The 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections (Croatian: Izbori za članove vijeća i predstavnike nacionalnih manjina) were held on 7 May in certain regional (counties) and local administrative units (municipalities and towns & cities).

[1] Each of 22 traditional national minority enumerated in the preamble of the Constitution of Croatia is entitled to elect local or regional council in administrative units in which legal conditions are met with many units electing multiple councils for different minorities.

[6] Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.

[7] 2021 Croatian census reported a total population of 3,871,833 out of which 240,079 were members of 22 national minorities with 123,892 Serbs, 24,131 Bosniaks, 17,980 Roma and 13,817 Albanians belonging to the largest groups.

[3] Predrag Ličina, director of the 2019 horror comedy The Last Serb in Croatia which won the Golden Arena for Best Actress and Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actress, prepared the humoristic promotional video ahead of the elections for the Serb National Council under the slogan "We are facing elections that are difficult to pronounce, but very important".