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	Political position	Leader	Sabor
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color" \|	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Christian democracy National conservatism Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism^[2]	Centre-Right	Andrej Plenković	55 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija	SDP	Social democracy Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism^[3]	Left-wing Centre-Left	Davor Bernardić	32 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Bridge of Independent Lists/meta/color" \|	Bridge of Independent Lists Most nezavisnih lista	Most	Fiscal conservatism Liberal conservatism Big tent	Centre Centre-Right	Božo Petrov	10 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Peasant Party/meta/color" \|	Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Agrarianism Green liberalism Pro-Europeanism^[4]	Centre	Krešo Beljak	5 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati	HNS	Liberalism Centrism Pro-Europeanism^[5]^[6]	Centre	Ivan Vrdoljak	4 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Civic-Liberal Alliance/meta/color" \|	Civic Liberal Alliance Građansko-liberalni savez	GLAS	Social liberalism Social progressivism Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism	Centre Centre-Left	Anka Mrak-Taritaš	4 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Human Shield/meta/color" \|	Human Blockade Živi zid	ŽZ	Populism Occupy Movement Anti-establishment Anti-globalization Euroscepticism	Syncretic	Ivan Vilibor Sinčić	3 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Independent Democratic Serb Party/meta/color" \|	Independent Democratic Serb Party Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka	SDSS	Serb minority politics Liberal democracy Social democracy Anti-fascism	Centre	Milorad Pupovac	3 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Istrian Democratic Assembly/meta/color" \|	Istrian Democratic Assembly Istarski demokratski sabor	IDS-DDI	Istrian regionalism Social liberalism Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism	Centre Centre-Left	Boris Miletić	3 / 151
	Independents for Croatia Esih-Hasanbegović: Neovisni za Hrvatsku	NHR	National conservatism Social conservatism Anticommunism Right-wing populism	Far-Right	Bruna Esih	2 / 151
	Croatian Christian Democratic Party Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka	HDS	Christian democracy National conservatism	Right wing	Goran Dodig	2 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Social Liberal Party/meta/color" \|	Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka	HSLS	Conservative liberalism	Centre-Right	Darinko Kosor	1 / 151
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 National conservatism Green conservatism	Right wing	Branimir Glavaš	1 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity/meta/color" \|	Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party Bandić Milan 365 - Stranka rada i solidarnosti	BM 365	Social democracy Populism	Centre Syncretic	Milan Bandić	1 / 151
style="background-color: Template:People's Party - Reformists/meta/color" \|	People's Party - Reformists Narodna stranka - reformisti	NS-R	Economic liberalism	Centre	Radimir Čačić	1 / 151
	HRAST - Movement for Successful Croatia HRAST - Pokret za uspješnu Hrvatsku	HRAST	Political catholicism	Right-wing	Ladislav Ilčić	1 / 151
style="background-color: Template:Croatian Party of Pensioners/meta/color" \|	Croatian Party of Pensioners Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika	HSU	Single-issue politics (pensioners' rights) Social justice	Centre-Left	Silvano Hrelja	1 / 151
	Independent Youth List Nezavisna lista mladih	NLM	Populism	Syncretic	Ante Pranić	1 / 151
	Let's Change Croatia Promijenimo Hrvatsku	PH	Populism	Syncretic	Ivan Lovrinović	1 / 151
	POWER - People's and Civic Engagement Party SNAGA - Stranka narodnog i građanskog aktivizma	SNAGA	Populism Fiscal reformism	Syncretic	Goran Aleksić	1 / 151

Political parties with previously 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) – won 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 Civic Party (Hrvatska građanska stranka or HGS) – won 3 seats in 2011
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka or HDSS) – won 1 seat in 2003
† Croatian Independent Democrats (Hrvatski nezavisni demokrati or HND) – active from 1994 to 2011; won 1 seat in 1995
Croatian Labourists - Labour Party (Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) – won 6 seats in 2011; 3 seats in 2015
Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP)– won 5 seats in 1992; 4 seats in 1995 and 2000; 8 seats in 2003; 1 seat in 2007
Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević (Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević or HSP AS)– won 1 seat in 2011; 3 seats in 2015
† Dalmatian Action (Dalmatinska akcija or DA) – active from 1990 to 2003; won 1 seat in 1992
† Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar or DC) – active from 2000 to 2016; won 1 seat in 2003
† Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka or LS) – active from 1998 to 2006; won 2 seats in 2000 and 2003
† Party of Croatian Intergenerational Solidarity (Stranka međugeneracijske solidarnosti Hrvatske or SMSH) – active from 2016 to 2017; had 1 seat in 2016 (merged into Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party in November 2017)
† Party of Liberal Democrats (Stranka liberalnih demokrata or LIBRA) – active from 2002 to 2005; won 3 seats in 2003
† Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka/Српска демократска cтранка or SDS/СДС) – active between 1990 and 1995
Serb People's Party (Srpska narodna stranka/Српска народна странка or SNS/CHC) – 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) – active between 1994 and 2016; won 1 seat in 1995

