Croatian Democratic Peasant Party

The Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka or HDSS) is a minor agrarian-conservative[2] political party in Croatia.

Croatian Democratic Peasant Party

Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka
PresidentIvan Martan
Founded18 September 1994 (1994-09-18)[1]
Split fromCroatian Peasant Party
HeadquartersČakovec, Croatia
IdeologyAgrarianism
Conservatism
Political positionCentre
Colors  Green
SloganFaith in God and Peasant Unity (Vjera u Boga i seljačka sloga)[1]
Website
www.hdss.hr

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]

Electoral history

Legislative
Election In coalition with Votes won

(coalition totals)

 Percentage Seats won Change
2000 HSRS-NSP 8,434 0.29%
0 / 151
2003 HČSP-HKDU-HDC-DPS 24,872 1.0%
1 / 151
 1
2007 None 1,553 0.06%
0 / 151
 1
2011 None 3,891 0.17%
0 / 151
2016 ŽZ-PH-AM-ABECEDA-MS 117,208 6.23%
0 / 151

References
  1. "Hrvatska demokratska seljačka stranka" (PDF). Političke stranke u Republici Hrvatskoj (in Croatian). HIDRA (17): 45–47. 2013. ISSN 1334-0247. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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