Croatian Party of Rights — Dr. Ante Starčević

Croatian Party of Rights — Dr. Ante Starčević
Hrvatska stranka prava - dr. Ante Starčević
PresidentSlobodan Dević
SecretaryBožidar Lokin
Founded2009 (2009)[1]
Dissolved2020
Split fromCroatian Party of Rights
HeadquartersZadar
Membership (2013)19,174[2]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[3]
National affiliationCroatian Souverainists
(2019–2020)
European affiliationAlliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
Colours  Blue, Grey
Sabor
0 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Website
hsp-ante-starcevic.hr

Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević (Croatian: Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević or HSP AS) was a nationalist[3] political party in Croatia.

It was founded in 2009 by Ruža Tomašić and others as a splinter party from the Croatian Party of Rights. It is named after Ante Starčević (1823–1896). In 2011, they reported a membership of 20,000.[4] They had limited electoral success in local elections, such as winning three seats in Vukovar city council in 2011.[5]

In 2011, Croatian Party of Rights-Dr. Ante Starčević signed a pre-election coalition agreement with far right Croatian Pure Party of Rights.[6] In the 2011 Croatian parliamentary election, their coalition won one parliamentary seat.[7]

In late 2012, the party made a permanent coalition with the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union.[8] This coalition won the Croatian European Parliament election in 2013 and party president Ruža Tomašić was the highest ranking candidate on the winning list by preferential vote.[9] The party joined the European Conservatives and Reformists.[10]

On 3 November 2014, the party's founder and first president, Ruža Tomašić, left the party.[11]

The party dissolved in 2020.

Election results

Legislative

The following is a summary of the party's results in legislative elections for the Croatian Parliament. The "Total votes" and "Percentage" columns include sums of votes won by pre-election coalitions HSP AS had been part of. After preferential votes were introduced into the electoral system, the total votes column also includes the statistic of the sum of votes given to HSS candidates on the coalition lists. The "Total seats" column includes sums of seats won by HSP AS in election constituencies plus representatives of ethnic minorities affiliated with HSP AS.

Election In coalition with Votes won Percentage Seats won Change
(Coalition totals) (HSP AS only)
2011 Croatian Pure Party of Rights 66,150 2,8
1 / 151
 New
2015 Patriotic Coalition 744,507 (11,200[12]) 33.46
3 / 151
 Increase 2
2016 Desno, HKDU, USP, HDS 11,100 0.59
0 / 151
 Decrease 3

European parliament

Election In coalition with Votes won
(Coalition totals)		 Percentage Total seats won
(HSP AS only)		 Change
April 2013 Croatian Democratic Union, Bloc of United Pensioners 243,654 32,86%
1 / 12
 Increase 1
May 2014[13] Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Peasant Party, Bloc of United Pensioners 381,844 41.42%
1 / 11
 Steady
May 2019[14] Croatian Sovereignists (Croatian Growth, Croatian Conservative Party, United Croatian Patriots) 91,546 8,52%
0 / 12
 Decrease 1

References

  1. ^ "Ugašen HSP Ante Starčevića!". 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ Vesna Pusić (2016-08-10). "HNS Vesne Pusić ima više članova od Milanovićeva SDP-a - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević - HSP dr. Ante Starčević" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency. Retrieved 28 May 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Vukovarci izabrali isto Gradsko vijeće: SDP i HNS potukli HDZ i HSS za 10 posto" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. ^ "HČSP i HSP-dr. Ante Starčević zajedno na izbore" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Kukuriku osigurao apsolutnu većinu sa 80 mandata, HDZ ih osvaja 47" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Tomašić i Karamarko potpisali koaliciju u Vukovaru". Dnevnik.hr. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  9. ^ "HDZ-U ŠEST MANDATA, SDP-U PET, LABURISTIMA JEDAN Ruža Tomašić osvojila je najviše glasova na listi HDZ-a! MILANOVIĆ: 'Čestitam HDZ-u na pobjedi' KARAMARKO: 'Izašli smo iz ponora!' -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  10. ^ "Ruža Tomašić u konzervativnoj grupaciji u EU parlamentu". RTL Televizija (in Croatian). 10 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Ruža Tomašić napustila HSP AS; Pecatnjak:Ušla je u Europski parlament, a onda izdala stranku - Vijesti". Index.hr. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  12. ^ Suzana Barilar (13 November 2015). "Preferencijalni glasovi". Jutarnji list (in Croatian).
  13. ^ "DRŽAVNO IZBORNO POVJERENSTVO REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE : KLASA: 013-08/14-01/46 : URBROJ: 507-14-01 : Zagreb, 26. svibnja 2014" (PDF). Izbori.hr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  14. ^ "Izbori za EU parlament 2019". www.izbori.hr. Retrieved 2019-05-29.