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. Croatia has a
multi-party In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coa ...
system with numerous parties that must collaborate to form
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s; a party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone. Between January 1990 (when political parties were legalized in Croatia) and May 2022, 391 political parties were registered, out of which 224 have since been struck from the register.


Modern parties


Political parties with elected representation at the national level


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 The Croatian Democratic Peasant Party ( or HDSS) is a minor agrarian-conservative political party in Croatia. The party was led by Ivo Lončar, a popular television news reporter who was elected as a member of the 2000-2003 Parliament from th ...
(''Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka'' or HDSS) – won 1 seat in 2003 *†
Croatian Independent Democrats Croatian Independent Democrats ( or HND) was a political party in Croatia. History Its founders were members of the moderate faction within the Croatian Democratic Union. In 1993, their unofficial leaderJosip Manolić, former protégé of Presid ...
(''Hrvatski nezavisni demokrati'' or HND) – active from 1994 to 2011; won 1 seat in 1995 *
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party The Croatian Labourists – Labour Party ( hr, Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Croatia. It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Les ...
(''Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada'') – won 6 seats in 2011; 3 seats in 2015 *
Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonomy ...
(''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 * Democrats (''Demokrati'') – active from 2018; 1 seat between 2018 and 2020 *†
Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...
(''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

* 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 Croatian Pure Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska čista stranka prava or HČSP) is a far-right political party in Croatia founded in 1992. The party claims to be an ideological descendant of the identically named right-wing Serbophobic historical ...
(''Hrvatska čista stranka prava'' or HČSP) *
Croatian Republican Union The Croatian Republican Union ( hr, Hrvatska republikanska zajednica or HRZ) was a political party in Croatia. History It was formed in 1951 in Buenos Aires by Ivan Oršanić as the ''Croatian Republican Party''. The party was moved to Croatia i ...
(''Hrvatska republikanska zajednica'' or HRZ) *
Democratic Alliance of Serbs The Democratic Alliance of Serbs ( hr, Demokratski savez Srba or DSS, sr-cyr, Демократски савез Срба, ДСС) is a social democratic political party of Serbs in Croatia. History The party was founded on 27 June 2016 in Zagreb ...
(''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 The Međimurje Party ( or MS) is a regional political party in Croatia, formed in Međimurje in 2000. It is usually aligned with right-wing parties. At the last legislative elections, 23 November 2003, an alliance of the Croatian Party of Righ ...
(''Međimurska stranka'') * †
Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia ( hr, Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku) is a defunct political party in Croatia, formed in 2007. The party was established by disaffected founding members of the HDZ, the Croatian Bloc (which extingui ...
(''Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku'') * † Party of Danube Serbs (''Partija podunavskih Srba/Партија подунавских Срба'' or PPS/ППС) * † Party with a First and Last Name (''Stranka s imenom i prezimenom'' or SIP, merged with Pametno into
Centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
) * †
Pirate Party Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties around the world. Pirate parties support civil rights, direct democracy (including e-democracy) or alternatively participation in government, reform of copyright and patent law, free shari ...
(''Piratska stranka'') *† 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 (''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 The Zagorje Party ( hr, Zagorska stranka or ZS) is a regional political party in Croatia. Zagorje Party was founded in Krapina on 10 January 2004. Zagorje party is a regional party that is active on the territory of Hrvatsko Zagorje and all of ...
(''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 Croatian-Hungarian Party ( hr, Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka) was the name of a 19th-century political party in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia which advocated closer ties between Croatia and Hungary. It was official ...
(''Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka'', 1841–1861) * Unionist Party/
People's Constitutional Party The People's Constitutional Party was a political party active in the U.S. state of New Mexico during the late 1960s and early 1970s. History The party was formed in 1968 by supporters of Reies Tijerina and his Alianza Federal de Mercedes, who wa ...
(''Unionistička stranka/Narodno-ustavna stranka'', 1861–1873) * Party of Rights/
Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonomy ...
(''Stranka prava/Hrvatska stranka prava'', 1861–1910) * Pure Party of Rights/
Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Pure Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska čista stranka prava or HČSP) is a far-right political party in Croatia founded in 1992. The party claims to be an ideological descendant of the identically named right-wing Serbophobic historical ...
(''Čista stranka prava/Hrvatska čista stranka prava'', 1895–1918) *
Starčević's Party of Rights The Party of Rights ( hr, Stranka prava) was a 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 Kvaternik, two influent ...
(''Starčevićeva stranka prava'', 1908–1911–1918) * (''Napredna stranka/Hrvatska pučka napredna stranka'', 1904–1910) * Progressive Democratic Party (''Napredna demokratska stranka'', 1918–1919) *
Serb Independent Party Serb Independent Party ( sr-Latn, Srpska samostalna stranka, SSS, german: Serbische selbständige Partei), also known as Serb Autonomous Party or simply Serb Autonomists, was an ethnic Serb political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, under ...
/
Serb People's Independent Party Serb Independent Party ( sr-Latn, Srpska samostalna stranka, SSS, german: Serbische selbständige Partei), also known as Serb Autonomous Party or simply Serb Autonomists, was an ethnic Serb political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, under ...
(''Srpska samostalna stranka/Srpska narodna samostalna stranka'', 1881–1918) *
Serb People's Radical Party The Serbian People's Radical Party ( Serbian: Српска народна радикална странка, ''Srpska narodna radikalna stranka'') was an ethnic Serb political party in Austria-Hungary. It was founded in 1887 in Novi Sad, but late ...
(''Srpska narodna radikalna stranka'', 1903–1918) * (''Hrvatska samostalna stranka'', 1910–1918) *
Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije or 'SDSHiS') was a social-democratic political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. The party was active from 1894 until 1916. History ...
(''Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije'', 1894–1918) *
Croat-Serb Coalition The Croat-Serb Coalition ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija, separator=/, Хрватско-српска коалиција) was a major political alliance in Austria-Hungary during early 20th century that governed the Croatian lands, the c ...
(''Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija'', 1905–1918) *
Autonomist Party The Autonomist Party ( it, Partito Autonomista; hr, Autonomaška stranka) was an Italian-Dalmatianist political party in the Dalmatian political scene, that existed for around 70 years of the 19th century and until World War I. Its goal was ...
(
Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, str ...
) (''Autonomna stranka'', 1860–1918) * People's Party/ People's Croatian Party or Croatian National Party (
Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, str ...
) (''Narodna stranka/Narodna hrvatska stranka'', 1861–1905) * Serbian Party or Serb People's Party (
Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, str ...
) (''Srpska stranka/Srpska narodna stranka'', 1879–1918) * Croatian Party (
Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, str ...
) (''Hrvatska stranka'', 1905–1918) * Democratic Party (
Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, str ...
) (''Demokratska stranka'', 1904–1906) * (
Istria Istria ( ; Croatian and Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian, Italian and Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic betwe ...
) (''Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka'', 1878–1918) *
Croatian Popular Party Croatian Popular Party ( hr, Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia. The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav MerčepCommunist Party of Croatia/
League of Communists of Croatia League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...
(''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

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Lists of political parties Lists of political parties include: * List of agrarian parties * List of banned political parties * List of centrist political parties * List of communitarian political parties * List of fictional political parties * List of frivolous pol ...
* Liberalism in Croatia *
Far-right politics in Croatia Far-right politics in Croatia refers to any manifestation of far-right politics in the Republic of Croatia. Individuals and groups in Croatia that employ far-right politics are most often associated with the historical Ustaše movement, hence they ...


References

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