Elections for council members and national minorities representatives
Council members and national minorities representatives are elected directly for a term of four years by secret ballot.
The Government of the Republic of Croatia call for an election. of national minority council members and an election of national minority representatives.
The elections are held on the first Sunday in May every four years. Next elections will be on 2th May 2027.
Voters
Croatian citizens who are eighteen years of age or older, registered in the electoral register as members of a national minority with the right to a council or a representative in the unit, and who are registered as residents of the unit where the elections are being held have the right to elect council members or national minorities representatives.
Candidature
Any Croatian citizen who is eighteen years of age or older at the day of the submission of the proposed list of candidates or nomination to the competent electoral commission, and registered in the electoral register as a member of a national minority with the right to a council or a representative in the unit, and who is registered as a resident of the unit where the elections are being held, have the right to be elected as a council member or national minority representative.
National minority organisation (organisations established for the purpose of protecting national minorities and organisations focused on a national minority whose members shall elect national minority council members or representatives, which are registered in the Associations Register of the Republic of Croatia on the day of entry into force of the decision on calling for an election-single national minority organisation or jointly by two or more national minority organisation) and members of national minorities-voters are authorised proposers of the list of candidates.
Voters shall propose list of candidates on the basis of validly collected signatures.
The proposed list of candidates shall be submitted to the competent electoral commission within 12 days from the day of entry into force of the decision on calling for the elections.
Electoral bodies
Bodies for conducting the elections are the State Electoral Commission, county electoral commissions, the Electoral Commission of the City of Zagreb, municipal and city electoral commissions and the electoral committees.
Election campaign
The election campaign begins on the first day following the day of publication of the consolidated lists.
Voting and results for elections of national minority council members
National minority council members shall be elected through a majority electoral system where the entire area of the unit shall constitute a single electoral constituency.
Pursuant to the constitutional law governing national minority rights, the national minority councils of municipalities shall elect 10 members, the national minority councils of cities shall elect 15 members, and the national minority councils of counties and the City of Zagreb shall each elect 25 members of a national minority.
The candidates for national minority council members shall be elected in the order of largest number of votes cast by voters they received
If due to an equal number of votes cast for candidates the number of prescribed elected candidates cannot be determined, the number of elected candidates shall be less than the prescribed number of national minority council members. The number of elected candidates cannot be less than 6 members in a national minority council for a municipality, 8 members in a national minority council for a city, or 13 members in a national minority council for a county or the City of Zagreb. If due to an equal number of votes cast for each candidate the number of council members should be less than the prescribed number, the second ballot shall take place on the fourteenth day after the first ballot.
Voting and results for elections of national minority representatives
National minority representatives shall be elected through a majority electoral system where the entire area of the unit shall constitute a single electoral constituency.
The candidate who received the largest number of votes cast by voters shall be elected as the national minority representative.
If two or more candidates should receive an equal number of votes, the second ballot shall take place on the fourteenth day after the first ballot.
The Government of the Republic of Croatia call for an election. of national minority council members and an election of national minority representatives.
The elections are held on the first Sunday in May every four years. Next elections will be on 2th May 2027.
Voters
Croatian citizens who are eighteen years of age or older, registered in the electoral register as members of a national minority with the right to a council or a representative in the unit, and who are registered as residents of the unit where the elections are being held have the right to elect council members or national minorities representatives.
Candidature
Any Croatian citizen who is eighteen years of age or older at the day of the submission of the proposed list of candidates or nomination to the competent electoral commission, and registered in the electoral register as a member of a national minority with the right to a council or a representative in the unit, and who is registered as a resident of the unit where the elections are being held, have the right to be elected as a council member or national minority representative.
National minority organisation (organisations established for the purpose of protecting national minorities and organisations focused on a national minority whose members shall elect national minority council members or representatives, which are registered in the Associations Register of the Republic of Croatia on the day of entry into force of the decision on calling for an election-single national minority organisation or jointly by two or more national minority organisation) and members of national minorities-voters are authorised proposers of the list of candidates.
Voters shall propose list of candidates on the basis of validly collected signatures.
The proposed list of candidates shall be submitted to the competent electoral commission within 12 days from the day of entry into force of the decision on calling for the elections.
Electoral bodies
Bodies for conducting the elections are the State Electoral Commission, county electoral commissions, the Electoral Commission of the City of Zagreb, municipal and city electoral commissions and the electoral committees.
Election campaign
The election campaign begins on the first day following the day of publication of the consolidated lists.
Voting and results for elections of national minority council members
National minority council members shall be elected through a majority electoral system where the entire area of the unit shall constitute a single electoral constituency.
Pursuant to the constitutional law governing national minority rights, the national minority councils of municipalities shall elect 10 members, the national minority councils of cities shall elect 15 members, and the national minority councils of counties and the City of Zagreb shall each elect 25 members of a national minority.
The candidates for national minority council members shall be elected in the order of largest number of votes cast by voters they received
If due to an equal number of votes cast for candidates the number of prescribed elected candidates cannot be determined, the number of elected candidates shall be less than the prescribed number of national minority council members. The number of elected candidates cannot be less than 6 members in a national minority council for a municipality, 8 members in a national minority council for a city, or 13 members in a national minority council for a county or the City of Zagreb. If due to an equal number of votes cast for each candidate the number of council members should be less than the prescribed number, the second ballot shall take place on the fourteenth day after the first ballot.
Voting and results for elections of national minority representatives
National minority representatives shall be elected through a majority electoral system where the entire area of the unit shall constitute a single electoral constituency.
The candidate who received the largest number of votes cast by voters shall be elected as the national minority representative.
If two or more candidates should receive an equal number of votes, the second ballot shall take place on the fourteenth day after the first ballot.