Political parties that have nominated accepted slates of candidates for the election of representatives to the Parliament may withdraw the slate in the manner foreseen by their statutes, or a separate decision adopted pursuant to their statutes, no later than 48 hours from its publication as accepted by the electoral commission of the electoral constituency. For an independent slate, the decision to withdraw is made by the slate leader.

With Article 24, paragraph 1 of the AAAECSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, the words: "House of Representatives of the Parliament and the county slate for the election of representatives to the House of Counties of the Parliament" were replaced with the word: "Parliament".

With Article 17 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, paragraph 1 was partly amended.

A written notice of withdrawal must be received by the electoral commission of the electoral constituency within the deadline referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

With Article 24, paragraph 2 of the AAAERCSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, the words: "or the County election commission" were deleted.

With Article 17 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 2, new text was added.

The withdrawal of one or more candidates from a slate shall not be permitted following the acceptance of the slate to which they are nominated, and the withdrawal of one of the candidates shall not be taken into consideration and the slate shall remain valid with the names of all published candidates.