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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Croatia by 2028.
The 151 members of the Croatian Parliament are elected from ten geographical and two special constituencies. [1] 140 seats are elected from ten 14-seat constituencies (1st–10th constituencies) by open list proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. Voters can give their "preference vote" to a single candidate on the list, but only candidates who have received at least 10% of the party's votes take precedence over the other candidates on the list. [2] A further three seats are elected in a special electoral district (11th constituency) for Croatian citizens living abroad
Eight seats are elected from a constituency for national minorities (12th constituency), with three seats for Serbs and one each for Italians, Hungarian, Czechs and Slovaks, Albanians/Bosniaks/Macedonians/Montenegrins/Slovenes and Austrians/Bulgarians/Germans/Jews/Poles/Roma/Romanians/Rusyns/Russians/Turks/Ukrainians/Vlachs. Voters with the right to vote in the 12th constituency can choose to either vote for a candidate list on the ballot in the district they belong to according to their place of residence (one of the ten geographical districts) or for a candidate of their minority in the 12th constituency. [3]
Candidate lists may be proposed independently by one political party or by two or more political parties (coalition list) which are registered in Croatia on the day the decision to call the elections is announced, or by voters. Voters can propose independent candidate lists by collecting 500 signatures of residents of the constituency the list is running in. [4]
Surveys in Croatia are conducted by specialized companies in the field of public opinion polls, and their results are published in cooperation with national television or newspapers. The media that publish the results are listed in the table below according to which TV show they publish the results, with which poll company they cooperate, the size of the poll, the number of polls conducted so far and the time of publication of the results.
| Media | Presentation of the results | Polling firm | Poll size | Conducted polls | Time of publication of polls |
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| HRT | Dnevnik 2 at 19:00 (CET) | Promocija plus | 1,100-1,400 | 14 | 20th of the month (except in April 2022) |
| RTL | RTL Danas at 18:30 (CET) | 1,300 | 37 | Between 4th and 10th of the month, usually on Sunday | |
| Nova TV | Dnevnik Nove TV at 19:15 (CET) | Ipsos | 976–996 | 39 | Between 23rd and 26th of the month [lower-alpha 4] |
| N1 | N1 Newsroom at 16:00 (CET) | Masmi | 1,300 | 1 | One year after last general elections |
| Večernji list | Internet publication | 2x1 komunikacije | 1,041 | 11 | Between 24th and 30th of the month |
Poll results published by major media are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date of publication, name of polling firm with a link to the page of results and poll size. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then all tied parties cells would be shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party or the support percentage is less than 1.0%, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown with a dash. Table also include other elections that are held between two parliamentary elections.
| Publication date | Polling firm | Votes | HDZ | SDP | DP | PiP | Možemo | Most | HS | Fokus | IDS | NPS | RF | Centar | HSS | HSU | HNS | Others | Undecided | Lead |
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| 7 Jun 2024 | Promocija plus | 1,300 | 29.8 | 22.3 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | - | 10.7 | 7.5 |
| 24 May 2024 | Ipsos | 990 | 30.5 | 20.2 | 7.4 | - | 11.1 | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.6 [lower-alpha 5] | 11.6 | 10.3 |
| 12 May 2024 | Promocija plus | 1,000 | 29.5 | 23.2 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | - | 9.5 | 6.3 |
| 25 Apr 2024 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 28.5 | 22.2 | 10.1 | - | 12.3 | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - [lower-alpha 6] | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 17 Apr 2024 | 2024 Election results | N/A | 34.4 | 25.4 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | - [lower-alpha 7] | - [lower-alpha 7] | - [lower-alpha 8] | - [lower-alpha 8] | 6.98 | - | 9.0 | ||
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