The Croatian Parliament electoral districts () are the special territorial subdivision of Croatia used for the country's parliamentary elections.
Croatia has twelve electoral districts. Ten of these are geographical districts within Croatia, each providing fourteen members of Croatian Parliament. District XI is for Croatian citizens living abroad, with three members of parliament (until 2011, it elected a maximum twelve members of parliament, depending on turnout). District XII is for national minorities, providing eight members of parliament.
The first ten districts are roughly based on geography, but shaped according to the number of voters so that each district holds roughly the same number of registered voters, around 400,000. These districts therefore do not correspond to the borders of top administrative divisions within Croatia and each district contains one or more or parts of several Croatian counties.
History
These districts have been in place since the Law on Electoral Districts of 1999.
They have been used in the following elections : 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020.
In December 2010, the Constitutional Court of Croatia ruled that an update to the layout of electoral districts was necessary, as the differences in the number of voters among the districts, limited by law to 5%, had grown to 25%.Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Notification No. U-X-6472/2010 of 8 december 2010 on the unequal weight of votes in the constituencies defined by articles 2 to 11 of the Act on Constituencies for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives of the Croatian National Parliament
The first proposal to amend the election law was proposed by Dragutin Lesar, from the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party, in 2011. The new law proposed a division into six geographical constituencies with fixed borders based on county borders, and the number of seats would depend on the number of voters in each. In the first elections, the units would have between 20 and 25 seats. The law also proposed retaining units for the diaspora and national minorities. The proposal was eventually withdrawn due to lack of support.
The second proposal followed in 2014, when the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party proposed constructively the same law with updated mandate numbers, according to which the units had between 20 and 26 mandates. The proposal passed the first vote but fell in the form of a final bill.
The third proposal was discussed at the same time as the second, and was proposed by the Istrian Democratic Assembly. These changes were accompanied by previous laws according to which the boundaries of constituencies should be adjusted to the number of voters, which would reduce the difference in number of voters below 2%. The proposal passed the first vote, but no final debate was held so it was not adopted.
The fourth proposal for changes to the law came from the referendum initiative "People Decide" ("Narod odlučuje"), which in 2018 collected signatures for calling a referendum. The initiative advocated reducing the number of deputies to 100 to 120, with each constituency electing at least 15 deputies, and reducing the number of constituencies whose borders would coincide with those of counties in the future. The Ministry of Administration found that the initiative did not collect enough signatures, which is why a referendum did not follow.
The fifth proposal came from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, which, along with the amendment of the Law on Electoral Units, also proposes the amendment of the Law on the Election of Members of the Croatian Parliament. The changes envisage six constituencies with the number of mandates depending on the population in each of them, and the current change would be from 18 to 29 representatives.
On February 7, 2023, the Constitutional Court issued a decision repealing the Law on Electoral Units, which expires on October 1, 2023. This required Parliament to pass a new law that would meet legal standards.
On May 25, the government proposed a new law on constituencies, changing only the boundaries of the existing ones to achieve a deviation of less than 5%.
On September 28, 2023, the Croatian Parliament passed the law, but due to it not being signed by the President before October 1, 2023, the law had to be passed a second time on October 20, 2023, and came into effect on November 3, 2023.
Difference between districts ElectionI IIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXDifference2000363,434 385,179 290,648 333,735 381,150 345,904 372,446 375,114 372,363 391,959 34.85%2003 358,461 388,713 365,042 328,076 360,242 343,857 382,084 374,678 388,450 401,333 22.33%2007 361,236 399,648 366,005 335,091 372,163 356,575 403,812 385,594 428,590 416,017 27.90%2011 358,750 403,716 364,332 333,927 367,654 352,471 413,148 385,376 440,597 422,392 31.94%2015 336,961 380,485 348,082 303,173 329,855 321,179 392,016 357,567 397,793 396,286 31.21%2016 334,179 378,186 348,381 299,067 324,523 317,238 389,534 352,754 393,452 393,965 31.73%2020 341,787 387,890 347,415 312,592 337,321 328,499 408,297 372,573 409,883 397,508 31.12%proposal356,866360,312360,861370,565357,801365,225367,100365,860369,334372,7124.44%2024341,023345,398349,058351,860336,292352,234340,923355,951350,941358,1106.49% The difference represents the total difference between the largest and smallest district during each election. The legal difference is not above 5%.
