Croatian Conservative Party

The Croatian Conservative Party (Croatian: Hrvatska konzervativna stranka or HKS) was a conservative political party in Croatia. Last president of the party was Marijan Pavliček. It was founded on 20 November 2014.[1]

Croatian Conservative Party
Hrvatska konzervativna stranka
PresidentMarijan Pavliček
SecretaryDenis Bevanda
FounderRuža Tomašić
Founded20 November 2014 (20 November 2014)
Dissolved2 October 2021 (2 October 2021)
Split fromCroatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević
Merged intoCroatian Souverainists
HeadquartersZagreb, Croatia
IdeologyCroatian nationalism
Conservative liberalism
Soft Euroscepticism
Souverainism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationCroatian Souverainists
(2019–2021)
European affiliationEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Party
Colours  Dark blue
Sabor
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European Parliament
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Website
konzervativci.hr

It joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (now Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe) in May 2015. Its sole MEP has been a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists since the party's foundation.

On October 2, 2021, a unification assembly was held in Croatia's capital Zagreb. During the assembly it was announced, that three smaller conservative and right-wing parties (Croatian Conservative Party, Hrast-Movement for Successful Croatia and the Generation of Renewal) will become defunct to merge and work together as the Croatian Sovereignists.[2][3]

Election results

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Legislative

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Election In coalition with Votes won Percentage Seats won Change Government
(Coalition totals) (HKS only)
2015 HSPOS [hr] 13,980 0.6
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2016 HDSSB 23,573 1.25
0 / 151
  0 Extra-parliamentary
2020 DPMŠ 181,492 10.89
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  2 Opposition

European parliament

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Election year In coalition with # of total votes % of overall vote # of seats won Rank
2019[4] HRAST-HSP AS-UHD 91,546 8,52%
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References

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  1. ^ Tomašić na čelo Hrvatske konzervativne stranke? (in Croatian)
  2. ^ "Ujediniteljski sabor Hrvatskih suverenista". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Hrvatskim suverenistima pridružile se još tri desne stranke: 'Ovo je gruda koja će se pretvoriti u lavinu'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Izbori za EU parlament 2019". www.izbori.hr. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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