List of political parties in Croatia
This article lists current political parties in Croatia, as well as former parties dating 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 January 1990 (when first political parties were officially legalized in Croatia)[1] a total of 409 of them have been registered to date, out of which 249 have since been struck from the register.[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
| 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 | 37 / 151
|
4 / 12
|
Centre-left | PES | ||
| We Can! – Political Platform Možemo! – politička platforma |
Možemo! | 10 / 151
|
1 / 12
|
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 | Božo Petrov | 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 | |||
Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level
| 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) | ||||
- † 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)[5][6]
- Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava or A-HSP)
- Bloc Pensioners Together (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)
- Determination and Justice (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)
- Croatian People's Progressive Party (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)
- Croatian Independent Party (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)
- Croat-Slovene People's Party (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").
See also
- Lists of political parties
- Liberalism in Croatia
- Left-wing politics in Croatia
- Far-right politics in Croatia
Notes
- ^ Mirando Mrsić was elected as member of SDP but joined Democrats mid-term in 2018
- ^ Mirela Holy was elected as member of SDP but joined ORaH mid-term in 2018
- ^ Held 11 seats beween 2022 and 2024 after split from SDP
References
- ^ Šime Dunatov (December 2010). "Začetci višestranačja u Hrvatskoj 1989. godine" [The Origins of the Multi-Party System in Croatia in 1989]. Radovi Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Zadru (in Croatian) (52). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts: 381–397. ISSN 1330-0474. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Register of political parties in the Republic of Croatia". gov.hr. Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Political Parties Act". sabor.hr. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Popis političkih stranaka u Hrvatskoj" [List of political parties in Croatia]. RTL.hr (in Croatian). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Statut političke stranke Alternativa za Hrvatsku". narodne-novine.nn.hr. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Vrabac, Ivan. "Alternativa za Hrvatsku". azhr.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-08-13.