Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats Hrvatska narodna stranka – Liberalni demokrati | |
|---|---|
centre-left[5] | |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal South East European Network |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Colours | Gold, Orange |
| Sabor | 1 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 0 / 21 |
| Mayors | 2 / 128 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (Croatian: Hrvatska narodna stranka – Liberalni demokrati or HNS – LD) is a social-liberal[3] political party in Croatia.
As of April 2015 HNS forms a parliamentary club with 5 members in the Croatian Parliament, making them the fourth largest party in Croatia in terms of parliament representation.[6] HNS is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. Since 17 December 2017, the party's leader has been Ivan Vrdoljak.
Origins
The
In 1860 the national liberals formed in the Dalmatia (Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) the National party known also as the People's Party in Dalmatia. The party developed into a conservative party around 1889 (the National Croatian Party).
In the first Yugoslavia (1918–1941), main liberal party was the Independent Democratic Party composed by the Serbs from former Austro-Hungarian parts of the new state and Slovene centralist liberals.
During
Modern party
The modern Croatian People's Party was formed in late 1990 by members of the Coalition of People's Accord (Croatian: Koalicija narodnog sporazuma) which had participated on the first multi-party election of 1990, led by Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Miko Tripalo, Dragutin Haramija and others.
The HNS remained a small opposition party. In the 1992 election they won 6.7% of the vote and attained 6 seats in the Croatian Parliament. In 1994, construction entrepreneur Radimir Čačić became party chairman. In the 1995 election they won 2 seats as part of an election alliance.
In the
Also in 2000, HNS elected a new party chair,
In the November 2003 elections, their alliance with the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar and the Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party won 8% of the vote and 11 out of 151 seats, 10 of them HNS representatives. However, despite significantly improved results, the party moved to the opposition.
A second element of today's People's Party, the Party of Liberal Democrats or Libra, originated in time of the Račan government when in 2002 Dražen Budiša, the leader of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), pulled out of the coalition. Ten members of parliament from Budiša's party, led by Jozo Radoš, refused to bring down the government and instead split from the HSLS, forming Libra, the Party of Liberal Democrats. That party won 3 seats in the 2003 election. On 6 February 2005, most of the 1,250 representatives of HNS on its seventh convention voted to merge with Libra as the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats. The total number of parliamentary seats for the party increased to 13.
In the
In
HNS held the same alliance in the parliamentary elections of 2015 and 2016 as a part of SDP-led People's coalition, switching to opposition. After the party chairman
Chairpersons of the party
| # | Name | In office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savka Dabčević-Kučar | 1990–1995 |
| 2 | Radimir Čačić | 1995–2000 |
| 3 | Vesna Pusić | 2000–2008 |
| 4 | Radimir Čačić | 2008–2013 |
| 5 | Vesna Pusić | 2013–2016 |
| 6 | Ivan Vrdoljak | 2016–2017 |
| — | Predrag Štromar | 2017 (Acting) |
| 7 | Ivan Vrdoljak | 2017–2020 |
| 8 | Predrag Štromar | 2020 |
| 9 | Stjepan Čuraj | 2020–2022 |
| — | Mirko Korotaj | 2022 (Acting) |
Election results
Legislative
The following is a summary of the party's results in legislative elections for the
| Election | In coalition with | Votes won | Percentage | Seats won | Change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Coalition totals) | (HNS only) | |||||
| 1992 | None | 176,214 | 6.67 | 6 / 138
|
New | Opposition |
| 1995 | HSS–IDS–HKDU–SBHS | 441,390 | 18.26 | 2 / 127
|
 4
|
Opposition |
| 2000 | HSS–IDS–LS–ASH | 432,527 | 14.70 | 2 / 151
|
 0
|
Government |
| 2003 | PGS–SBHS | 198,781 | 8.00 | 10 / 151
|
 8
|
Opposition |
| 2007 | None | 168,440 | 6.80 | 7 / 153
|
3
|
Opposition |
| 2011 | SDP–IDS–HSU
|
958,312 | 40.00 | 14 / 151
|
7
|
Government |
| 2015 | SDP–HSU–HL–AHSS–ZS
|
744,507 (84,002[9]) |
32.31 | 9 / 151
|
5
|
Opposition |
| 2016 | SDP–HSU–HSS
|
636,960[10] (84,581)[11] |
33.47 | 9 / 151
|
0
|
Opposition (2016–17) |
| Government (2017–20) | ||||||
| 2020 | None | 21,725 | 1.30 | 1 / 151
|
8
|
Government support |
| 2024 | HDS–HSU
|
729,949 | 34.44 | 1 / 151
|
0
|
Government support |
European Parliament
| Election | In coalition with | Votes won (Coalition totals) |
Percentage | Total seats won (HNS only) |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | SDP–HSU
|
237,778 | 32.07% | 0 / 12
|
|
| May 2014 | SDP–HSU-IDS-SDSS
|
275,904 | 29.93% | 1 / 11
|
1
|
| May 2019 | None | 27,958 | 2.60% | 0 / 12
|
1
|
Presidential
The following is a list of presidential candidates who were endorsed by HNS in elections for President of Croatia.
| Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Rank | Votes | Result | |||
| 1992 (Aug) | Savka Dabčević-Kučar (HNS) | 6.0% | Third | — | ||
| 1997 (Jun) | Vlado Gotovac (HSLS) | 17.6% | Third | — | ||
| 2000 (Jan–Feb) | Stjepan Mesić (HNS) | 41.1% | First | 56.0% | Won | |
| 2005 (Jan) | Stjepan Mesić (Ind.) | 48.9% | First | 65.9% | Won | |
| 2009–10 (Dec–Jan) | Vesna Pusić (HNS) | 7.3% | Fifth | — | ||
| 2014–15 (Dec–Jan) | Ivo Josipović (Ind.) | 38.5% | First | 49.3% | Lost | |
See also
- List of political parties in Croatia
- List of liberal parties
- Liberalism in Croatia
References
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2010) |
- ^ "HNS-ovke i HNS-ovci su odlučili. Novi predsjednik HNS-a je Stjepan Čuraj!". hns.hr (in Croatian). 12 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Hrvatska narodna stranka — liberalni demokrati za 2022" (PDF). State Audit Office (in Croatian). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9781351245487.
- ^ a b Gladoic, Andrea (14 June 2018). "Croatia's Largest Political Parties". Expat in Croatia. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Key Political Parties in Croatia". Balkan Insight. 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Hrvatski sabor - Klub zastupnika Hrvatske narodne stranke - liberalnih demokrata". www.sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "Povijest - 19 stoljeće" [History - 19th century]. hns.hr (in Croatian). Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Bivša HNS-ovka prelazi Mikiju, sad će imati čak 10 zastupnika" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ Suzana Barilar (13 November 2015). "Preferencijalni glasovi". Jutarnji list (in Croatian).
- ^ "Uživo-rezultati izbora", index.hr, 12.9.2016.
- ^ "Posavec: Za HNS je glasalo 127 tisuća ljudi, zaradili smo 11 mandata". Faktograf. 16 September 2016.
External links
- Official website
(in Croatian)
