Croatian Civic Party

Croatian Civic Party (Croatian: Hrvatska građanska stranka or HGS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia. It was established in September 2009 by Željko Kerum, an entrepreneur and mayor of Split after he won the mayoral elections as an independent candidate. During his mayoral campaign he often criticized political parties. Between 2009–2013 it was the ruling party in the city of Split in coalition with the far-right Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HČSP).[2][3] For the 2011 elections the party formed a pre-election coalition with the Croatian Democratic Union for the two Dalmatian constituencies and won 2 seats in the parliament for himself and his sister Nevenka Bečić.[4][5] In the parliamentary 2015 elections, the party won only 2234 votes in the two Dalmatian constituencies and became a non-parliamentary party[6]

Croatian Civic Party
Hrvatska građanska stranka
AbbreviationHGS
LeaderŽeljko Kerum
Founded25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)[1]
HeadquartersSplit
IdeologyRight-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Light blue
Sabor
0 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Split City Council
4 / 31
Website
www.hgs.com.hr

Electoral history
Election In coalition with Votes won (coalition totals) Percentage Seats won (HGS only) Change Government
2011 HDZ-DC 548,199 23.5%
2 / 151
 Increase 2 Opposition
2015 None 2,234 0.10%
0 / 151
 Decrease 2 Extraparliamentary
2020 None 7,399 0.44%
0 / 151
 Steady Extraparliamentary

References
  1. "hidra.hr". Hidran.hidra.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. "HČSP – Hrvatska čista stranka prava". Hcsp.hr. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  3. "Grad Split". Split.hr. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. "HDZ and Split mayor sign coalition agreement - General News - Croatian Times Online News - English Newspaper". www.croatiantimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21.
  5. "Naslovnica - tportal". Daily.tportal.hr. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  6. Piše: D.M. ponedjeljak, 9.11.2015. 12:14 (2015-11-09). "Potop: Za Kerumovu stranku glasalo 2.200 birača u dvije izborne jedinice, Fani dobila 68 glasova - Vijesti". Index.hr. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
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