Regular elections in Croatia are mandated by the Constitution and legislation enacted by Parliament. The presidency,Parliament,county prefects and assemblies,city and town mayors,and city and municipal councils are all elective offices. Since 1990,seven presidential elections have been held. During the same period,ten parliamentary elections were also held. In addition,there were nine nationwide local elections. Croatia has also held three elections to elect members of the European Parliament following its accession to the EU on 1 July 2013.
The Serbs of Vukovar are one of traditional communities living in the multicultural,multi-ethnic and multi-confessional eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on the border with Serbia. The Serb community constitutes slightly over one third of the entire population of Vukovar according to 2011 Census. Other significant communities include the Croat majority,as well as Hungarians,Slovaks,Rusyns,Ukrainians and historically Yugoslavs,Germans,Jews,Vlachs and Turks.
The Bridge,previously known as Bridge of Independent Lists until November 2020,is a political party in Croatia founded in 2012. The party is led by Božo Petrov,its founder and the former mayor of Metković,deputy prime minister and speaker of the Croatian Parliament. Although the party leaders initially avoided ideological topics,The Bridge underwent a rebranding prior to the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election,establishing itself on time as a social conservative and soft Eurosceptic party.
Božo Petrov is a Croatian politician and psychiatrist who served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2016 to 2017. He has been the president of The Bridge party since 2012.
Krešo Beljak;born 22 August 1971) is a Croatian politician who served as mayor of Samobor from 2009 to 2021,and a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2016. He is also President of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) since 2016.
Peđa Grbin is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022,when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović,the leader of the Social Democrats. He has represented the VIII electoral district in the Croatian Parliament since 2011.
Centre is a liberal political party in Croatia. The party was formed under the name Pametno in Split in 2015 out of the citizens' initiative Za pametne ljude i pametan grad. The fundamental values endorsed by the party are the promotion of democracy,accountable and transparent management of public resources,civil proactive protection of fundamental human rights,economic development and environmental protection.
The Independents for Croatia is an inactive conservative and right-wing populist political party in Croatia. The Party was founded on 1 June 2017,and officially registered with the Ministry of Public Administration on 2 June 2017.
The Democratic Alliance of Serbs is a social democratic political party of Serbs in Croatia.
Dalija Orešković is a Croatian lawyer and politician. She served as the president of the Conflict of Interest Commission from 2013 to 2018. She was the leader of the centre-left START,founded in 2019. She stepped down from the position of party leader in 2020,when the party changed its name to Party with a First and Last Name (IP). In 2020 parliamentary elections she was elected for member of Croatian Parliament. In November 2020,the party merged with the Pametno to form the Centre.
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 17 April 2024 to elect the members of the 11th Sabor. Prior to the elections,the government consisted of a coalition of the Croatian Democratic Union and Independent Democratic Serb Party,with parliamentary support of five national minority MPs,two MPs from the Croatian Social Liberal Party and Croatian Demochristian Party,and one independent MP,Silvano Hrelja.
The Green–Left Coalition is a left-wing electoral alliance in Croatia represented by six MPs. It is presently composed of the We Can! –Political Platform and New Left,as well some localist political parties and platforms,such as Zagreb is OURS! and For the City movements from City of Zagreb and Srđis the City! from Dubrovnik. It promotes democratic socialism,green politics,and progressivism on social issues.
We Can! –Political Platform is a left-wing,green political party in Croatia formed by local green and leftist movements and initiatives in order to act on the national level for European Parliament and parliament elections.
Tomislav Tomašević,is a Croatian politician,activist,environmentalist and political scientist who is serving as mayor of Zagreb since 2021. He is one of the leaders of the local Zagreb is OURS! political party and the national We Can! political party. Since the 2017 Zagreb local elections,he has been a delegate in the Zagreb Assembly. He was also elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2020 election. He serves as the de facto leader of the Green–Left Coalition.
Elections were held in Zagreb on 16 May 2021 for the 53rd mayor of Zagreb,the two deputy mayors,the 47 members of the Zagreb Assembly,the councils of districts and the local committees,as part of the 2021 Croatian local elections. The runoff for the mayor took place on 30 May 2021.
Focus is a liberal political party in Croatia. It was founded by independent politicians and entrepreneurs from the Zagreb County area.
The Green List s a green political party in Croatia. It was founded in 2017 prior to 2017 local elections in which they run in coalition with BandićMilan 365 –Labour and Solidarity Party. In addition to their green politics,the party is Christian Democratic compared to other green parties in the world.
Zagreb protest was a political protest organized in Zagreb,Croatia,on 17 February 2024 by a coalition of 11 left-wing,liberal opposition parties against the government of Andrej Plenkovićand the Croatian Democratic Union. The protest was held under the name "Enough! Let's go to the elections!".
Sandra Benčić is a Croatian politician and civil rights and gender equality activist who is serving as a Member of Parliament since 2020. She is a member of the green-left political platform We Can! since its foundation and has been serving as one of its two coordinators since 2023,together with Tomislav Tomašević.
Ivan Anušić is a Croatian politician,from the HDZ party. He has served as the Defence Minister of Croatia since 2023,in the second government of Andrej Plenković. Before serving as Minister of Defence,he served as Mayor of the Osijek-Baranja County,between 2017 and 2023.
