HOW TO VOTE in Croatia

The European elections take part in Croatia on 26 May 2019. Anyone aged 18 or over can cast a vote. It’s also possible to vote abroad if certain conditions are met.

The European elections take part in Croatia on 26 May 2019.

Voters in Croatia have to vote in a specific polling station based on their home address.

To find out your nearest polling booth, check out this website https://biraci.gov.hr/RegistarBiraca/ after the elections will have been officially announced.

Voters with a registered address in Croatia vote at polling stations based on where they live.

However, if a voter is away on election day, it is possible to vote at another polling station in Croatia or abroad provided an application for this was filed with the state administration office at least 10 days before election day (source: Q&A on the webpages of National Elections Commission).

In Croatia you have to be at least 18 to vote in the European elections.

You don’t need to register in advance, as this is done automatically by the authorities. However, if you have changed your home address recently, we advise you to check with the national election authority ( https://biraci.gov.hr/RegistarBiraca/ ) whether your registration on the voting lists is correct.

To find out where to register, check out this website https://biraci.gov.hr/RegistarBiraca/

You have to have your ID or your passport.

No, it’s not possible to vote by mail in Croatia.

No, in Croatia it is not possible to vote online.

This is not possible in Croatia.

Yes, you can, but you have to register to vote by 26 April 2019 at the very latest.

Voters in Croatia will elect 12 MEPs in 2019, one more than in the 2014 elections. Of the 12 elected, 11 will take their seats after the election, and the remaining one following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU.

In Croatia there is just one national constituency, which means people across the country choose between the same lists of candidates.

Political parties have to clear at least 5% of the votes in order to be elected to the Parliament. In practice, as there will be 12 Members of the European Parliament from Croatia, each political party will need to get at least 8.33% of the votes to secure one seat in Parliament.

Under EU law, all countries must use voting systems that ensure proportional representation, which means that the number of elected members from each party depends on the share of electoral votes obtained by the party.

Croatia uses preferential voting, which gives the voters the option to indicate their preferences within the party list they choose. Candidates who receive the most preferences are more likely to be elected.

Candidate lists are submitted by political parties who have to be registered as such on a day when the official decision about the election date was announced. Groups of voters can also submit their lists, provided that they have gathered at least 5,000 signatures for a list. Candidate lists are submitted to the State Electoral Commission, at latest 14 days following the official announcement of the election date (https://www.izbori.hr/site/).

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