List of political parties in Croatia

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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.

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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

NameAbbr.LeaderIdeology Sabor MEPs Political positionEuropean
HDZ logo.svg Croatian Democratic Union
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica
HDZ Andrej Plenković Conservatism
Christian democracy
55 / 151
6 / 12
Centre-right EPP
Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske Logo.svg Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
SDP Siniša Hajdaš Dončić Social democracy
Progressivism
37 / 151
4 / 12
Centre-left PES
Mozemo! logo.svg We Can! – Political Platform
Možemo! – politička platforma
Možemo! Sandra Benčić
Tomislav Tomašević
Green politics
Eco-socialism
Progressivism
10 / 151
1 / 12
Left-wing EGP
Domovinski Pokret logo.svg Homeland Movement
Domovinski pokret
DP Ivan Penava Croatian nationalism
Right-wing populism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
8 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing to far-right
The Bridge
Most
Most Božo Petrov Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
7 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-right to right-wing
DOMiNO logo.png Home and National Rally
Dom i nacionalno okupljanje
DOMiNO Mario Radić Croatian nationalism
National conservatism
3 / 151
1 / 12
Right-wing to far-right
Independent Democratic Serb Party logo 2020.svg Independent Democratic Serb Party
Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka
Самостална демократска српска странка
SDSS
СДСС
Milorad Pupovac Serb minority politics
Social democracy
Anti-fascism
3 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-left
Centar logo.svg Centre
Centar
Centar Ivica Puljak Social liberalism
Economic liberalism
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre ALDE Party
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Istarski demokratski sabor
Dieta democratica istriana
IDS
DDI
Dalibor Paus Istrian regionalism
Liberalism
Social liberalism
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-left ALDE Party
Liberali HSLS.png Croatian Social Liberal Party
Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
HSLS Dario Hrebak Conservative liberalism
Classical liberalism
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-right ALDE Party
Nezavisna platforma Sjever.svg Independent Platform of the North
Nezavisna platforma Sjever
NPS Matija Posavec Regionalism
2 / 151
0 / 12
Centre
Logo of the Croatian Sovereignists.svg Croatian Sovereignists
Hrvatski suverenisti
HS Marijan Pavliček Sovereigntism
Croatian nationalism
Conservatism
Christian right
1 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing ECR Party
Croatian Peasant Party alt logo.svg Croatian Peasant Party
Hrvatska seljačka stranka
HSS Krešo Beljak Agrarianism
Social liberalism
Liberalism
Green politics
Republicanism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-left
Croatian Demochristian Party
Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka
HDS Goran Dodig Christian democracy
Conservatism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-right to right-wing EPP
Dalija Oreskovic and People with a First and Last Name.png Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name
Dalija Orešković i ljudi s imenom i prezimenom
DO i SIP Dalija Orešković Anti-corruption
Reformism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-left
HNS Logo.svg 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 Party
Civic Liberal Alliance
Građansko-liberalni savez
GLAS Anka Mrak-Taritaš Liberalism
Social liberalism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-left ALDE Party
HSU Logo.svg Croatian Party of Pensioners
Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika
HSU Veselko Gabričević Pensioners' interests,
Single-issue politics
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-left
Pravo-i-Pravda-Plavi-logo.png Law and Justice
Pravo i pravda
PiP Mislav Kolakušić Sovereigntism
Populism
Protectionism
1 / 151
[a]
0 / 12
Right-wing

Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

NameAbbr.LeaderIdeologyPolitical positionEuropeanElected representativesNote
Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Primorsko-goranski savez
PGSDarijo Vasilić Regionalism
Liberalism
Centre 1992 (1 seat)
2000 (1 seat)
2003 (1 seat)
Active only in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Bloc for Croatia
Blok za Hrvatsku
BLOK Zlatko Hasanbegović Croatian nationalism
Right-wing populism
Social conservatism
Right-wing to far-right 2020 (1 seat)
Bandić Milan 365 – Labour and Solidarity Party
Bandić Milan 365 – Stranka rada i solidarnosti
BM 365Slavko Kojić Populism Big tent 2015 (2 seats)
2016 (1 seat)
In bankruptcy
Croatian Civic Party
Hrvatska građanska stranka
HGS Željko Kerum Right-wing populism Right-wing 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 Slavonian regionalism
National conservatism
Centre-right 2007 (3 seats)
2011 (6 seats)
2015 (2 seats)
2016 (1 seat)
Active only in the region of Slavonija
Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Hrvatski laburisti – Stranka rada
Laburisti David Bregovac Social democracy
Left-wing populism
Labourism
Centre-left 2011 (6 seats)
2013 EP (1 seat)
2015 (3 seats)
HSP grb.svg Croatian Party of Rights
Hrvatska stranka prava
HSPMarina Logarušić Neo-fascism
Croatian ultranationalism
National conservatism
Far-right 1992 (5 seats)
1995/2000 (4 seat)
2003 (8 seats)
2007 (1 seat)
Claims legacy to the Party of Rights
Democrats
Demokrati
Ivan Lukež Social democracy
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Centre-left 2018 (1 seat) [b]
Fokus logo.svg Focus
Fokus
Gabrijel Deak Economic liberalism Centre to centre-right ALDE Party 2020 (1 seat)
2024 (1 seat)
Green Alternative – Sustainable Development of Croatia
Zelena alternativa - Održivi razvoj Hrvatske
ORaHZorislav Antun Petrović Green politics
Social progressivism
Centre-left EGP (associate) 2014 EP (1 seat)
2013 (1 seat) [c]
Independent Youth List
Nezavisna lista mladih
NLMPetar Maretić Youth politics Centre-right 2016 (1 seat)
New Left
Nova ljevica
NL Ivana Kekin Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Centre-left to left-wing 2020 (1 seat)Merging into Možemo!
People's Party – Reformists
Narodna stranka – Reformisti
Reformisti Radimir Čačić Liberalism
Economic liberalism
Centre EDP 2015 (1 seat)
2016 (1 seat)
2020 (1 seat)
Logo of the Social Democrats (Croatia).png Social Democrats
Socijaldemokrati
Davorko Vidović Social democracy
Progressivism
Centre-left 2022 [d]
Logo of the Workers' Front (Croatia).svg Workers' Front
Radnička fronta
RF Collective leadership Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Progressivism
Left-wing to far-left PEL 2020 (1 seat)

Other parties

Historical parties

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

Notes

  1. The seat is currently vacant
  2. Mirando Mrsić was elected as member of SDP but joined Democrats mid-term in 2018
  3. Mirela Holy was elected as member of SDP but joined ORaH mid-term in 2018
  4. Held 11 seats beween 2022 and 2024 after split from SDP

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