At stake in this election:

• 152 seats in the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Stjepan MESIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ivo SANADER
• Assembly: Croatia has a unicameral Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) with 152 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) 152 members are elected by party-list system with proportional distribution of seats to serve 4-year terms.***

*** The Assembly is composed of 100-160 members, with 8 seats reserved for minorities and 5 seats reserved for expatriates. Party lists are closed and parties must meet a 5% threshold to win a seat.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
  • Leader: Ivo SANADER
  • Seats won in this election: 66
  • Seats won in last election: 66
• Party: Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)
  • Leader: Zoran MILANOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 56
  • Seats won in last election: 34
• Party: Croatian People's Party (HNS)
  • Leader: Vesna PUSIC
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: 11
• Coalition: Croatian Social Liberal Party/Croatian Peasant Party (HSLS/HSS)
  • Leader: Djurdja ADLESIC, Josip FRISCIC
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 2
• Coalition: Croatian Pensioner Party/Democratic Party of Pensioners (HSU/DSU)
  • Leader: Vladimir JORDAN, Milivoj TICARIC
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
  • Leader: Anto DJAPIC
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Croatian Democratic Congress of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB)
  • Leader: Branimir GLAVAS
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)
  • Leader: Ivan JAKOVCIC
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Party: Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)
  • Leader: Vojislav STANIMIROVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Other Parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Independent(s): Independents
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 5
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 4,493,312 (July 2007 )
• Registered Voters: 3,824,731 (November 2007 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,298,820 (2005)

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Croatia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (9 September 1992)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 32 (following the 2007 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 47 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Croatia ratified CRPD: Yes (15 August 2007)

·         Population with a disability: 673,996 (est.)