People's Party – Reformists

People's Party – Reformists

Narodna stranka – Reformisti
People's Party – Reformists Narodna stranka – Reformisti
Abbreviation	NS-R
President	Radimir Čačić
Founder	Radimir Čačić
Founded	28 September 2014
Split from	Croatian People's Party
Headquarters	Zagreb
Membership (2022)	8,002
Ideology	Liberalism; Economic liberalism; Pro-Europeanism;
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.hr
	Politics of Croatia; Political parties; Elections;

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]

History

The 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

Ahead 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

The following is a list of presidential candidates who were endorsed by NS-R.

Election year(s)	Candidate	1st round		2nd round
Election year(s)	Candidate	# 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

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 NS-R had been part of.

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Seats won	Change	Government
Election	In coalition with	(Coalition totals)		(NS-R only)		Government
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	0	Government support
2020	SHU, HSS BR, NSH, HDS, Restart Coalition (6th electoral district)	16,900	1.01	1 / 151	0	Government support
2024	Rivers of Justice	538,748	25.40	0 / 151	1	Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Coalition	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
Election	List leader	Coalition	Coalition		NS-R		EP Group
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	0	–

^ Official abbreviation, according to the Register of political parties, is REFORMISTI^[1]
^ Including also IDS, NPS, SDSS, HSLS, HNS, SD, D, PGS and RI.

References

^ "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.

[2] Official abbreviation, according to the Register of political parties, is REFORMISTI^[1]

[9] Including also IDS, NPS, SDSS, HSLS, HNS, SD, D, PGS and RI.

[1] "Registar političkih stranaka Republike Hrvatske". gov.hr (in Croatian). Ministry of Justice and Public Administration. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

[3] "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI za 2022" (PDF). State Audit Office (in Croatian). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[4] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[5] "Narodna stranka - REFORMISTI - Statut". Reformisti.hr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-02.

[6] "HRT: Narodna stranka reformisti osniva se 28. rujna". Vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-02.

[7] "Čačić o etici i moralu, pa podržao Ivu Josipovića - Vijesti". Index.hr. 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2016-03-02.

[8] "Čačić i Josipović potpisali sporazum, nazvali se Uspješna Hrvatska - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-02.

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