List of political parties in Croatia

Croatia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which a party rarely 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]

This article lists political parties in Croatia.

Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Political position	Leader	Sabor	Coalition	Coalition total	European Parliament	Status
	Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Christian democracy Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism[2]	Centre-right	Andrej Plenković	61 / 151	HDZ-led coalition	66 / 151	4 / 12	government
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija	SDP	Social democracy[3] Progressivism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Peđa Grbin	34 / 151	Restart	41 / 151	4 / 12	leader of the opposition
	Homeland Movement Domovinski pokret	DP	Croatian nationalism National conservativism Social conservativism Euroscepticism[4][5]	Right wing to far-right	Miroslav Škoro	10 / 151	No coalition	/	0 / 12	opposition
	Bridge of Independent Lists Most nezavisnih lista	Most	Fiscal conservatism Liberal conservatism Big tent	Centre to centre-right	Božo Petrov	7 / 151	No coalition	/	0 / 12	opposition
	We can! Možemo!	Možemo!	Social progressivism Eco-socialism Green municipalism	Left wing	Collective leadership	4 / 151	Green-Left Coalition	/	0 / 12	opposition
	Independent Democratic Serb Party Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka	SDSS	Serb minority politics Liberal democracy Social democracy Anti-fascism	Centre-left	Milorad Pupovac	3 / 151	No coalition	/	0 / 12	government
	Istrian Democratic Assembly Istarski demokratski sabor	IDS-DDI	Regionalism Social liberalism Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Boris Miletić	3 / 151	Restart	41 / 151	1 / 12	opposition
	Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka	HSLS	Conservative liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Dario Hrebak	2 / 151	HDZ-led coalition	66 / 151	0 / 12	government support
	Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Agrarianism Green liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism[6]	Centre[7] to centre-left[8]	Krešo Beljak	2 / 151	Restart	41 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	Croatian Conservative Party Hrvatska konzervativna stranka	HKS	Croatian nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism National conservatism Right-wing populism	Right wing	Marijan Pavliček	2 / 151	Croatian Souverainists	4 / 151	1 / 12	opposition
	Centre Centar	Centar	Economic liberalism Social progressivism Secularism	Centre	Collective leadership	2 / 151		/	0 / 12	opposition
	Workers' Front Radnička fronta	RF	Democratic socialism Social progressivism Left-wing populism	Left wing	Collective leadership	1 / 151	Green-Left Coalition (untill 2020) / No coalition	7 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	New left Nova ljevica	NL	Democratic socialism Social democracy Environmentalism	Left wing	Ivana Kekin	1 / 151	Green-Left Coalition	7 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka - Liberalni demokrati	HNS-LD	Liberalism Social liberalism Centrism Pro-Europeanism[9][10]	Centre[11][7] to centre-left	Predrag Štromar	1 / 151	No coalition	/	0 / 12	government support
	Civic Liberal Alliance Građansko-liberalni savez	GLAS	Social progressivism Social liberalism Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Anka Mrak-Taritaš	1 / 151	Restart	41 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	Croatian Christian Democratic Party Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka	HDS	Christian democracy National conservatism	Centre-right	Goran Dodig	1 / 151	HDZ-led coalition	66 / 151	0 / 12	government support
	Croatian Party of Pensioners Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika	HSU	Single-issue politics (pensioners' rights)	Centre-left	Silvano Hrelja	1 / 151	Restart	41 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	People's Party - Reformists Narodna stranka - Reformisti	NS-R	Economic liberalism	Centre	Radimir Čačić	1 / 151			0 / 12	government support
	HRAST - Movement for Successful Croatia HRAST - Pokret za uspješnu Hrvatsku	HRAST	Political catholicism	Right wing	Ladislav Ilčić	1 / 151	Croatian Souverainists	4 / 151	0 / 12	opposition
	Zagreb is OURS Zeleno–lijeva koalicija	Z!	Green municipalism Anti-fascism Eco-socialism	Left wing	Collective leadership	1 / 151	Green–Left Coalition	7 / 151	0 / 12	opposition

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 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

• Anti-Corruption, Development and Transparency Party (Stranka antikorupcije, razvoja i transparentnosti or START)
• 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 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)
• For the City (Za grad or ZG)
• Green Alliance – Greens (Zeleni savez – Zeleni)
• Istrian Social Democratic Forum (Istarski socijaldemokratski forum or ISDF)
• Left of Croatia (Ljevica Hrvatske)
• Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka)
• 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)
• Centre (Centar)
• † Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka/Српска демократска cтранка or SDS/СДС)
• 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)
• 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").

See also

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

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