List of political parties in Croatia

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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. As of the 2011 parliamentary election^[update], there are 116 registered political parties in Croatia.^[1]

Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader	Sabor
	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Centre-right, Christian democracy	Jadranka Kosor	65
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	SDP	Centre-left, social democracy	Zoran Milanović	53
	Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Agrarian, moderate, Christian democracy	Josip Friščić	6
	Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati	HNS	Liberalism, free market, progressivism	Radimir Čačić	5
	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje	HDSSB	Slavonian regionalism, conservativism, right-wing populism	Vladimir Šišljagić	4
	Istrian Democratic Assembly Istarski demokratski sabor	IDS	Istrian regionalism, left-wing populism, anti-fascism, social liberalism	Ivan Jakovčić	3
	Independent Democratic Serb Party Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka	SDSS	Serb minority politics, social democracy, liberal democracy, anti-fascism	Vojislav Stanimirović	3
	Croatian Party of Pensioners Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika	HSU	Single-issue politics (pensioner's rights)	Silvano Hrelja	1
	Croatian Party of Rights Hrvatska stranka prava	HSP	Croatian nationalism, right-wing populism, euroscepticism	Daniel Srb	1
	Croatian Labourists - Labour Party Hrvatski laburisti - stranka rada	HL	Labor rights, left-wing populism	Dragutin Lesar	1
	Croatian Social Democrats Hrvatski socijaldemokrati	HSD	Social democracy, anti-globalism	Ivica Pančić	1

Political parties previously with elected representation at a national level

• Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Primorsko goranski savez) - won 1 seat in 1992 (as "Rijeka Democratic Union"); 1 seat in 1995; 2 seats in 2000; 1 seat in 2003
• Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija) - won 1 seat in 1995, 1 seat in 2000
• Croatian Democratic Peasants' Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka) - won 1 seat in 2003
• † Croatian Independent Democrats (Hrvatski nezavisni demokrati) - won 1 seat in 1995; active from 1994 to 2011
• Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka)
• † Dalmatian Action (Dalmatinska akcija) - won 1 seat in 1992; active from 1990 to 2003
• Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar) - won 1 seat in 2003
• † Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka) - won 2 seats in 2000; 2 seats in 2003; active from 1998 to 2006
• † Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra) - won 3 seats in 2003; active from 2002 to 2005
• † Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka); active between 1990 and 1995
• Serb People's Party (Srpska narodna stranka) - won 3 seats in 1992; 2 seats in 1995; 1 seat in 2000
• † Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (Slavonsko-baranjska hrvatska stranka) - won 1 seat in 1995; 1 seat in 2000, active from the early 1990s to 2008
• Social Democratic Action of Croatia (Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske) - won 1 seat in 1995

Other parties

• Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Autohtona - Hrvatska stranka prava)
• Block Pensioners Together (Blok umirovljenici zajedno)
• Croatian Demochristian Party (Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka)
• Charter for Rijeka (Lista za Rijeku)
• Croatian Citizen Party (Hrvatska građanska stranka)
• Croatian Growth (Hrvatski rast)
• Croatian Labour Party (Hrvatska radnička stranka)
• Croatian Party of Rights 1861 (Hrvatska stranka prava 1861)
• Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević)
• Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Hrvatska čista stranka prava)
• Croatian Republican Union (Hrvatska republikanska zajednica)
• Democratic Party of Zagorje (Zagorska demokratska stranka)
• Green List of Croatia (Zelena lista)
• Green Party – Green Alternative (Zelena stranka – Zelena alternativa)
• Istrian Social Democratic Forum (Istarski socijaldemokratski forum)
• Left of Croatia (Ljevica Hrvatske)
• Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia (Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku)
• Party of Danube Serbs (Partija podunavskih Srba)
• 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)

See also

• List of political parties
• Liberalism in Croatia
• Far right in Croatia

References

1. ^ "Mala zemlja sa 116 političkih stranaka" (in Croatian). nacional.hr. 1 November 2011. http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/118974/mala-zemlja-sa-116-politickih-stranaka. Retrieved 1 November 2011.