won a razor-thinplurality of the vote.[4] The turnout of just 20.8% was the lowest turnout in a national election in modern Croatian history.[5]
TheHDZ has won every EU election since, As of 2024.
| Date | Polling Organisation/Client | Sample size | SDP · HNS-LD · HSU | HDZ · HSP-AS · BUZ | Labour | Other/Undecided |
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| 8 April | Promocija Plus for HRT | 1,300 | 29.5% (6 seats) | 22.2% (5 seats) | 7.5% (1 seat) | 40.8% |
| 31 March (High turnout) | Ipsos Puls for Nova TV | 802 | 26.3% (6 seats) | 18.4% (4 seats) | 10.0% (2 seats) | 45.3% |
| 31 March (Low turnout) | Ipsos Puls for Nova TV | 802 | 32.7% (7 seats) | 19.9% (4 seats) | 7.5% (1 seat) | 39.9% |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDZ–HSP AS–BUZ[a] | 243,654 | 32.86 | 6 | |
| SDP–HNS–HSU[b] | 237,778 | 32.07 | 5 | |
| Croatian Labourists – Labour Party | 42,750 | 5.77 | 1 | |
| HSS–HSLS | 28,646 | 3.86 | 0 | |
| Voters' group – Ivan Jakovčić | 28,445 | 3.84 | 0 | |
| HDSSB–HDSSD–ZH | 22,328 | 3.01 | 0 | |
| Croatian Growth–Movement for a Successful Croatia | 18,893 | 2.55 | 0 | |
| Youth Action | 11,068 | 1.49 | 0 | |
| Pensioners' Party | 10,947 | 1.48 | 0 | |
| Croatian Party of Rights | 10,317 | 1.39 | 0 | |
| Greens Together | 8,599 | 1.16 | 0 | |
| Pirate Party | 8,345 | 1.13 | 0 | |
| Authentic Croatian Peasant Party | 6,785 | 0.92 | 0 | |
| ASH–DSŽ–SP–SUH | 6,391 | 0.86 | 0 | |
| Democratic Centre | 5,413 | 0.73 | 0 | |
| Croatian Pure Party of Rights | 5,238 | 0.71 | 0 | |
| Voice of Reason–Međimurje Party | 4,939 | 0.67 | 0 | |
| Alphabet of Democracy | 4,878 | 0.66 | 0 | |
| ABH–JH | 4,531 | 0.61 | 0 | |
| Family Party | 4,391 | 0.59 | 0 | |
| Croatian Workers Party | 3,946 | 0.53 | 0 | |
| Our Party–New Serbian Party | 3,933 | 0.53 | 0 | |
| Movement for a Modern Croatia | 3,885 | 0.52 | 0 | |
| Democratic Youth Agenda | 3,667 | 0.49 | 0 | |
| Independent Farmers of Croatia | 3,646 | 0.49 | 0 | |
| Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | 3,538 | 0.48 | 0 | |
| Authentic Croatian Party of Rights | 2,350 | 0.32 | 0 | |
| Zagreb Independent List | 2,107 | 0.28 | 0 | |
| Total | 741,408 | 100.00 | 12 | |
| Valid votes | 741,408 | 94.93 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 39,572 | 5.07 | ||
| Total votes | 780,980 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,748,815 | 20.83 | ||
| Source:State Electoral Commission | ||||
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| 12: HDZ – HSP AS – BUZ[7][9] | 17: HL[6][7] | 24: SDP – HNS – HSU[7][8] |
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| 1.Dubravka Šuica 2.Andrej Plenković 3.Davor Ivo Stier 4.Ivana Maletić 5.Zdravka Bušić 6.Ruža Tomašić (HSP AS) | 1.Nikola Vuljanić | 1.Tonino Picula 2.Biljana Borzan 3.Marino Baldini 4.Oleg Valjalo 5.Sandra Petrović Jakovina |