This article lists political parties in

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. Croatia has a

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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 May 2022, 391 political parties were registered, out of which 224 have since been struck from the register.

Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar The Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar ( hr, Primorsko-goranski savez or PGS) is a minor Croatian liberal regionalist political party of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. They formerly had one representative in the Croatian Parliament in an alliance ...

(''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 The Croatian Christian Democratic Union ( or HKDU) is a minor right-wing Christian-democratic list of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia. It was founded in 1992 after the merger of Croatian Democratic Party (HDS) and the Cr ...

(''Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija'' or HKDU) – won 1 seat in 1995, 1 seat in 2000 *

Croatian Civic Party Croatian Civic Party ( hr, Hrvatska građanska stranka or HGS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia. It was established in September 2009 by Željko Kerum, an entrepreneur and mayor of Split after he won the mayoral elections as an independ ...

(''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 The Croatian Labourists – Labour Party ( hr, Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in Croatia. It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Lesa ...

(''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 Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...

(''Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević'' or HSP AS) – won 1 seat in 2011; 3 seats in 2015 *†

Dalmatian Action Dalmatian Action (''Dalmatinska akcija'' or DA) was a 1990s regionalist and autonomist party in the region of Dalmatia within Croatia, that advocated for the political autonomy of Dalmatia within Croatia, including the creation of a Dalmatian re ...

(''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 *†

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(''Liberalna stranka'' or LS) – active from 1998 to 2006; won 2 seats in 2000 and 2003 *†

Party of Croatian Intergenerational Solidarity A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

(''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 LIBRA - Party of Liberal Democrats ( hr, LIBRA - Stranka liberalnih demokrata or LIBRA for short, also spelled Libra) was a short-lived Croatian social-liberal political party active between September 2002 and August 2005. During its existence ...

(''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 Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party ( or SBHS) was a regional political party in Croatia. It was founded in 1992 in Slavonia. It was usually allied with Social Democratic Party of Croatia. From 1995 to 2003 it was represented in the Croatian Parliame ...

(''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 Social Democratic Action of Croatia ( hr, Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske or ASH) was a Croatian left-wing political party. It was founded by 1994 by members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia dissatisfied with the centrist policies of SDP l ...

(''Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske'' or ASH) – active between 1994 and 2016; won 1 seat in 1995

Other parties

Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights The Authentic Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava or A-HSP) is a far right, and social conservative political party founded in Koprivnica, in 2005, after the merging of Croatian Rightists and Croatian Right Movement. T ...

(''Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava'' or A-HSP) * Bloc Pensioners Together (''Blok umirovljenici zajedno'' or BUZ) *

Charter for Rijeka A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...

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 The Croatian Labour Party ( hr, Hrvatska radnička stranka) is a minor Croatian party without political representation. The Party has about 400 members. It was founded in 1999 in Samobor. It follows teachings of Croatian nationalist Ante Starče ...

(''Hrvatska radnička stranka'' or HRS) *

Croatian Party of Rights 1861 Croatian Party of Rights 1861 ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava 1861 or HSP 1861) is a political party in Croatia. It was founded in 1995 as a splinter party of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP, itself founded in 1990) following the removal of Croat ...

(''Hrvatska stranka prava 1861'' or HSP 1861) *

Croatian Pure Party of Rights Croatian Pure Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska čista stranka prava or HČSP) is a far-right political party in Croatia founded in 1992. The party claims to be an ideological descendant of the identically named right-wing Anti-Serb sentiment, Serb ...

(''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 Democratic Party of Zagorje ( hr, Zagorska demokratska stranka or ZDS) is a right-wing political party from Krapina-Zagorje and Varaždin counties in Croatia. Members: 1998 (5,250), 1999 (5,250), 2002 (5,500). ZDS was established on 5 February ...

(''Zagorska demokratska stranka'' or ZDS) *

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(''Za grad'' or ZG) * Green Alliance – Greens (''Zeleni savez – Zeleni'') * Istrian Social Democratic Forum (''Istarski socijaldemokratski forum'' or ISDF) *

Left of Croatia The Left of Croatia ( hr, Ljevica Hrvatske) was a marginal leftist Croatian political party with no parliamentary representation. Origins Left of Croatia was created in 2007 by the merger of several parties: *Vladimir Bebić – Third Block *Gre ...

(''Ljevica Hrvatske'') * Međimurje Party (''Međimurska stranka'') * †

Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia Only Croatia – Movement for Croatia ( hr, Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku) is a defunct political party in Croatia, formed in 2007. The party was established by disaffected founding members of the HDZ, the Croatian Bloc (which extingu ...

(''Jedino Hrvatska – Pokret za Hrvatsku'') * † Party of Danube Serbs (''Partija podunavskih Srba/Партија подунавских Срба'' or PPS/ППС) * †

Party with a First and Last Name The Party with a First and Last Name ( hr, Stranka s imenom i prezimenom) was a Croatian political party founded by Dalija Orešković. History In October 2018 Dalija Orešković announced she would enter politics on the centre spectrum. On Dec ...

(''Stranka s imenom i prezimenom'' or SIP, merged with Pametno into

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) * † Pirate Party (''Piratska stranka'') *† Serb Democratic Party (''Srpska demokratska stranka/Српска демократска cтранка'' or SDS/СДС) *

Socialist Labour Party of Croatia Socialist Labour Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske or SRP) is a communist party in Croatia, also known as Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia. url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717003705/http://www.nacional.hr/cl ...

(''Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske'' or SRP) *

Sustainable Development of Croatia Green alternative - Sustainable Development of Croatia ( hr, Zelena alternativa - Održivi razvoj Hrvatske) or ORaH (''Orah'' meaning "walnut" in Croatian) is a minor green political party in Croatia. History The party was formed in 2013. Its le ...

(''Održivi razvoj Hrvatske'' or ORaH) *

The Split Party The Split Party ( hr, Splitska stranka or STS) was a Croatian centrist political party, formed in February 2017. The party was established by the former mayor of Split Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Places * Split, Croatia, the largest co ...

(''Splitska stranka'') *

Women's Democratic Party Women's Democratic Party ( hr, Demokratska stranka žena or DSŽ) is a women's rights political organization founded in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and to ...

(''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 The People's Liberal Party ( bg, Народнолиберална партия, ''Narodnoliberalna partiya'', NLP) was a political party in Bulgaria. History One of the four factions to emerge from the old Liberal Party, the party was establishe ...

/ Independent People's Party (''Narodno-liberalna stranka/Neodvisna narodna stranka'', 1861–1903) *

Croatian-Hungarian Party Croatian-Hungarian Party ( hr, Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka) was the name of a 19th-century political party in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia which advocated closer ties between Croatia and Hungary. It was official ...

(''Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka'', 1841–1861) * Unionist Party/ People's Constitutional Party (''Unionistička stranka/Narodno-ustavna stranka'', 1861–1873) *

Party of Rights The Party of Rights ( hr, Stranka prava) was a 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 influenti ...

/ Croatian Party of Rights (''Stranka prava/Hrvatska stranka prava'', 1861–1910) *

Pure Party of Rights The Party of Rights ( hr, Stranka prava) was a 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 ...

(''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 Independent Party ( sr-Latn, Srpska samostalna stranka, SSS, german: Serbische selbständige Partei), also known as Serb Autonomous Party or simply Serb Autonomists, was an ethnic Serb political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, under ...

Serb People's Independent Party Serb Independent Party ( sr-Latn, Srpska samostalna stranka, SSS, german: Serbische selbständige Partei), also known as Serb Autonomous Party or simply Serb Autonomists, was an ethnic Serb political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, under ...

(''Srpska samostalna stranka/Srpska narodna samostalna stranka'', 1881–1918) *

Serb People's Radical Party The Serbian People's Radical Party ( Serbian: Српска народна радикална странка, ''Srpska narodna radikalna stranka'') was an ethnic Serb political party in Austria-Hungary. It was founded in 1887 in Novi Sad, but late ...

(''Srpska narodna radikalna stranka'', 1903–1918) * (''Hrvatska samostalna stranka'', 1910–1918) *

Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije or 'SDSHiS') was a social-democratic political party in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. The party was active from 1894 until 1916. Histor ...

(''Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske i Slavonije'', 1894–1918) *

Croat-Serb Coalition The Croat-Serb Coalition ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija, separator=/, Хрватско-српска коалиција) was a major political alliance in Austria-Hungary during early 20th century that governed the Croatian lands, the c ...

(''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 This article lists political parties in Serbia, including former parties that existed in the Kingdom of Serbia between the early 1860s and 1918. The Kingdom of Serbia operated under the multi-party system until 1918 when it became Kingdom of Serb ...

or Serb People's Party ( Dalmatia) (''Srpska stranka/Srpska narodna stranka'', 1879–1918) * Croatian Party ( Dalmatia) (''Hrvatska stranka'', 1905–1918) *

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

( Dalmatia) (''Demokratska stranka'', 1904–1906) * ( Istria) (''Hrvatsko-slovenska narodna stranka'', 1878–1918) * Croatian Popular Party (''Hrvatska pučka stranka'', 1919–1929) * (''Hrvatska zajednica'', 1919–1926) *

Communist Party of Croatia League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...

/ 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").

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* Political parties in Croatia Political parties

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Modern parties

Political parties with elected representation at the national level

Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

Other parties

Historical parties

See also

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