Electoral districts I–X since 2023 Electoral district I Central part of City of Zagreb: city districts: Črnomerec, Donji grad, Gornji grad – Medveščak, Maksimir, Novi Zagreb – east, Peščenica – Žitnjak, Podsljeme and Trnje Southern part of Zagreb county: cities and municipalities Velika Gorica, Kravarsko, Orle, Pisarovina, Pokupsko and Rugvica + District I results Election Representatives 2024Andrej Plenković(HDZ)Krešimir Ačkar(HDZ)Željko Reiner(HDZ)Nina Obuljen Koržinek(HDZ)Darko Klasić(HSLS)Mislav Kolakušić(PiP)Marija Selak Raspudić(Most)Dalija Orešković(DO i SIP)Marijana Puljak(Centar)Arsen Bauk(SDP)Branko Kolarić(SDP)Sandra Benčić(Možemo)Ivana Kekin(Možemo)Damir Bakić(Možemo)
Electoral district II Whole Bjelovar-Bilogora county Eastern part of City of Zagreb: city districts: Donja Dubrava, Gornja Dubrava and Sesvete Eastern and South-eastern part of Zagreb county: cities and municipalities Dugo Selo, Ivanić-Grad, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Vrbovec, Bedenica, Brckovljani, Dubrava, Farkaševac, Gradec, Kloštar Ivanić, Križ, Preseka and Rakovec Western and Southern part of Koprivnica-Križevci county: cities and municipalities Križevci, Gornja Rijeka, Kalnik, Rasinja, Sokolovac, Sveti Ivan Žabno and Sveti Petar Orehovec + District II results Election Representatives 2024Gordan Jandroković(HDZ)Krunoslav Katičić(HDZ)Ante Deur(HDZ)Nina Obuljen Koržinek(HDZ)Gordan Grlić-Radman(HDZ)Dario Hrebak(HSLS)Tomislav Josić(DP)Stephen Nikola Bartulica(DP)Nino Raspudić(Most)Anka Mrak-Taritaš(GLAS)Tanja Sokolić(SDP)Boris Lalovac(SDP)Tomislav Golubić(SDP)Danijela Dolenec(Možemo)
Electoral district III Whole Međimurje county Whole Krapina-Zagorje county Whole Varaždin county North-western part of Zagreb county: municipalities Bistra, Dubravica, Jakovlje, Luka, Marija Gorica and Pušća + District III results Election Representatives 2024Anđelko Stričak(HDZ)Zoran Gregurović(HDZ)Ljubomir Kolarek(HDZ)Damir Habijan(HDZ)Predrag Štromar(HNS)Matija Posavec(NPS)Dubravko Bilić(NPS)Miroslav Marković(SDP)Jasenka Auguštan-Pentek(SDP)Siniša Hajdaš Dončić(SDP)Barbara Antolić Vupora(SDP)Željko Kolar(SDP)Boška Ban Vlahek(SDP)Luka Korlaet(Možemo)
Electoral district IV Whole Osijek-Baranja county Whole Virovitica-Podravina county Northern and Eastern part of Koprivničko-Križevci county: cities and municipalities Đurđevac, Koprivnica, Drnje, Đelekovec, Ferdinandovac, Gola, Hlebine, Kalinovac, Kloštar Podravski, Koprivnički Bregi, Koprivnički Ivanec, Legrad, Molve, Novigrad Podravski, Novo Virje, Peteranec, Podravske Sesvete and Virje + District IV results Election Representatives 2024Ivan Anušić(HDZ)Igor Andrović(HDZ)Darko Sobota(HDZ)Nataša Tramišak(HDZ)Ivan Radić(HDZ)Goran Ivanović(HDZ)Josip Đakić(HDZ)Mario Radić(DP)Željko Lacković(Ind.)Vesna Vučemilović(HS)Boris Piližota(SDP)Sanja Bježančević(SDP)Sabina Glasovac(SDP)Mišel Jakšić(SDP)
Electoral district V Whole Vukovar-Syrmia county Whole Brod-Posavina county Whole Požega-Slavonia county Eastern part of Sisak-Moslavina county: cities and municipalities Hrvatska Kostajnica, Novska, Donji Kukuruzari, Hrvatska Dubica, Jasenovac, Lipovljani and Majur + District V results Election Representatives 2024Marin Piletić(HDZ)Ivan Bosančić(HDZ)Pero Ćosić(HDZ)Antonija Jozić(HDZ)Danijel Marušić(HDZ)Nikola Mažar(HDZ)Željko Glavić(HDZ)Ivan Penava(DP)Josip Dabro(DP)Dubravka Lipovac Pehar(DP)Marijan Pavliček(HS)Predrag Fred Matić(SDP)Martina Vlašić Iljkić(SDP)Mario Milinković(SDP)
