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HDZ coalition
SDP coalition
Voters' group – Ivan Jakovčić
HDSSB
HSS-HSLS
Labour
NS-NSS
| 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% |
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]
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]