Other parties

Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava or A-HSP)
Bloc Pensioners Together (Blok umirovljenici zajedno or BUZ)
Charter for Rijeka or List for Rijeka (Lista za Rijeku/Lista per Fiume; RI or LZR)
† Croatian Bloc (Hrvatski blok or HB) – active 2002–2009
Croatian Conservative Party (Hrvatska konzervativna stranka or HKS) – 1 MEP in the 8th EP
Croatian Labour Party (Hrvatska radnička stranka or HRS)
Croatian Party of Rights 1861 (Hrvatska stranka prava 1861 or HSP 1861)
Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Hrvatska čista stranka prava or HČSP)
Croatian Republican Union (Hrvatska republikanska zajednica or HRZ)
Democratic Alliance of Serbs (Demokratski savez Srba/Демократски caвeз Cpбa or DSS/ДСC)
Democratic Party of Zagorje (Zagorska demokratska stranka or ZDS)
Forward Croatia! - Progressive Alliance (Naprijed Hrvatska! - Progresivni savez; NHPS)
Green Leaf (Zelena lista or ZL)
Green Alliance – Greens (Zeleni savez – Zeleni)
Istrian Social Democratic Forum (Istarski socijaldemokratski forum or ISDF)
Left of Croatia (Ljevica Hrvatske)
Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka)
New Left (Nova ljevica or NL)
Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia (Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku)
Party of Danube Serbs (Partija podunavskih Srba/Партија подунавских Срба or PPS/ППС)
Pirate Party (Piratska stranka)
Smart (Pametno)
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske or SRP)
Sustainable Development of Croatia - ORaH (Održivi razvoj Hrvatske or ORaH)
The Split Party (Splitska stranka)
Women's Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka žena or DSŽ)
Workers' Front (Radnička fronta or RF)
Youth Action (Akcija mladih or AM)
Zagorje Party (Zagorska stranka or ZS)

Historical parties

Illyrian Party/People's Party (Ilirska stranka/Narodna stranka, 1841–1861)
People's Liberal Party/Independent People's Party (Narodno-liberalna stranka/Neodvisna narodna stranka, 1861–1903)
Croatian-Hungarian Party (Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka, 1841–1861)
Unionist Party/People's Constitutional Party (Unionistička stranka/Narodno-ustavna stranka, 1861–1873)
Party of Rights/Croatian Party of Rights (Stranka prava/Hrvatska stranka prava, 1861–1910)
Pure Party of Rights/Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Čista stranka prava/Hrvatska čista stranka prava, 1895–1918)
Starčević's Party of Rights (Starčevićeva stranka prava, 1908–1911–1918)
Progressive Party/Croatian People's Progressive Party (Napredna stranka/Hrvatska pučka napredna stranka, 1904–1910)
Serbian Independent Party/Serbian People's Independent Party (Srpska samostalna stranka/Srpska narodna samostalna stranka, 1881–1918)
Serbian People's Radical Party (Srpska narodna radikalna stranka, 1903–1918)
Croatian Independent Party (Hrvatska samostalna stranka, 1910–1918)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia (Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije, 1894–1918)
Croat-Serb Coalition (Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija, 1905–1918)
Autonomous Party (Dalmatia) (Autonomna stranka, 1860–1918)
People's Party/People's Croatian Party or Croatian National Party (Dalmatia) (Narodna stranka/Narodna hrvatska stranka, 1861–1905)
Serbian Party or Serb People's Party (Dalmatia) (Srpska stranka/Srpska narodna stranka, 1879–1918)
Croatian Party (Dalmatia) (Hrvatska stranka, 1905–1918)
Democratic Party (Dalmatia) (Demokratska stranka, 1904–1906)
Croat-Slovene People's Party (Istria) (Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka, 1878–1918)
Croatian Popular Party (1919) (Hrvatska pučka stranka, 1919–1929)
Croatian Community (Hrvatska zajednica, 1919–1926)
Communist Party of Croatia/League of Communists of Croatia (Komunistička partija Hrvatske/Savez komunista Hrvatske, 1937–1990)

▶ Note: The Croatian adjective "narodni/a/o" could be translated as "people's" and/or "national", similar adjective "pučki/a/o" signifies "popular" or "people's" (but not "national").

References

^ "Posljednjih pet godina osnovane 63 stranke" [In the last five years 63 parties founded]. Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ STATUT HDZ (pdf) Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ STATUT SDP (pdf)
^ "RADIKALNI POLITIČKI ZAOKRET BELJAKOVOG HSS-a, STRANKA IMA NOVU STRATEGIJU 'Zbogom demokršćanstvu, mi smo progresivni liberali'".
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[1] "Posljednjih pet godina osnovane 63 stranke" [In the last five years 63 parties founded]. Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[2] STATUT HDZ (pdf) Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[3] STATUT SDP (pdf)

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