People's Party – Reformists

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People's Party – Reformists
Narodna stranka – Reformisti
AbbreviationNS-R [a]
President Radimir Čačić
Founder Radimir Čačić
Founded28 September 2014 (2014-09-28)
Split from Croatian People's Party
Headquarters Zagreb
Membership (2022)8,002 [2]
Ideology
Political position Centre
National affiliation Rivers of Justice (2024)
European affiliation European Democratic Party
Colours  Purple
Sabor
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European Parliament
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County Prefects
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Mayors
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Website
reformisti.hr

People's Party – Reformists (Croatian : Narodna stranka – Reformisti or NS-R), also known just as the Reformists (Croatian : Reformisti) is a liberal political party in Croatia. [3]

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History

The civil initiative for the establishment of the party was launched by former Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) chief Radimir Čačić and his associates Natalija Martinčević and Petar Baranović. More than two-thirds of the party members are former members of the HNS which left the party because of disagreements with its leadership over the exclusion of Radimir Čačić from the party while he was serving a prison sentence for unintentionally causing a traffic accident with two fatalities.

According to the parties former acting president Natalija Martinčević, about 200 members from HNS Zagreb and Varaždin branches each have left the party in order to join the People's party - Reformists. [4]

The party's founding congress was held on September 28, 2014 in Zagreb. [5] Radimir Čačić was unanimously elected for the first party president. [6]

Election results

Ahead of the 2015 parliamentary election the party formed a coalition, "Successful Croatia", with the centre-left Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance. [7] In the 2015 election, the party won one seat in the Croatian Parliament in the III electoral district, held by Radimir Čačić. Čačić voted in favor of approving Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković. Party participated at the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary election as part of the For Prime Minister Coalition led by Mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandić, and eventually won 1 seat. NS-R voted in favor of approving Cabinet of Andrej Plenković. At the 2017 local elections, Radimir Čačić was elected prefect of Varaždin County and Darinko Dumbović mayor of Petrinja. NS-R also entered many county, city, and municipal councils, mostly in Northern Croatia.

Presidential

The following is a list of presidential candidates who were endorsed by NS-R.

Election year(s)Candidate1st round2nd roundResult
Votes %Votes %
2014-15 Ivo Josipović (SDP)687,67838.46 (#1)1,082,43649.26 (#2)Lost
2019-20 Zoran Milanović (SDP)562,78329.91 (#1)1,034,17052.66 (#1)Won
2024-25 Zoran Milanović (Ind.)797,93849.68 (#1)1,122,85974.68 (#1)Won

Legislative

The following is a summary of the party's results in legislative elections for the Croatian parliament. The "total votes" and "percentage" columns include sums of votes won by pre-election coalitions NS-R had been part of.

ElectionIn coalition withVotes wonPercentageSeats wonChangeGovernment
(Coalition totals)(NS-R only)
2015 NS-PS, DDS, HSU-U, ZF 34,5731.54
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NewOpposition
2016 BM 365, NV-SR, HSS SR, BUZ 76,0544.04
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Steady2.svg 0Government support
2020 SHU, HSS BR, NSH, HDS,

Restart Coalition (6th electoral district)

16,9001.01
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Steady2.svg 0Government support
2024 Rivers of Justice 538,74825.40
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Decrease2.svg 1Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

ElectionList leaderCoalitionVotes %Seats+/–EP Group
CoalitionNS-R
2019 Radimir Čačić None9,9710.92 (#14)
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New–
2024 Valter Flego Fair Play List 9 [b] 41,7105.54 (#5)
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  1. ↑ Official abbreviation, according to the Register of political parties, is REFORMISTI [1]
  2. ↑ Including also IDS, NPS, SDSS, HSLS, HNS, SD, D, PGS and RI.

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References

  1. ↑ "Registar političkih stranaka Republike Hrvatske". gov.hr (in Croatian). Ministry of Justice and Public Administration . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI za 2022" (PDF). State Audit Office (in Croatian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  4. ↑ "Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI - Statut". Reformisti.hr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. ↑ "HRT: Narodna stranka reformisti osniva se 28. rujna". Vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Čačić o etici i moralu, pa podržao Ivu Josipovića - Vijesti". Index.hr. 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
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