Croatian Labourists – Labour Party

The Croatian Labourists–Labour Party (Croatian: Hrvatski laburisti–Stranka rada)^[4] is a centre-left political party in Croatia.

Croatian Labourists – Labour Party Hrvatski laburisti – Stranka rada
Leader	David Bregovac
Founder	Dragutin Lesar
Founded	27 February 2010 (2010-02-27)[1]
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Membership (2013)	9,502 (2013)[2]
Ideology	Democratic socialism[3] Social democracy[3] Left-wing populism Labourism
Political position	Centre-left[4]
National affiliation	Croatia is Growing (2015–2016), Amsterdam Coalition (2018–2020) Our Croatia (2024–)
European Parliament group	GUE/NGL (2013–2014)[5]
Colours	Orange
Sabor	0 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 12
Website
laburisti.hr
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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.^[6]

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

Election results

Legislative

Election	Coalition	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
		Coalition totals		HL only
2011	None	121,785	5.2%	6 / 151	New	Opposition
2015	Croatia is Growing	742,909	33.2%	3 / 151	3	Opposition
2016	None	4,821	0.26%	0 / 151	3	Extra-parliamentary
2020	D-RI	6,594	0.40%	0 / 151	0	Extra-parliamentary
2024	Our Croatia	47,655	2.25%	0 / 151	0	Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election	In coalition with	Votes won (coalition totals)	Percentage	Seats won (HL only)	Change
2013	None	42,750	5.77%	1 / 12	1
2014	None	31,363	3.40%	0 / 11	1
2019	Amsterdam Coalition	55,806	5.19%	0 / 12

See also

• Left wing politics in Croatia