Croatian Democratic Peasant Party Explained

Croatian Democratic Peasant Party
Native Name:Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Ivan Martan
Founded:[1]
Membership Year:2022
Membership:560[2]
Split:Croatian Peasant Party
Headquarters:Čakovec, Croatia
Ideology:Agrarianism
Conservatism
Position:Centre to centre-right
Colors: Green
Slogan:Faith in God and Peasant Unity (Vjera u Boga i seljačka sloga)
Country:Croatia

The Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (or HDSS) is a minor agrarian-conservative[3] political party in Croatia.

The party was led by Ivo Lončar, a popular television news reporter who was elected as a member of the 2000-2003 Parliament from the Croatian Peasant Party list; he subsequently left the party and became an independent deputy. In the November 2003 election he led the party list of HDSS and two other smaller parties and managed to retain his seat in the Parliament. The alliance won 1.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 151 seats.

Since 2006, the party politics shifted from center-right to center. HDSS supports the development of the agrarian sector, free enterprise, as well as the values of tolerance and dialogue.[1]

Election results

Legislative

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CoalitionVotes% Seats+/–Government
2000HSRS-NSP8,4340.29%New
2003HČSP-HKDU-HDC-DPS24,8721.0% 1
2007None1,5530.06% 1
2011None3,8910.17% 0
2015Did not participate 0
2016117,2086.23% 0
2020Did not participate 0
2024HSP–HB18,1280.85% 0

Notes and References

  1. Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka. Političke stranke u Republici Hrvatskoj. 1334-0247. 17. 2013. HIDRA. 45–47. PDF. hr. 16 July 2020.
  2. Web site: 28 August 2023. Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Demokratski HSS za 2022. . State Audit Office. hr. 21 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Nordsieck. Wolfram. 2007. Croatia. Parties and Elections in Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20100507141300/http://parties-and-elections.de/croatia.html. 7 May 2010. unfit.