HREarly Elections 2016 – Take a Look at All the Election Steps
This will be the longest campaign for parliamentary elections and it will last 25 days (2015 – 17 days, 2011- 16 days, 2007 – 20 days) and this particular schedule seems to suit everyone since most want to rest until August 15 and then throw themselves into the campaign. The only campaigns we had that were longer were the presidential elections in 2009 which lasted 37 days (18 days in 2014) and the European parliament elections in 2017, which lasted 47 days (23 days in 2013).
On June 20, Croatian parliament adopted a decision of its dissolution to take effect on July 15. From that day on, Constitutional deadlines for early parliamentary elections started, and according to the constitution, elections must be held at least 30 and no later than 60 days after Parliament was dismissed.
President Kolinda Grabar Kitarović called the elections for September 11, and the decision will become valid with its publication in the Official Gazette on July 30.
Political parties and independent lists then have 14 days to submit their lists to the State Electoral Commission – from July 31 at 0:00 until August 13 at 24:00. Within 48 hours after the deadline has passed, no later than August 15 at 24:00, the State Electoral Commission will publicly announce the cumulative list of all valid lists, as well as the candidates for the 12th constituency.
Campaign advertising, or election campaign, will commence with the day the lists and the candidates in the 12th constituency are officially published, no later than August 16 at 0:00 h, and it will end 24 hours before the elections, on September 9 at 24:00. Campaign advertising for voters abroad will end on September 8 at 24:00 h.
This will be the longest campaign for parliamentary elections and it will last 25 days (2015 – 17 days, 2011- 16 days, 2007 – 20 days) and this particular schedule seems to suit everyone since most want to rest until August 15 and then throw themselves into the campaign. The only campaigns we had that were longer were the presidential elections in 2009 which lasted 37 days (18 days in 2014) and the European parliament elections in 2017, which lasted 47 days (23 days in 2013).
Election silence is enforced from 0:00h on September 10 until 19:00h on September 11. Ban on campaign advertising for voting abroad starts at 0:00 h on September 9 and lasts until 19:00 h on September 11.
Election committees of all constituencies in Croatia will announce the location of all polling stations as well as information which voters will be able to vote in each polling station no later than 10 days before the elections, so by 24:00 h on August 31.
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