People's Party – Reformists (Croatian: Narodna stranka – Reformisti or NS-R), also known just as the Reformists (Croatian: Reformisti) is a liberal political party in Croatia.[3]
People's Party –
Reformists Narodna stranka – Reformisti | |
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| Abbreviation | NS-R[a] |
| President | Radimir Čačić |
| Founder | Radimir Čačić |
| Founded | 28 September 2014 |
| Split from | Croatian People's Party |
| Headquarters | Zagreb |
| Membership (2022) | 8,002[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Rivers of Justice (2024) |
| European affiliation | European Democratic Party |
| Colours | Purple |
| Sabor | 0 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 0 / 21 |
| Mayors | 0 / 128 |
| Website | |
| reformisti | |
History
editThe civil initiative for the establishment of the party was launched by former Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) chief Radimir Čačić and his associates Natalija Martinčević and Petar Baranović. More than two-thirds of the party members are former members of the HNS which left the party because of disagreements with its leadership over the exclusion of Radimir Čačić from the party while he was serving a prison sentence for unintentionally causing a traffic accident with two fatalities.
According to the parties former acting president Natalija Martinčević, about 200 members from HNS Zagreb and Varaždin branches each have left the party in order to join the People's party - Reformists.[4]
The party's founding congress was held on September 28, 2014 in Zagreb.[5] Radimir Čačić was unanimously elected for the first party president.[6]
Election results
editAhead of the 2015 parliamentary election the party formed a coalition, "Successful Croatia", with the centre-left Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance.[7] In the 2015 election, the party won one seat in the Croatian Parliament in the III electoral district, held by Radimir Čačić. Čačić voted in favor of approving Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković. Party participated at the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary election as part of the For Prime Minister Coalition led by Mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandić, and eventually won 1 seat. NS-R voted in favor of approving Cabinet of Andrej Plenković. At the 2017 local elections, Radimir Čačić was elected prefect of Varaždin County and Darinko Dumbović mayor of Petrinja. NS-R also entered many county, city, and municipal councils, mostly in Northern Croatia.
Presidential
editThe following is a list of presidential candidates who were endorsed by NS-R.
| Election year(s) | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes | % of overall votes | # of overall votes | % of overall votes | Result | ||
| 2014-15 | Ivo Josipović (SDP) | 687,678 | 38.46 (#1) | 1,082,436 | 49.26 (#2) | Lost |
| 2019-20 | Zoran Milanović (SDP) | 562,783 | 29.91 (#1) | 1,034,170 | 52.66 (#1) | Won |
Legislative
editThe 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 NS-R had been part of.
| Election | In coalition with | Votes won | Percentage | Seats won | Change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Coalition totals) | (NS-R only) | |||||
| 2015 | NS-PS, DDS, HSU-U, ZF | 34,573 | 1.54 | 1 / 151
|
New | Opposition |
| 2016 | BM 365, NV-SR, HSS SR, BUZ | 76,054 | 4.04 | 1 / 151
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Government support |
| 2020 | SHU, HSS BR, NSH, HDS,
Restart Coalition (6th electoral district) |
16,900 | 1.01 | 1 / 151
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0
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Government support |
| 2024 | Rivers of Justice | 538,748 | 25.40 | 0 / 151
|
 1
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Extra-parliamentary |
European Parliament
edit| Election | List leader | Coalition | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | NS-R | ||||||
| 2019 | Radimir Čačić | None | 9,971 | 0.92 (#14) | 0 / 12
|
New | – |
| 2024 | Valter Flego | Fair Play List 9[b] | 41,710 | 5.54 (#5) | 0 / 12
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0
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References
edit- ^ "Registar političkih stranaka Republike Hrvatske". gov.hr (in Croatian). Ministry of Justice and Public Administration. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI za 2022" (PDF). State Audit Office (in Croatian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ "Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI - Statut". Reformisti.hr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "HRT: Narodna stranka reformisti osniva se 28. rujna". Vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "Čačić o etici i moralu, pa podržao Ivu Josipovića - Vijesti". Index.hr. 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "Čačić i Josipović potpisali sporazum, nazvali se Uspješna Hrvatska - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-02.