Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar Primorsko-goranski savez | |
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President | Darijo Vasilić |
Founded | 11 March 1990 |
Headquarters | Rijeka, Croatia |
Ideology | Regionalism Liberalism |
Political position | Centre |
National affiliation | Restart Coalition (2020–2023) Amsterdam Coalition (2018–2020) Our Croatia (2023–) |
Colours | Dark blue Green |
Sabor | 0 / 151 |
European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
County Prefects | 0 / 21 |
Mayors | 1 / 128 |
Rijeka City Council | 3 / 31 |
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The Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Croatian : Primorsko-goranski savez or PGS) is a minor Croatian liberal regionalist [1] political party of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
They formerly had one representative in the Croatian Parliament in an alliance with the Croatian People's Party.
The party originated from the city of Rijeka under the name of Rijeka Democratic Alliance (Croatian : Riječki demokratski savez, RiDS). After winning a seat in 1992 elections, the party expanded its activities to the rest of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and changed the name accordingly.
Before the 2007 elections, PGS has announced coalition (joint electoral ticket) with Croatian Peasant Party and Croatian Social Liberal Party.
Election | Coalition | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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Coalition totals | PGS only | |||||
1992 | IDS-DA | 83,623 | 3.18% | 1 / 138 | New | Opposition |
2000 | SDP-HSLS-SBHS | 1,138,318 | 38.70% | 2 / 151 | ![]() | Government |
2003 | HNS-SBHS | 198,781 | 8.0% | 1 / 151 | ![]() | Opposition |
2007 | HSS-HSLS-ZDS-ZS | 161,814 | 6.5% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
2011 | BUZ-HRS | 66,239 | 2.8% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
2015 | IDS-RI | 42,193 | 1.83% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
2016 | IDS-RI | 43,180 | 2.29% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
2020 | Restart Coalition | 414,645 | 24.87% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
2024 | Our Croatia | 47,655 | 2.25% | 0 / 151 | ![]() | Extra-parliamentary |
Election | In coalition with | Votes won (coalition totals) | Percentage | Seats won | Change |
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2014 | HSLS-RI-NF | 22,098 | 2.4% | 0 / 11 | ![]() |
2019 | Amsterdam Coalition | 55,829 | 5.19% | 0 / 12 | ![]() |
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