Electoral law quota details

(2) … political parties and other authorized proposers, when establishing election lists, are obliged to introduce special measures in such a way that the representation of men and women on the lists for the election of representatives to the Croatian Parliament, members of representative bodies of local units and local (regional) self government and members of the European Parliament shall not be noticeably unbalanced, in accordance with Article 12, Paragraph 3 of this Act. … the gradual increase of the underrepresented gender must be achieved no later than the third regular election from the date of entry into force of this Act. (Gender Quota Law, Article 15)

Candidate … (3) Proposers of candidate lists are obliged to respect the principle of gender equality, in accordance with a special law. (Local Government Law, Article 9)