Croatian Labourists – Labour Party

Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Hrvatski laburisti – Stranka rada
LeaderDavid Bregovac
FounderDragutin Lesar
Founded27 February 2010 (2010-02-27)[1]
HeadquartersZagreb, Croatia
Membership (2013)9,502 (2013)[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[4]
National affiliationCroatia is Growing
(2015–2016),
Amsterdam Coalition
(2018–2020)
Our Croatia (2024–)
Colours  Orange
Sabor
0 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Website
laburisti.hr

The Croatian Labourists–Labour Party (Croatian: Hrvatski laburisti–Stranka rada)[4] is a centre-left political party in Croatia.

It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Lesar, who was the party's only member of parliament in the 6th assembly.[5]

In the 2011 parliamentary election, the party won six seats in the Croatian Parliament.

Ahead of the 2015 parliamentary election, the party joined the ruling Croatia is Growing coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and liberal parties. As a result, MP Mladen Novak resigned in protest and joined the green party ORaH.

Election results

Legislative

Election Coalition Votes % Seats +/– Government
Coalition totals HL only
2011 None 121,785 5.2%
6 / 151
 New Opposition
2015 Croatia is Growing 742,909 33.2%
3 / 151
 Decrease 3 Opposition
2016 None 4,821 0.26%
0 / 151
 Decrease 3 Extra-parliamentary
2020 D-RI 6,594 0.40%
0 / 151
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2024 Our Croatia 47,655 2.25%
0 / 151
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election In coalition with Votes won (coalition totals) Percentage Seats won (HL only) Change
2013 None 42,750 5.77%
1 / 12
 Increase 1
2014 None 31,363 3.40%
0 / 11
 Decrease 1
2019 Amsterdam Coalition 55,806 5.19%
0 / 12
 Steady

See also

References

  1. ^ "Političke stranke". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ "HNS Vesne Pusić ima više članova od Milanovićeva SDP-a".
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b Lansford, Tom (31 May 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
  5. ^ "Dragutin Lesar - Croatian Labourists - Labour Party". Members of Parliament in 6th Session. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-05-28.