People's Party ( hr, Narodna stranka) was a political party in the

Kingdom of Dalmatia The Kingdom of Dalmatia ( hr, Kraljevina Dalmacija; german: Königreich Dalmatien; it, Regno di Dalmazia) was a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1815–1867) and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918). It encompassed the entir ...

. It was founded in 1861 after the failure of Bach's absolutism, as a branch of the People's Party in

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...

. Its members were known as ''narodnjaci'', ''aneksionisti'' or ''puntari''. Its political goal was uniting Dalmatia with Croatia and Slavonia, stemming from their ideological origins in the

Illyrian movement The Illyrian movement ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ilirski pokret, Илирски покрет; sl, Ilirsko gibanje) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian inte ...

. It also gathered prominent

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as well as Dalmatian Serbs. However, a Serb faction splintered in 1878, led by

Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša Stjepan (modernist: Stefan) Mitrov Ljubiša ( sr-cyr, Стјепан Митров Љубиша; 29 February 1824 – 11 November 1878), was a Serbian and Montenegrin writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally r ...

, into the Serb People's Party. From 1887 People's Party was renamed People's Croatian Party (), as a result of an internal compromise between the conservative majority led by

Miho Klaić Miho Klaić (Dubrovnik, August 19, 1829 – Zadar, January 3, 1896) was a Croatian politician and a leader of the Croatian revival in Dalmatia. He obtained a PhD in architecture in Padua, Italy. He was a member of the National Party and was elec ...

and a radical minority led by

Mihovil Pavlinović Mihovil Pavlinović (28 January 1831 – 18 May 1887) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, politician, and writer who led Croatian National Revival in the Kingdom of Dalmatia. He is known as a keen promoter of Croatian political thought in Dalmat ...

and

Juraj Biankini Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. Pronounced "You-rye" but with a trilled r. The English equivalent of the name is George. Notable people * Juraj Chmiel, Czech diplomat and politici ...

. It united with the

Party of Rights The Party of Rights ( hr, Stranka prava) was a Croatian nationalism, Croatian nationalist political party in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and later in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It was founded in 1861 by Ante Starčević and Eugen Kv ...

in 1905 into the "Croatian Party".

Notable members

Gajo Bulat Gajo Filomen Bulat (January 4, 1836Bulat, Gajo (1836–1900)
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Lovro Monti Lovro Monti (21 April 1835, in Knin – 9 April 1898) was a Dalmatian politician of Italian descent. He was a Dalmatian Italian, whose grandfather fought for the Republic of Venice against Napoleon, who was also from a family of Italian origin. B ...

Vid Morpurgo Vid Morpurgo (1838–1911) was a Kingdom of Dalmatia, Dalmatian industrialist, publisher, politician and member of a notable Split, Croatia, Split family Morpurgo. Early years and family Morpurgo was born on 7 May 1838 in Split, Croatia, Spli ...

Natko Nodilo Natko Nodilo (31 August 1834 – 21 May 1912) was a Croatian politician, historian, journalist, university professor, and chancellor of the University of Zagreb. Born in Split, he studied theology in Zadar until 1856, when he dropped out of colleg ...

Lujo Bakotić Lujo Bakotić (21 November 1867 – 31 March 1941) was a Serbian writer, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat. Biography Bakotić was born in Senj to Ignacije Bakotić and Adela Gravisi. He was baptized Alojzije ("Lujo") Juraj Franjo ...

Jovan Sundečić Jovan Sundečić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Сундечић; 24 June 1825 – 19 July 1900) was a Serbian poet, priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a secretary to Prince Nikola I of Montenegro. He is most famous for writing lyrics ...

Konstantin Vojnović Konstantin "Kosta" Vojnović ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Војновић; ; March 2, 1832 – May 20, 1903) was a Croatian Serb politician, university professor and rector in the kingdoms of Dalmatia and Croatia-Slavonia of the Habsburg m ...

* Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša

Diet of Dalmatia elections

*1861: 29/41 *1864: 9/41 *1867: 15/41 *1870: 26/41 *1876: 30/41 *1883: 26/41 *1889: 26/41 *1895: 23/41 *1901: 18/41

References

Political parties established in 1861 Political parties disestablished in 1905 Political parties in Austria-Hungary Defunct political parties in Croatia Kingdom of Dalmatia 1861 establishments in the Austrian Empire {{croatia-hist-stub