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Legislative elections: Sabor, 4-year-term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Ivo Josipović (SDP) · Prime Minister: Jadranka Kosor (HDZ) · Government: HDZ, HSS, HSLS, HSU

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2007 Seats 2003 Seats
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (HDZ)
Croatian Democratic Union
Conservatism; Christian democracy
 
EPPa, IDU
1990
36,0% 66 33,9% 66
Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Social democracy
 
PESa, SI
1994
(orig. 1937)
30,8% 56 22,6% 34
Hrvatska Narodna Stranka - Liberalni Demokrati (HNS)
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats
Liberalism
 
ELDR, LIo
1990
6,7% 7 8,0% 14
Hrvatska Seljačka Stranka (HSS)
Croatian Peasant Party
Agrarianism; Christian democracy, Conservatism  EPPa
1989
(orig. 1904)
 6,4% 6 7,2% 9
Hrvatska Socijalno-Liberalna Stranka (HSLS)
Croatian Social Liberal Party
Conservative liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1989
2 4,1% 5
Hrvatska Stranka Umirovljenika (HSU)
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Penioners' interests; Centrism
 
-
1991
4,0% 1 4,0% 3
Hrvatska Stranka Prava (HSP)
Croatian Right's Party
Nationalism; Far right
 
-
1990
(orig. 1861)
3,4% 1 6,4% 8
Hrvatski Demokratski Sabor Slavonije i Baranje (HDSSB)
Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja
Regionalism; Nationalism, National conservatism  -
2006
1,8% 3 - -
Istarski Demokratski Sabor (IDS)
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Regionalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR
1990
1,5% 3 (SDP) 4
Hrvatska Demokratska Seljačka Stranka (HDSS)
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party
Agrarianism; Conservatism
 
-
2003
- - 1,0% 1
Minorities - - - 8 - 8
Others - - 9,4% - 12,8% -
Total - -   153 - 152
Turnout - - 63,4% 61,7%

 © 2007 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Izborna Komisija (http://www.izbori.hr). Archive: Elections 1990-2000.