List of political parties in Croatia

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. The legal position, conditions, method and procedure for the establishment, registration and termination of political parties are determined by the Political Parties Act.

Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Sabor MEPs Politicalposition European Croatian Democratic Union HDZ Andrej Plenković Centre-right EPP Social Democratic Party of Croatia SDP Siniša Hajdaš Dončić Social democracy Centre-left PES We Can! – Political Platform Možemo! Centre-left to left-wing EGP Homeland Movement DP Ivan Penava to far-right The Bridge Most Nikola Grmoja ECR Home and National Rally DOMiNO Mario Radić ECR Independent Democratic Serb Party SDSS СДСС Milorad Pupovac Centre-left Centre Centar Ivica Puljak Centre ALDE Istrian Democratic Assembly IDSDDI Loris Peršurić Centre tocentre-left ALDE Croatian Social Liberal Party HSLS Dario Hrebak Centre tocentre-right ALDE Independent Platform of the North NPS Matija Posavec Regionalism Centre Croatian Sovereignists HS Marijan Pavliček Right-wing ECR Croatian Peasant Party HSS Darko Vuletić Centre tocentre-left Croatian Demochristian Party HDS Goran Dodig Centre-rightto right-wing EPP Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last NameDO i SIPDalija Orešković Centre tocentre-left Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats HNS Krunoslav Lukačić Social liberalism Centre tocentre-left ALDE Civic Liberal Alliance GLAS Stanko Borić Centre-left ALDE Croatian Party of Pensioners HSU Veselko Gabričević Centre tocentre-left Law and Justice PiP Mislav Kolakušić Right-wing

Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Politicalposition European Elected representatives Note Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar PGS Darijo Vasilić Centre Active only in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Bloc for Croatia BLOK Zlatko Hasanbegović Right-wingto far-right 2020 (1 seat) Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party BM 365 Slavko Kojić Populism Big tent In bankruptcy Croatian Civic Party HGS Željko Kerum Right-wing populism Right-wing 2011 (2 seats) Active only in Split-Dalmatia County Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja HDSSB Branimir Glavaš Centre-right Active only in the region of Slavonija Croatian Labourists – Labour Party Laburisti David Bregovac Centre-left Croatian Party of Rights HSP Marina Logarušić Far-right Claims legacy to the Party of Rights Democrats – Ivan Lukež Centre-left 2018 (1 seat) Focus – Gabrijel Deak Economic liberalism Centre tocentre-right ALDE Party Green Alternative – Sustainable Development of Croatia ORaH Zorislav Antun Petrović Centre-left EGP (associate) Independent Youth List NLM Petar Maretić Youth politics Centre-right 2016 (1 seat) New Left NL Ivana Kekin Centre-leftto left-wing 2020 (1 seat) Merging into Možemo! People's Party – Reformists Reformisti Radimir Čačić Centre EDP Social Democrats – Davorko Vidović Centre-left 2022 Workers' Front RF Collective leadership Left-wingto far-left PEL 2020 (1 seat)

† Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija or HKDU) – won 1 seat in 1995, 1 seat in 2000 Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka or HDSS) – won 1 seat in 2003 † Croatian Growth (Hrvatski rast or Hrast) – active from 2012 to 2021 † Croatian Independent Democrats (Hrvatski nezavisni demokrati or HND) – active from 1994 to 2011; won 1 seat in 1995 † 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 † Liberal Party (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 BM 365) † 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 † The Key of Croatia (Ključ Hrvatske) – active between 2011 and 2024; won 1 seat in 2015; 8 seats in 2016 (merged into Law and Justice)

Other parties Alternative for Croatia (Alternativa za Hrvatsku or AZH) 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 Conservative Party (Hrvatska konzervativna stranka or HKS) – active 2014–2021 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) † Croatian Workers Party (Hrvatska radnička stranka or HRS) Democratic Alliance of Serbs (Demokratski savez Srba/Демократски caвeз Cpбa or DSS/ДСC) Democratic HSS (Demokratski HSS or DHSS) Democratic Party of Zagorje (Zagorska demokratska stranka or ZDS) (Odlučnost i pravednost or OiP) 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) LiPO (Lika, primorje i otoci) 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) Party of Ivan Pernar (Stranka Ivana Pernara or SIP) † Pirate Party (Piratska stranka) Republic (Republika) † Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka/Српска демократска cтранка or SDS/СДС) Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske or SRP) † 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) (Napredna stranka/Hrvatska pučka napredna stranka, 1904–1910) Progressive Democratic Party (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) (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) Democratic Party (Dalmatia) (Demokratska stranka, 1904–1906) (Istria) (Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka, 1878–1918) Croatian Popular Party (Hrvatska pučka stranka, 1919–1929) Croatian Union (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").

List of political parties in Croatia

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