As was the case in 2016, no party won an outright majority in 2020. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-led coalition of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, remained the largest force, taking 66 – up from 61 – in the 151-member Parliament (see note 1). The Restart Coalition (RK, see note 2) – led by the opposition leader Mr. Davor Bernardić of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – came second with 41 seats, down from 54. The number of women elected nearly doubled from 19 to 35. On 23 July, Parliament approved a new coalition government led by Mr. Plenković which comprises the HDZ, the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS), the Reformists-HSS Braće Radić-Pensioners, and representatives of eight ethnic minorities.

The 2020 elections, due by autumn, were moved up after the major parties agreed to dissolve the outgoing Parliament on 18 May. Prime Minister Plenković had stated that “[t]he epidemiological situation is favourable”, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 May, President Zoran Milanović called for elections on 5 July. During the election campaign, the major parties focused on how to boost the economy. Other major electoral issues included social security, minimum wages, and pensions. The elections saw a low turnout of 46.9 per cent, down from 52.59 per cent recorded in 2016.

Note 1:
Eight seats are reserved for the following ethnic minorities:
- Serbian minority: three seats
- Czech and Slovak minorities: one seat
- Italian minority: one seat
- Hungarian minority: one seat
- Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Ruthenian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vallachian and Jewish minorities: one seat
- Albanian, Bosnian, Montenegro, Macedonian and Slovenian minorities: one seat

Note 2:
The RK included most of the parties represented in the People's Coalition (which had taken 54 seats in 2016), such as the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU).