Social Democratic Action of Croatia ( or ASH) was a Croatian left-wing political party. It was founded by 1994 by members of

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dissatisfied with the centrist policies of SDP leader

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and his lack of criticism towards

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. The party had high hopes of gathering support beyond disenchanted SDP voters after

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leader

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left Croatian People's Party in order to join them. In 1994, they tried to force an all-left party coalition in Croatia for the upcoming elections. The idea was rejected by Ivica Račan and SDP so they failed to realise it. In the 1995 parliamentary election most of left-wing voters opted for SDP while ASH managed to get only one seat (

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, 5th special district). Alongside the party presidents, ASH had prominent members such as

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(prominent left-wing intellectual and dramaturge) and Tomislav Jakić (former journalist, TV reporter and advisor to president

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). In 2009, the party's membership was 6,300.http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/stranke/programi/028356.pdf

Presidents

(1994–1996) * Silvije Degen (1996–2001) *

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(2001–2016)

Electoral history

Legislative

European Parliament

References

External links

Official website
Political parties established in 1994 Social democratic parties in Croatia 1994 establishments in Croatia {{Croatia-party-stub