Electoral district VI Western part of City of Zagreb: city districts: Brezovica, Novi Zagreb – west, Podsused – Vrapče, Stenjevec, Trešnjevka – south and Trešnjevka – north Western and South-western part of Zagreb county: cities and municipalities Jastrebarsko, Samobor, Sveta Nedelja, Zaprešić, Brdovec, Klinča Sela, Krašić, Stupnik and Žumberak + District VI results Election Representatives 2024Davor Božinović(HDZ)Vili Beroš(HDZ)Mislav Herman(HDZ)Davor Ivo Stier(HDZ)Mihael Zmajlović(SDP)Marija Lugarić(SDP)Ivan Račan(SDP)Tomislav Tomašević(Možemo!)Urša Raukar-Gamulin(Možemo!)Gordan Bosanac(Možemo!)Nikola Grmoja(Most)Igor Peternel(DP)Krešo Beljak(HSS)Dario Zurovec(Ind.)
Electoral district VII Whole Lika-Senj county Whole Karlovac county Central, Southern and Western part of Sisak-Moslavina county: cities and municipalities Glina, Kutina, Petrinja, Popovača, Sisak, Dvor, Gvozd, Lekenik, Martinska Ves, Sunja, Topusko and Velika Ludina Northern part of Zadar county: cities and municipalities Obrovac, Pag, Gračac, Jasenice, Kolan, Novigrad, Posedarje, Povljana, Ražanac, Starigrad and Vir Northern and Eastern part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county: cities and municipalities Čabar, Delnice, Kastav, Vrbovsko, Brod Moravice, Čavle, Fužine, Jelenje, Klana, Lokve, Matulji, Mrkopalj, Ravna Gora, Skrad, Vinodolska općina and Viškovo + District VII results Election Representatives 2024Majda Burić(HDZ)Ivan Dabo(HDZ)Magdalena Komes(HDZ)Damir Mandić(HDZ)Anđelka Salopek(HDZ)Veselko Gabričević(HSU)Marijana Petir(Ind.)Dalibor Domitrović(SDP)Kristina Ikić Baniček(SDP)Sandra Krpan(SDP)Matej Mostarac(SDP)Draženka Polović(Možemo!)Zvonimir Troskot(Most)Josip Jurčević(Ind.)
Electoral district VIII Whole Istria county. Western part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county: cities and municipalities Bakar, Cres, Crikvenica, Kraljevica, Krk, Mali Lošinj, Novi Vinodolski, Opatija, Rab, Rijeka, Baška, Dobrinj, Kostrena, Lopar, Lovran, Malinska-Dubašnica, Mošćenička Draga, Omišalj, Punat and Vrbnik + District VIII results Election Representatives 2024Peđa Grbin(SDP)Mirela Ahmetović(SDP)Zlatko Komadina(SDP)Sanja Radolović(SDP)Saša Đujić(SDP)Ana Puž Kukuljan(SDP)Oleg Butković(HDZ)Anton Kliman(HDZ)Tomislav Klarić(HDZ)Josip Ostrogović(HDZ)Dalibor Paus(IDS)Loris Peršurić(IDS)Dušica Radojčić(Možemo!)Marin Miletić(Most)
Electoral district IX Whole Šibenik-Knin county Northern part of Zadar county: cities and municipalities: Benkovac, Biograd na Moru, Nin and Zadar, Bibinje, Galovac, Kali, Kukljica, Lišane Ostrovičke, Pakoštane, Pašman, Polača, Poličnik, Preko, Privlaka, Sali, Stankovci, Sukošan, Sveti Filip i Jakov, Škabrnja, Tkon, Vrsi and Zemunik Donji North-western part of Split-Dalmatia county: cities and municipalities Kaštela, Sinj, Solin, Trilj, Trogir, Vrlika, Dicmo, Dugopolje, Hrvace, Klis, Lećevica, Marina, Muć, Okrug, Otok, Prgomet, Primorski Dolac, Seget and Šolta