Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević

Croatian Party of Rights - dr. Ante Starčević
Hrvatska stranka prava - dr. Ante Starčević
President Ivan Tepeš
Secretary Pero Ćorić
Founded 2009 (2009)
Split from Croatian Party of Rights
Headquarters Zagreb
Membership  (2013) 19,174[1]
Ideology Croatian nationalism
Conservativism
Euroscepticism
Political position Right-wing
National affiliation Patriotic Coalition
European affiliation Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
European Parliament group European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours Blue, Grey
Sabor
3 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 11
Website
hsp-ante-starcevic.hr

Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (Croatian: Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević) is a right-wing nationalist 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.[2] They had limited electoral success in local elections, such as winning three seats in Vukovar city council in 2011.[3]

In 2011, Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević signed a pre-election coalition agreement with far right Croatian Pure Party of Rights.[4] In the Croatian parliamentary election, 2011, their coalition won one parliamentary seat.[5]

In late 2012, the party made a permanent coalition with the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union.[6] 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.[7] The party joined the European Conservatives and Reformists.[8]

On 3 November 2014 founder and its 1st president Ruža Tomašić left the party.[9]

Election history

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)
December 2011[10] Croatian Pure Party of Rights 66,150 2,8
1 / 151
December 2015 Patriotic Coalition 744,507 (11,200[11]) 33.46
3 / 151
Increase2

European parliament

ElectionIn coalition withVotes won
(Coalition totals)
PercentageTotal seats won
(HSP AS only)
Change
April 2013[12] Croatian Democratic Union, Bloc of United Pensioners 243,654 32,86%
1 / 12
May 2014[13] Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Peasant Party, Bloc of United Pensioners 381,844 41.42%
1 / 11
Steady

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