Croatian Labourists – Labour Party

Croatian Labourists – Labour Party Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada

Leader	Tomislav Končevski ^[1]
Founder	Dragutin Lesar
Founded	27 February 2010 (2010-02-27)^[2]
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Membership (2013)	9,502 (2013)^[3]
Ideology	Labour rights Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Croatia is Growing
European affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Dark blue, Orange
Sabor	3 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 11
Website
laburisti.hr
Politics of Croatia Political parties Elections

The Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (Croatian: Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka rada) is a left-wing 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.^[4]

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 other liberal parties. As a result, MP Mladen Novak resigned in protest and joined the green party ORaH.

Election history

Legislative

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Seats won	Change	Government
Election	In coalition with	(Coalition totals)		(HL only)		Government
2011 (December)	None	121,785	5,1	6 / 151		Opposition
2015 (November)	SDP-HNS-HSU-AHSS-ZS	744,507 (6,861^[5])	32,31	3 / 151	3	Opposition

European Parliament

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Total seats won	Change
April 2013	None	42.750	5,77%	1 / 12
May 2014	None	31.363	3,40%	0 / 11	1

References

↑ http://www.jutarnji.hr/nensi-tireli-nije-vise-predsjednica-laburista-novi-lider-perspektivne-stranke-je-tomislav-koncevski/1545260/
↑ "Političke stranke". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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↑ "Dragutin Lesar - Croatian Labourists - Labour Party". Members of Parliament in 6th Session. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
↑ Suzana Barilar (13 November 2015). "Preferencijalni glasovi". Jutarnji list (in Croatian).

External links

Official website

Political parties in Croatia

Sabor

Government	Croatian Democratic Union (50) Bridge of Independent Lists (15) Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (3) Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2) Bloc of Pensioners Together (1) Croatian Growth (1) Croatian Peasant Party (1) Croatian Christian Democratic Party (1)

Opposition	Social Democratic Party (42) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (11) Labour Party (3) Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) Croatian Dialogue Initiative (3) Croatian Party of Pensioners (2) Independent Democratic Serb Party (2) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (2) People's Party - Reformists (1) Human Shield (1)

European Parliament

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