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List of political parties in Croatia

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Croatia maintains a variety of political parties, some of which date back as far as 1841. Since 1989, Croatia has a multi-party system with numerous parties that must collaborate to form coalition governments.

There are a total of 160 active political parties in Croatia as of November 3, 2024. Since political parties were officially legalized in Croatia in 1990, a total of 409 have been registered to date, out of which 249 have been discontinued.[1][2] The legal position, conditions, method and procedure for the establishment, registration and termination of political parties are determined by the Political Parties Act.[3][4]

Modern parties


Political parties with elected representation at the national level

More information Name, Abbr. ...
Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Sabor MEPs Political
position
European
Croatian Democratic Union
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica
HDZ Andrej Plenković
57 / 151
6 / 12
Centre-right EPP
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
SDP Siniša Hajdaš Dončić Social democracy
36 / 151
4 / 12
Centre-left PES
We Can! – Political Platform
Možemo! – politička platforma
Možemo!
10 / 151
1 / 12
Centre-left
to left-wing
EGP
Homeland Movement
Domovinski pokret
DP Ivan Penava
8 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing
to far-right
N/a
The Bridge
Most
Most Nikola Grmoja
7 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-right
to right-wing
ECR
Home and National Rally
Dom i nacionalno okupljanje
DOMiNO Mario Radić
3 / 151
1 / 12
Right-wing ECR
Independent Democratic Serb Party
Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka
Самостална демократска српска странка
SDSS
СДСС
Milorad Pupovac
3 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-left N/a
Centre
Centar
Centar Ivica Puljak
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre ALDE
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Istarski demokratski sabor
Dieta democratica istriana
IDS
DDI
Loris Peršurić
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-left
ALDE
Croatian Social Liberal Party
Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
HSLS Dario Hrebak
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-right
ALDE
Independent Platform of the North
Nezavisna platforma Sjever
NPS Matija Posavec Regionalism
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre N/a
Croatian Sovereignists
Hrvatski suverenisti
HS Marijan Pavliček
1 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing ECR
Croatian Peasant Party
Hrvatska seljačka stranka
HSS Darko Vuletić
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-left
N/a
Croatian Demochristian Party
Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka
HDS Goran Dodig
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-right
to right-wing
EPP
Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name
Dalija Orešković i ljudi s imenom i prezimenom
DO i SIP Dalija Orešković
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-left
N/a
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
Hrvatska narodna stranka – Liberalni demokrati
HNS Krunoslav Lukačić Social liberalism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-left
ALDE
Civic Liberal Alliance
Građansko-liberalni savez
GLAS Stanko Borić
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-left ALDE
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika
HSU Veselko Gabričević
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to
centre-left
N/a
Law and Justice
Pravo i pravda
PiP Mislav Kolakušić
1 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing N/a
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Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

More information Name, Abbr. ...
Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Political
position
European Elected representatives Note
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Primorsko-goranski savez
PGS Darijo Vasilić Centre N/a
Active only in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Bloc for Croatia
Blok za Hrvatsku
BLOK Zlatko Hasanbegović Right-wing
to far-right
N/a 2020 (1 seat)
Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party
Bandić Milan 365 – Stranka rada i solidarnosti
BM 365 Slavko Kojić Populism Big tent N/a
In bankruptcy
Croatian Civic Party
Hrvatska građanska stranka
HGS Željko Kerum Right-wing populism Right-wing N/a 2011 (2 seats) Active only in Split-Dalmatia County
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja
Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje
HDSSB Branimir Glavaš Centre-right N/a
Active only in the region of Slavonija
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Hrvatski laburisti – Stranka rada
Laburisti David Bregovac Centre-left N/a
Croatian Party of Rights
Hrvatska stranka prava
HSP Marina Logarušić Far-right N/a
Claims legacy to the Party of Rights
Democrats
Demokrati
– Ivan Lukež Centre-left N/a 2018 (1 seat)[a]
Focus
Fokus
– Gabrijel Deak Economic liberalism Centre to
centre-right
ALDE Party
Green Alternative – Sustainable Development of Croatia
Zelena alternativa - Održivi razvoj Hrvatske
ORaH Zorislav Antun Petrović Centre-left EGP (associate)
Independent Youth List
Nezavisna lista mladih
NLM Petar Maretić Youth politics Centre-right N/a 2016 (1 seat)
New Left
Nova ljevica
NL Ivana Kekin Centre-left
to left-wing
N/a 2020 (1 seat) Merging into Možemo!
People's Party – Reformists
Narodna stranka – Reformisti
Reformisti Radimir Čačić Centre EDP
Social Democrats
Socijaldemokrati
– Davorko Vidović Centre-left N/a 2022[c]
Workers' Front
Radnička fronta
RF Collective leadership Left-wing
to far-left
PEL 2020 (1 seat)
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Other parties

Historical parties

▶ 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

Notes

  1. Mirando Mrsić was elected as member of SDP but joined Democrats mid-term in 2018
  2. Mirela Holy was elected as member of SDP but joined ORaH mid-term in 2018
  3. Held 11 seats between 2022 and 2024 after split from SDP

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