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 that must collaborate to form coalition governments; a party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone. 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]

Modern parties[]

Political parties with elected representation at the national level[]

Name			Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Sabor	MEPs	Political position	European
		Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica	HDZ	Andrej Plenković	Conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism	61 / 151	4 / 12	Centre-right	EPP
		Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske	SDP	Peđa Grbin	Social democracy Progressivism Pro-Europeanism	14 / 151	4 / 12	Centre-left	PES
		Homeland Movement Domovinski pokret	DP		Croatian nationalism Right-wing populism National conservatism Social conservatism Conservatism Soft Euroscepticism	6 / 151	0 / 12	Right-wing to far-right	–
		The Bridge Most	Most	Božo Petrov	Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism Economic liberalism Environmentalism Soft Euroscepticism	6 / 151	0 / 12	Centre-right	–
		Croatian Sovereignists Hrvatski suverenisti	HS		Souverainism Croatian nationalism Conservatism Christian right Soft Euroscepticism	4 / 151	1 / 12	Right-wing	ECPM, ECR Party
		We Can! – Political Platform Možemo! – politička platforma	Možemo!	Collective leadership	Green politics Eco-socialism Progressivism	4 / 151	0 / 12	Left-wing	–
		Independent Democratic Serb Party Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka Самостална демократска српска странка	SDSS СДСС	Milorad Pupovac	Serb minority politics Social democracy Social liberalism Anti-nationalism Anti-fascism Pro-Europeanism	3 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-left	–
		Istrian Democratic Assembly Istarski demokratski sabor Dieta democratica istriana	IDS DDI		Istrian regionalism Liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	3 / 151	1 / 12	Centre to centre-left	ALDE Party
		Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka	HSLS		Conservative liberalism Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism	2 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-right	ALDE Party
		Croatian Peasant Party Hrvatska seljačka stranka	HSS	Krešo Beljak	Agrarianism Social liberalism Liberalism Green politics Republicanism Pro-Europeanism	2 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-left	–
		Centre Centar	Centar	Ivica Puljak	Social liberalism Economic liberalism Progressivism Secularism Pro-Europeanism	2 / 151	0 / 12	Centre	–
		Workers' Front Radnička fronta	RF	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism Social progressivism Labour rights Socialist feminism Anti-fascism Anti-clericalism Eco-socialism Left-wing populism Antimilitarism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Left-wing to far-left	PEL
		Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka – Liberalni demokrati	HNS-LD		Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-left	ALDE Party
		New Left Nova ljevica	NL		Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Environmentalism Anti-fascism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre-left to left-wing	–
		Civic Liberal Alliance Građansko-liberalni savez	GLAS	Anka Mrak Taritaš	Liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre-left	ALDE Party
		People's Party – Reformists Narodna stranka – Reformisti	NS-R	Radimir Čačić	Liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre	EDP
		Bloc for Croatia Blok za Hrvatsku	BLOK	Zlatko Hasanbegović	Croatian nationalism Right-wing populism Social conservatism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Right-wing to far-right	–
		Croatian Demochristian Party Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka	HDS		Christian democracy Conservatism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre-right to right-wing	–
		Focus on Important Fokus na bitno	Fokus		Classical liberalism Bright green environmentalism	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-right	–
		Croatian Party of Pensioners Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika	HSU		Pensioners' interests Single-issue politics	1 / 151	0 / 12	Centre to centre-left	–
		Damir Bajs nezavisna lista	DBNL	Damir Bajs		1 / 151	0 / 12		–
		Human Shield Živi zid	ŽZ	Ivan Vilibor Sinčić	Populism Euroscepticism Souverainism Protectionism	0 / 151	1 / 12	Syncretic	–

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
• Democrats (Demokrati) – active from 2018; 1 seat between 2018 and 2020
• † Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka or LS) – active from 1998 to 2006; won 2 seats in 2000 and 2003
• † (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[]

• (Stranka antikorupcije, razvoja i transparentnosti or START)
• Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava or A-HSP)
• (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)
• (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)
•  [hr] (Napredna stranka/Hrvatska pučka napredna stranka, 1904–1910)
•  [hr] (Napredna demokratska stranka, 1918–1919)
• Serb Independent Party/Serb People's Independent Party (Srpska samostalna stranka/Srpska narodna samostalna stranka, 1881–1918)
• Serb People's Radical Party (Srpska narodna radikalna stranka, 1903–1918)
•  [hr] (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)
• Autonomist 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)
• (Dalmatia) (Demokratska stranka, 1904–1906)
•  [hr] (Istria) (Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka, 1878–1918)
• Croatian Popular Party (1919) (Hrvatska pučka stranka, 1919–1929)
•  [hr] (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[]

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

References[]