The Croatian Labourists – Labour Party ( hr, Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) is a
social-democratic and
democratic socialist
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political party
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in
Croatia
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It was formed in 2010 by a former
trade union
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ist and
People's Party MP Dragutin Lesar, who was the party's only member of parliament in the 6th assembly.
In the
2011 parliamentary election, the party won six seats in the
Croatian Parliament
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.
Ahead of the
2015 parliamentary election the party joined the ruling
Croatia is Growing
The Restart Coalition ( hr, Restart koalicija) is a centre-left political alliance in Croatia. The coalition was formed in 2010 as the Kukuriku Coalition (''Kukuriku koalicija''). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken fr ...
coalition with the
Social Democratic Party of Croatia and liberal parties. As a result, MP Mladen Novak resigned in protest and joined the
green party ORaH.
Election history
Legislative
European Parliament
See also
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Left wing politics in Croatia
References
External links
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2010 establishments in Croatia
Democratic socialist parties in Europe
Labour parties
Political parties established in 2010
Social democratic parties in Croatia