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Article 56
 

Political parties, associations of national minorities, candidates, a minimum of 100 voters or 5% of the electorate in an electoral constituency in which elections are to be held shall have the right to file a complaint to the competent election commission.

In order to protect the electoral right, political parties, associations of national minorities, candidates, a minimum of 100 voters or 5% of the electorate in an electoral constituency in which elections are to be held can file an appeal against the decision regarding the complaint to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (election dispute).

In case a list of candidates was proposed by several political parties, a complaint shall be considered valid even if filed only by one political party.

Based on their Statutes, political parties shall determine who can be considered an authorized person to file a complaint, i.e. an authorized person to file an appeal.

A group of a minimum of 100 voters or at least 5% of the electorate of a unit in which elections are to be held is obliged to set a mutual representative authorized to file a complaint, i.e. an appeal.

The first candidates of independent list shall file a complaint, i.e. an appeal personally.