List of political parties in Croatia

This article lists political parties in Croatia.

Croatia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must collaborate in order to form coalition governments. Between January 1990, when political parties were legalized in Croatia, and March 2015, 264 political parties were registered, out of which 118 have since been struck from the register.^[1]

Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	Sabor
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color" \|	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Right-wing, Christian democracy, national conservatism, liberal conservatism^[2]	Andrej Plenković	57
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	SDP	Centre-left, social democracy, anti-fascism^[3]	Davor Bernardić	39
style="background-color: Template:Bridge of Independent Lists/meta/color" \|	Bridge of Independent Lists Most nezavisnih lista	Most	Fiscal conservatism, Economic liberalism, Big tent	Božo Petrov	13
style="background-color: Template:Croatian People's Party/meta/color" \|	Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati	HNS	Liberalism, Economic liberalism ^[4]^[5]	Ivan Vrdoljak	9
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Peasant Party/meta/color" \|	Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Agrarianism, centrist, Green conservatism, social conservatism	Krešo Beljak	5
style="background-color: Template:Human Shield/meta/color" \|	Human Shield Živi zid	ŽZ	Populism	Ivan Vilibor Sinčić	3
style="background-color: Template:Istrian Democratic Assembly/meta/color" \|	Istrian Democratic Assembly Istarski demokratski sabor	IDS	Istrian regionalism, left-wing populism, anti-fascism, social liberalism	Boris Miletić	3
style="background-color: Template:Independent Democratic Serb Party/meta/color" \|	Independent Democratic Serb Party Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka	SDSS	Serb minority politics, social democracy, liberal democracy, anti-fascism	Vojislav Stanimirović	3
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja/meta/color" \|	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje	HDSSB	Slavonian regionalism, conservativism, right-wing populism	Dragan Vulin	1
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Party of Pensioners/meta/color" \|	Croatian Party of Pensioners Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika	HSU	Single-issue politics (pensioner's rights)	Silvano Hrelja	1
style="background-color: Template:People's Party - Reformists/meta/color" \|	People's Party - Reformists Narodna stranka - Reformisti	NS-R	Social liberalism	Radimir Čačić	1
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Social Liberal Party/meta/color" \|	Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka	HSLS	Conservative liberalism	Darinko Kosor	1
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color" \|	Croatian Christian Democratic Party Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska stranka	HDS	Christian democracy	Goran Dodig	1

Political parties previously with elected representation at a national level

Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Primorsko goranski savez or PGS) – won 1 seat in 1992 (then called Rijeka Democratic Union or RiDS); 1 seat in 1995; 2 seats in 2000; 1 seat in 2003
Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija or HKDU) – won 1 seat in 1995, 1 seat in 2000
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka or HDSS) – won 1 seat in 2003
† Croatian Independent Democrats (Hrvatski nezavisni demokrati or HND) – won 1 seat in 1995; active from 1994 to 2011
Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP)
Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka or HSLS)
† Dalmatian Action (Dalmatinska akcija or DA) – won 1 seat in 1992; active from 1990 to 2003
Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar or DC) – won 1 seat in 2003
† Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka or LS) – won 2 seats in 2000; 2 seats in 2003; active from 1998 to 2006
† Party of Liberal Democrats (Stranka liberalnih demokrata or LIBRA) – won 3 seats in 2003; active from 2002 to 2005
† Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka or SDS); active between 1990 and 1995
Serb People's Party (Srpska narodna stranka or SNS) – won 3 seats in 1992; 2 seats in 1995; 1 seat in 2000
† Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (Slavonsko-baranjska hrvatska stranka or S-BHS) – active from 1992 to 2008, won 1 seat in 1995; 1 seat in 2000
Social Democratic Action of Croatia (Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske or ASH) – established in 1994, won 1 seat in 1995

Other parties

Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Autohtona hrvatska stranka prava; A-HSP)
Bloc Pensioners Together (Blok umirovljenici zajedno)
† Croatian Bloc (Hrvatski blok or HB) – active 2002–2009
Croatian Christian Democratic Party (Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka; HDS)
Charter for Rijeka (Lista za Rijeku; RI)
Croatian Civic Party (Hrvatska građanska stranka; HGS)
Croatian Growth (Hrvatski rast; HRAST)
Croatian Labour Party (Hrvatska radnička stranka)
Croatian Party of Rights 1861 (Hrvatska stranka prava 1861; HSP 1861)
Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Hrvatska čista stranka prava; HČSP)
Croatian Republican Union (Hrvatska republikanska zajednica; HRZ)
Democratic Party of Zagorje (Zagorska demokratska stranka; ZDS)
Green List of Croatia (Zelena lista)
Green Party – Green Alternative (Zelena stranka – Zelena alternativa)
Istrian Social Democratic Forum (Istarski socijaldemokratski forum; ISDF)
Left of Croatia (Ljevica Hrvatske)
Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia (Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku)
Party of Danube Serbs (Partija podunavskih Srba)
Pirate Party Croatia (Piratska stranka)
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske)
Women's Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka žena)

Historical parties

Illyrian Party/People's Party (Ilirska stranka/Narodna stranka)
Croatian-Hungarian Party (Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka)
Autonomous Party (Autonomna stranka, 1860–1918)
People's Party (Kingdom of Dalmatia) (Narodna stranka, 1861–1905)
Party of Rights/Croatian Party of Rights (Stranka prava/Hrvatska stranka prava)
Pure Party of Rights/Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Čista stranka prava/Hrvatska čista stranka prava)
Croatian Progressive Party (Hrvatska napredna stranka)
Serbian Independent Party/Serbian People's Independent Party (Srpska samostalna stranka/Srpska narodna samostalna stranka)
Serbian People's Radical Party (Srpska narodna radikalna stranka)
Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska stranka)
Serbian Party (Srpska stranka)
Croat-Serb Coalition (Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija, 1905–1918)
League of Communists of Croatia (Savez komunista Hrvatske, 1937–1990)
Croatian People's Party (1919) (Hrvatska pučka stranka)
Croatian Party (Hrvatska stranka, 1905–1918)
Croat-Slovene People's Party (Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka)
Starčević's Party of Rights (Starčevićeva stranka prava, 1908–1911)

References

^ "Posljednjih pet godina osnovane 63 stranke". Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ http://hdz.hr/static/media/attached_files/attachedfileitem/Statut/STATUT_HDZ-a_2012.pdf
^ http://www.sdp.hr/media/303876/statut-sdp.pdf
^ http://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/programske-smjernice
^ http://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/statut

[1] "Posljednjih pet godina osnovane 63 stranke". Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[2] ttp://hdz.hr/static/media/attached_files/attachedfileitem/Statut/STATUT_HDZ-a_2012.pdf

[3] ttp://www.sdp.hr/media/303876/statut-sdp.pdf

[4] ttp://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/programske-smjernice

[5] ttp://hns.hr/index.php/dokumenti/2012-04-20-01-45-30/statut

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