2013 European Parliament election in Croatia
# 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. 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.

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. The turnout of just 20.8% was the lowest turnout in a national election in modern Croatian history.

## Parties

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

## 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 | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | HDZ–HSP AS–BUZ | 243,654 | 32.86 | 6 |
| | SDP–HNS–HSU | 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 | Total | 741,408 | 100.00 | 12 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 741,408 | 94.93 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 39,572 | 5.07 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 780,980 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,748,815 | 20.83 | |
| Source: State Electoral Commission |||||

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

### Elected lists and candidates

| 12: HDZ – HSP AS – BUZ | 17: HL | 24: SDP – HNS – HSU |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
