Political parties, that on the day of 31st December 2002 have not been represented in the Parliament, and also the proposers of independent lists participating in the elections, have the right to compensation of costs of election advertising if they win at the elections more than 5% of valid votes of their constituency.
The right of expenditure compensation of the election advertising from the state budget of the Republic of Croatia shall also be exercised by the candidates for representative members of national minorities who shall win at least 5% of valid votes in a special constituency.
The compensation shall be paid within 30 days, from the day of the proclamation of official electoral results.
The amount of the compensation of the election advertising is to be determined by the Government of the Republic of Croatia by a special resolution. The resolution must be adopted not later than 20 days before the conducting of elections.
