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Croatia 2016 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2016 parliamentary election in Croatia?

Croatian Democratic Union won 61 of 151 seats with 35.2% of the vote. 52.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Croatian Democratic Union won 61 of 151 seats with 35.2% of the vote; 52.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.3 points on 2015.

  • Croatian Democratic Union 61 +11 seats 35.2% +1.1 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia 39 −3 seats 32.2% −0.7 points
  • The Bridge 13 −6 seats 9.4% −4.0 points
  • Human Shield 8 +7 seats 5.9% +1.7 points
  • Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party 2 0 seats 3.8% +0.5 points
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly 3 0 seats 2.2% +0.3 points
  • ethnic 5 0 seats 1.9% +0.3 points
  • Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja 1 −1 seat 1.2% −0.2 points
  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats 9 0 seats
  • Croatian Peasant Party 5 +4 seats
  • Independent Democratic Serb Party 3 0 seats
  • Croatian Party of Pensioners 1 −1 seat
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Croatia 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 151 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.2%

    Share of the vote won by Croatian Democratic Union and its allies

    Croatian Democratic Union and its allies won 61 of 151 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Croatian Peasant Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. The Bridge lost 6 seats.

  3. 52.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 8.3 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Croatian Democratic Unionwith Croatian Social Liberal Party61+1135.2+1.1695,804
Social Democratic Party of Croatia39−332.2−0.7636,602
The Bridge13−69.4−4.0186,626
Human Shieldwith Croatian Democratic Peasant Party8+75.9+1.7117,208
Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Partywith People's Party – Reformists203.8+0.576,054
Istrian Democratic Assemblywith Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar302.2+0.343,180
ethnic501.9+0.337,902
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja1−11.2−0.223,573
Unnamed party with one seat1−10.35,211
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats90
Croatian Peasant Party5+4
Independent Democratic Serb Party30
Croatian Party of Pensioners1−1

± is the change against the Croatia 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Croatian Democratic Union 695,804
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia 636,602
  • The Bridge 186,626
  • Human Shield 117,208
  • Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party 76,054
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly 43,180
  • ethnic 37,902
  • Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja 23,573
  • Unnamed party with one seat 5,211
  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
  • Croatian Peasant Party
  • Independent Democratic Serb Party
  • Croatian Party of Pensioners

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

52.6% of the 3,763,769 registered voters cast a ballot (1,978,298 ballots), down 8.3 points on 2015. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 2000.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Croatian Democratic Union35.2% of votes40.4% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia32.2% of votes25.8% of seats
  • The Bridge9.4% of votes8.6% of seats
  • Human Shield5.9% of votes5.3% of seats
  • ethnic1.9% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly2.2% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party3.8% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja1.2% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Croatian Democratic Union led Social Democratic Party of Croatia by 3.0 points of the vote.

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