List of political parties in Croatia

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This article lists political parties in Croatia.

Croatia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parliamentary parties with club status 1.2 Minor parliamentary parties 1.3 Minor parties part of alliances that won seats 1.4 Parliamentary minority parties 1.5 Other parties 2 See also

[edit] The parties

[edit] Parliamentary parties with club status

Parties with three of more members of Parliament form parliamentary clubs.

• Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica)
• Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats (Hrvatska narodna stranka - Liberalni Demokrati)
• Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava)
• Croatian Peasant Party (Hrvatska seljačka stranka)
• Croatian Party of Pensioners (Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika)
• Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski sabor/Dieta Democratica Istriana)
• Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Socialdemokratska partija Hrvatske)

[edit] Minor parliamentary parties

• Alliance of Primorje - Gorski Kotar (Primorsko goranski savez) *
• Croatian Democratic Peasants Party (Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka)
• Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka) *
• Democratic Centre (Demokratski centar) *
• Liberal Party (Liberalna stranka)

(Representatives of parties marked with * are members of joint parliamentary clubs)

[edit] Minor parties part of alliances that won seats

Parties whose members were on coalition lists that won Parliament seats but didn't enter the Parliament themselves:

• Croatian Democratic Centre (Hrvatski demokratski centar)
• Democratic Prigorje-Zagreb Party (Demokratska prigorsko-zagrebačka stranka)
• Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka)
• Zagorje Democratic Party (Zagorska demokratska stranka)
• Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (Slavonsko-baranjska hrvatska stranka)

[edit] Parliamentary minority parties

• Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (Demokratska Zajednica Mađara Hrvatske)
• German People's Union - National Association of Danubian Schwaben in Croatia (Njemačka narodnosna zajednica - Zemaljska udruga Podunavskih Švaba u Hrvatskoj)
• Independent Democratic Serbian Party (Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka)
• Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (Stranka demokratske akcije Hrvatske)

[edit] Other parties

• Circle 21 (Krug 21)
• Croatian Bloc (Hrvatski blok - Pokret za modernu Hrvatsku)
• Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Hrvatska kršćansko-demokratska unija)
• Croatian Party of Rights 1861 (Hrvatska stranka prava 1861)
• Croatian Pure Party of Rights (Hrvatska čista stranka prava)
• Croatian True Renaissance (Hrvatski istinski preporod)
• Party of Liberal Democrats (LIBRA - Stranka liberalnih demokrata, merged into Croatian People's Party.
• Socialist Labour Party of Croatia (Socijalistička radnička partija)
• Serbian People's Party (Srpska narodna stranka)
• Social Democratic Action of Croatia (Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske)

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in Croatia
• Neonazism in Croatia