Voting in Croatian diplomatic missions and consular offices will take place on December 3 and 4 between 0700 and 1900 hours.

The first out-of-country polling station will be opened in Auckland, New Zealand, while the voting in Constituency No. 11 end in the United States on December 4, after the polling station in los Angeles closes.

On December 3 and 4, the out of country voters will be able to cast their ballots at 124 polling stations in 52 countries and choose three parliamentary deputies from 15 slates in Constituency No. 11, which is designed for the Croatian emigrant community.

The highest number of polling stations will be opened in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina (30), followed by Australia and Serbia (6) and the United States (4), while between one and three polling stations will be opened in the rest of the countries where Croatian emigrants are voting.

According to data provided by the Croatian Election Commission (DIP), 411,758 Croatian citizens without residence in Croatia have the right to vote in the coming parliamentary elections.

Apart from voters without residence in Croatia, voters who have residence in Croatia and happen to stay abroad at the time of elections, will also have the right to cast their ballots for the Croatian constituency where they reside.

A total of 404,950 voters without residence in Croatia were eligible to vote in the last parliamentary elections, held in 2007, and the turnout was 90,402, or 22.32 percent.

The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won an overwhelming majority of votes in Constituency No. 11, securing 81.92 percent of the vote and five seats in the former parliament.

Under the amendments to the Croatian Constitutions, adopted last year, Croatian citizens without residence in Croatia will be able to cast their ballots only in diplomatic and consular offices of the Republic of Croatia in countries they reside in and they will be able to elect three deputies in the new parliament, regardless of the turnout.