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Legislative elections: Sabor, 4-year-term, 5% threshold (constituency-based), party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Ivo Josipović (SDP) · Prime Minister: Zoran Milanović (SDP) · Government: SDP, HNS, HSU, IDS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Social democracy
 
PESa, SI
1994
(hist. 1937)
40,7% 63 30,8% 56
Hrvatska Narodna Stranka - Liberalni Demokrati (HNS)
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LIo
1990
12 6,7% 7
Hrvatska Stranka Umirovljenika (HSU)
Croatian Party of Pensioners
Penioners' interests
 
-
1991
3 4,0% 1
Istarski Demokratski Sabor (IDS)
Istrian Democratic Assembly
Regionalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR
1990
2 1,5% 3
Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (HDZ)
Croatian Democratic Union
Conservatism; Christian democracy
 
EPPa, CDI, IDU
1990
34,6% 47 36,0% 66
Hrvatski Laburisti - Stranka Rada (HL)
Croatian Labourists - Labour Party
TBA (left-wing)
 
-
2010
5,2% 6 - -
Hrvatska Socijalno-Liberalna Stranka (HSLS)
Croatian Social Liberal Party
Conservative liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1989
3,1% -  6,4% 2
Hrvatska Seljačka Stranka (HSS)
Croatian Peasant Party
Agrarianism; Christian democracy, Conservatism  EPPa
1989
(hist. 1904)
3,0% 1 6
Hrvatski Demokratski Savez Slavonije i Baranje (HDSSB)
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja
Regionalism; Nationalism
 
-
2006
2,9% 6 1,8% 3
Neovisna Lista Ivan Grubišić (NLIG)
Independent List Ivan Grubišić
TBA
 
-
2011
2,8% 2 - -
Hrvatska Stranka Prava Ante Starčević (HSP-AS)
Croatian Party of Right Ante Starčević
Nationalism; Far-right politics
 
-
2009
2,8% 1 - -
Hrvatska Stranka Prava (HSP)
Croatian Party of Right
Nationalism; Far-right politics
 
-
1990
(hist. 1861)
2,8% - 3,4% 1
Minorities - - - 8 - 8
Others - - 2,1% - 9,4% -
Total - - - 151 - 153
Turnout 56,3% 59,5%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Izborna Komisija (http://www.izbori.hr). Archive: Elections 1990-2003.