List of political parties in Croatia

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Croatia has a multi-party system with numerous parties that must collaborate to form coalition governments; a party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone. Between January 1990 (when political parties were legalized in Croatia) and May 2022, 391 political parties were registered, out of which 224 have since been struck from the register. [1]

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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
4 / 12
Centre-right EPP
Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske Logo.svg Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
SDP Peđa Grbin Social democracy
Progressivism
37 / 151
4 / 12
Centre-left PES
Domovinski Pokret logo.svg Homeland Movement
Domovinski pokret
DP Ivan Penava Croatian nationalism
Right-wing populism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
11 / 151
0 / 12
Right-wing to far-right
Mozemo! logo.svg We Can! – Political Platform
Možemo! – politička platforma
Možemo! Sandra Benčić
Tomislav Tomašević
Green politics
Eco-socialism
Progressivism
10 / 151
0 / 12
Left-wing EGP
The Bridge
Most
Most Božo Petrov Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
7 / 151
0 / 12
Centre-right to right-wing
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
1 / 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
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
1 / 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
Focus
Fokus
Fokus Davor Nađi Classical liberalism
1 / 151
0 / 12
Centre to centre-right ALDE Party
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-LD Mirko Korotaj 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
2 / 12
Right-wing

Political parties with previously elected representation at a national level

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").

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References

  1. "Popis političkih stranaka u Hrvatskoj" [List of political parties in Croatia]. RTL.hr (in Croatian). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.