The government on Thursday called local polls for Sunday, May 19 for the election of representative bodies of local and regional self-government, municipal and town mayors, county prefects and their deputies.
Administration Minister Arsen Bauk said election commissions were now busy with Croatia's first election for the European Parliament to be held this Sunday and that they would focus on local elections after that.
The decision on local elections will go into force on April 18 and the deadline for submitting slates is May 2.
Local self-government units with up to 10,000 inhabitants will elect one deputy mayor, while those with more than 10,000 inhabitants will elect two deputy mayors.
In 73 local self-government units, 75 deputies will be elected from the ranks of national minorities and the Croat people - 39 from the Serb minority, seven from the Italian minority, four each from the Czech and Hungarian minorities, two each from the Ruthenian, Roma and Bosniak minorities, one from the Slovak minority, and 14 deputies from the Croat people in towns or municipalities where a minority has the majority.
The last local elections were held on 17 May 2009.
