2013 European Parliament election in Croatia

European Parliament elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 14 April 2013 to elect twelve Members of the European Parliament.^[1] The members served the remainder of the Parliament's 2009–2014 term after Croatia entered the European Union on 1 July 2013. The country formed a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.^[2][3]

2013 European Parliament election in Croatia

14 April 2013 2014 →
12 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	20.83%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dubravka Šuica Tonino Picula Nikola Vuljanić Party HDZ–HSP AS–BUZ SDP–HNS–HSU Labour Alliance EPP S&D GUE/NGL Leader since 15 March 2010 Seats won 6 / 12 5 / 12 1 / 12 Popular vote 243,654 237,778 42,750 Percentage 32.86% 32.07% 5.77%

Results of the election based on the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia
  HDZ coalition
  SDP coalition
  Voters' group – Ivan Jakovčić
  HDSSB
  HSS-HSLS
  Labour
  NS-NSS

Results by municipality, shaded according to winning party's percentage of the vote.

HDZ—>80%   HDZ—70–80%   HDZ—60–70%   HDZ—50–60%   HDZ—40–50%   HDZ—<40%

SDP—>80%   SDP—70–80%   SDP—60–70%   SDP—50–60%   SDP—40–50%   SDP—<40%

NL Jakovčić—60–70%   NL Jakovčić—50–60%   NL Jakovčić—40–50%   NL Jakovčić—<40%   HDSSB—40–50%   HDSSB—<40%   HSS-HSLS—50–60%   HSS-HSLS—40–50%   HSS-HSLS—<40%   Labour—<40%   NS-NSS—60–70%

Despite opinion polling predicting a decisive victory of the governing centre left SDP-led coalition, the centre right HDZ-led coalition won a razor-thin plurality of the vote.^[4] The turnout of just 20.8% was the lowest turnout in a national election in modern Croatian history.^[5]

The HDZ has won every EU election since, As of 2024.

Parties

No	Abbreviation	Full Name
1	ABECEDA	Abeceda demokracije[6][7]
2	AMD	Agenda mladih demokrata[6][7]
3	AM	Youth Action[6][7]
4	ASH DSŽ SP SUH	Social Democratic Action of Croatia[7][8] Women's Democratic Party[7][8] Savez za promjene[7][8] Stranka umirovljenika Hrvatske – Blok umirovljenici zajedno[7][8]
5	ABH JEDINO HRVATSKA	Akcija za bolju Hrvatsku[6][7] Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia[6][7]
6	A-HSS	Authentic Croatian Peasant Party[6][7]
7	A-HSP	Authentic Croatian Party of Rights[6][7]
8	DC	Democratic Centre[6][7]
9	GLAS RAZUMA MS	Glas razuma[6][7] Međimurska stranka[6][7]
10	HRAST	Croatian Growth–Movement for a Successful Croatia[6][7] (Hrvatski rast – Pokret za uspješnu Hrvatsku)
11	HČSP	Croatian Pure Party of Rights[6][7]
12	HDZ HSP AS BUZ	Croatian Democratic Union[7][9] Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević[7][9] Blok umirovljenici zajedno[7][9]
13	HRS	Hrvatska radnička stranka[6][7]
14	HSS HSLS	Croatian Labour Party[6][7] Croatian Social Liberal Party[6][7]
15	HSP	Croatian Party of Rights[7][8]
16	HDSSB HDSSD ZH	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja[6][7] Hrvatski demokratski slobodarski savez Dalmacije[6][7] Zeleni Hrvatske[6][7] (Zeleni HR)
17	HL	Croatian Labourists – Labour Party[6][7]
18	KLGB-IJ	Kandidacijska lista grupe biraca – Ivan Jakovčić[6][7]
19	NS NSS	Naša stranka[6][7] Nova srpska stranka[6][7]
20	NSH	Nezavisni seljaci Hrvatske[6][7]
21	OS	Obiteljska stranka[6][7]
22	PS	Pirate Party[6][7]
23	PZMH	Pokret za modernu Hrvatsku[6][7]
24	SDP HNS HSU	Social Democratic Party of Croatia[7][8] Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats[7][8] Croatian Party of Pensioners[7][8]
25	SRP	Socialist Labour Party[6][7]
26	SU	Stranka umirovljenika[7][8]
27	ZNL	Zagrebačka nezavisna lista[6][7]
28	ZZ	Zeleni Zajedno[6][7]

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Organisation/Client	Sample size	SDP · HNS-LD · HSU	HDZ · HSP-AS · BUZ	Labour	Other/Undecided
8 April	Promocija Plus for HRT	1,300	29.5% (6 seats)	22.2% (5 seats)	7.5% (1 seat)	40.8%
31 March (High turnout)	Ipsos Puls for Nova TV	802	26.3% (6 seats)	18.4% (4 seats)	10.0% (2 seats)	45.3%
31 March (Low turnout)	Ipsos Puls for Nova TV	802	32.7% (7 seats)	19.9% (4 seats)	7.5% (1 seat)	39.9%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	HDZ–HSP AS–BUZ[a]	243,654	32.86	6
	SDP–HNS–HSU[b]	237,778	32.07	5
	Croatian Labourists – Labour Party	42,750	5.77	1
	HSS–HSLS	28,646	3.86	0
	Voters' group – Ivan Jakovčić	28,445	3.84	0
	HDSSB–HDSSD–ZH	22,328	3.01	0
	Croatian Growth–Movement for a Successful Croatia	18,893	2.55	0
	Youth Action	11,068	1.49	0
	Pensioners' Party	10,947	1.48	0
	Croatian Party of Rights	10,317	1.39	0
	Greens Together	8,599	1.16	0
	Pirate Party	8,345	1.13	0
	Authentic Croatian Peasant Party	6,785	0.92	0
	ASH–DSŽ–SP–SUH	6,391	0.86	0
	Democratic Centre	5,413	0.73	0
	Croatian Pure Party of Rights	5,238	0.71	0
	Voice of Reason–Međimurje Party	4,939	0.67	0
	Alphabet of Democracy	4,878	0.66	0
	ABH–JH	4,531	0.61	0
	Family Party	4,391	0.59	0
	Croatian Workers Party	3,946	0.53	0
	Our Party–New Serbian Party	3,933	0.53	0
	Movement for a Modern Croatia	3,885	0.52	0
	Democratic Youth Agenda	3,667	0.49	0
	Independent Farmers of Croatia	3,646	0.49	0
	Socialist Labour Party of Croatia	3,538	0.48	0
	Authentic Croatian Party of Rights	2,350	0.32	0
	Zagreb Independent List	2,107	0.28	0
Total		741,408	100.00	12
Valid votes		741,408	94.93
Invalid/blank votes		39,572	5.07
Total votes		780,980	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,748,815	20.83
Source: State Electoral Commission

1. Of the six seats, the HDZ won five and HSP AS one.
2. The SDP won all five seats.

Elected lists and candidates

12: HDZ – HSP AS – BUZ[7][9]	17: HL[6][7]	24: SDP – HNS – HSU[7][8]
1. Dubravka Šuica 2. Andrej Plenković 3. Davor Ivo Stier 4. Ivana Maletić 5. Zdravka Bušić 6. Ruža Tomašić (HSP AS)	1. Nikola Vuljanić	1. Tonino Picula 2. Biljana Borzan 3. Marino Baldini 4. Oleg Valjalo 5. Sandra Petrović Jakovina

See also

• List of members of the European Parliament for Croatia, 2013–2014