| Country: | Croatia |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Next Election: | 2014 European Parliament election in Croatia |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 12 seats in the European Parliament |
| Election Date: | 14 April 2013 |
| Turnout: | 20.83% |
| Image1: | Dubravka Šuica - Croatian part- Citizens’ Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour markets (32494127516).jpg |
| Leader1: | Dubravka Šuica |
| Party1: | HDZ–HSP AS–BUZ |
| Alliance1: | European People's Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 243,654 |
| Percentage1: | 32.86% |
| Leader2: | Tonino Picula |
| Party2: | SDP–HNS–HSU |
| Alliance2: | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Popular Vote2: | 237,778 |
| Percentage2: | 32.07% |
| Leader3: | Nikola Vuljanić |
| Leader Since3: | 15 March 2010 |
| Party3: | Croatian Labourists – Labour Party |
| Alliance3: | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Popular Vote3: | 42,750 |
| Percentage3: | 5.77% |
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]
| No | Abbreviation | Full Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABECEDA | Abeceda demokracije[6] [7] | |
| 2 | AMD | Agenda mladih demokrata | |
| 3 | AM | Youth Action | |
| 4 | ASH DSŽ SP SUH | Social Democratic Action of Croatia[8] 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[9] 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 |
| Date | Polling Organisation/Client | Sample size | SDPHNS-LDHSU | HDZHSP-ASBUZ | Labour | Other/Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April | Promocija Plus for HRT | 1,300 | align=center | 29.5% (6 seats) | 22.2% (5 seats) | 7.5% (1 seat) | 40.8% | |
| 31 March (High turnout) | Ipsos Puls for Nova TV | 802 | align=center | 26.3% (6 seats) | 18.4% (4 seats) | 10.0% (2 seats) | 45.3% | |
| 31 March (Low turnout) | Ipsos Puls for Nova TV | 802 | align=center | 32.7% (7 seats) | 19.9% (4 seats) | 7.5% (1 seat) | 39.9% |