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CROATIA
Zupanijski dom (House of Zupanije)
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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Parliament name (generic / translated) Hrvatski Sabor / Croatian Parliament
Structure of parliament Unicameral
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Electoral Law 18 September 1995
Mode of designation
Constituencies 21 multi-member (3 seats) constituencies corresponding to the country's counties (Zupanije).
Voting system Proportional: Proportional representation and the d'Hondt method.
County lists receiving less than 5% of the votes are excluded from this distribution of seats.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes elected at the same time as titular members.
Voting is not compulsory.
Voter requirements - age: 18 years
- Croatian citizenship
CANDIDATES
Eligibility Qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- Croatian citizenship
Incompatibilities - number of public posts, especially those in the judiciary and diplomacy
- director of a State institute
Candidacy requirements - nomination by registered political parties or electors, either individually or jointly
- prescribed number of signatures supporting voters is required

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