 The President of Croatia announced elections on 17 October and 14 days were allowed for candidate lists to be submitted.Elections were held in 10 electoral districts inside Croatia (each providing 14 members of parliament), one electoral district for Croatian citizens living abroad (with a maximum 12 members of parliament), and one electoral district for national minorities (8 members of parliament).Candidate lists have to win more than 5% of the votes in at least one electoral district in order to be represented in the parliament.