People's Party () was a political party in the

Kingdom of Dalmatia The Kingdom of Dalmatia (; ; ) was a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1815–1867) and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918). It encompassed the entirety of the region of Dalmatia, with its capital at Zadar. History The Habs ...

. It was founded in 1861 after the failure of

Bach's absolutism The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. Duri ...

, as a branch of the People's Party in

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs ...

. 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 (; ) was a pan-South-Slavic cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian intellectuals during the first half of the 19th century, around the years of 1835 t ...

. It also gathered prominent

Dalmatian Italians Dalmatian Italians (; ) are the historical Italian national minority living in the region of Dalmatia, now part of Croatia and Montenegro. Historically, Italian language-speaking Dalmatians accounted for 12.5% of population in 1865, 5.8% in 18 ...

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 writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally ranked among the m ...

, 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 Croatians, 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 ...

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 Dalma ...

and

Juraj Biankini Juraj Biankini (30 August 1847 in Stari Grad – 27 March 1928 in Split) was a journalist and Croatian and Yugoslavian politician. He moved to Zadar to attend high school and theological seminary (a part of the present-day University of Zadar). ...

. It united with the

Party of Rights The Party of Rights () 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 Kvaternik, two influ ...

in 1905 into the "Croatian Party".

Notable members

* Gajo Bulat *

* Lovro Monti * Vid Morpurgo * Natko Nodilo *

* Lujo Bakotić *

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

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 Kingdom of Dalmatia, Dalmatia and Kingdom of Croa ...

Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

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 Liberal parties in Croatia {{croatia-hist-stub