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]
Modern parties
Political parties with elected representation at the national level
Croatian Party of Pensioners (Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika or HSU) – won 3 seats in 2003; 1 seats in 2007; 3 seats in 2011; 2 seats in 2015; 2 seats in 2016; 1 seats in 2020
Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) – won 5 seats in 1992; 4 seats in 1995 and 2000; 8 seats in 2003; 1 seat in 2007
▶ 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").