2013 European Parliament election in Croatia

2013 European Parliament election in Croatia

14 April 2013 2014 →

12 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout20.83%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dubravka Šuica Tonino Picula Nikola Vuljanić
Party HDZHSP AS–BUZ SDPHNSHSU Labour
Alliance EPP S&D GUE/NGL
Leader since 15 March 2010
Seats won
6 / 12
5 / 12
1 / 12
Popular vote 243,654 237,778 42,750
Percentage 32.86% 32.07% 5.77%
Results of the election based on the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia
  HDZ coalition
  SDP coalition
  Voters' group – Ivan Jakovčić
  HDSSB
  HSS-HSLS
  Labour
  NS-NSS
Results by municipality, shaded according to winning party's percentage of the vote.

European Parliament elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 14 April 2013 to elect twelve Members of the European Parliament.[1] The members served the remainder of the Parliament's 2009–2014 term after Croatia entered the European Union on 1 July 2013. The country formed a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.[2][3]

Despite opinion polling predicting a decisive victory of the governing centre left SDP-led coalition, the centre right HDZ-led coalition won a razor-thin plurality of the vote.[4] The turnout of just 20.8% was the lowest turnout in a national election in modern Croatian history.[5]

  1. ^ Ništa od uštede! Izbori za Europski parlament 14. travnja
  2. ^ "Zakon o izborima zastupnika Republike Hrvatske u Europski parlament". Croatian Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  3. ^ Uskoro idemo na izbore za Europski parlament, evo kako će to izgledati
  4. ^ "PRIVREMENI NESLUŽBENI REZULTATI". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Odaziv hrvatskih birača na euroizborima vrlo nizak, ali ipak bolji od slovačkog". Novi list (in Croatian). HINA. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.