Croatian Social Democrats

Croatian Social Democrats (Croatian: Hrvatski socijaldemokrati), abbreviated HSD, is a minor left-wing Croatian political party. It came into existence in 2004 as a splinter party of the much more influential Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP).

Croatian Social Democrats
LeaderIvica Pančić
Founded2004[1]
HeadquartersZagreb
IdeologySocial democracy
Anti-globalization[2]
Website
www.hsd.com.hr

As of 2011 HSD never won any seats in the general elections. Its only MP was Ivica Pančić who was elected to two consecutive terms in 2003 and 2007 on the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) ticket. While in office he resigned his SDP membership in January 2010 and spent eight months serving as an independent until joining HSD in September 2010.[3]

History

For the 2007 election, HDS made an alliance with Left of Croatia, Socialist Labour Party of Croatia and Istrian Socialdemocratic Forum.[4] The alliance got 9,884 votes.[5]

In August 2010 former SDP member of parliament and minister of war veterans in the Račan government Ivica Pančić announced he was "taking over" the Party.[6] He left SDP after supporting Milan Bandić, another SDP dissident in the presidential elections in January 2010.[7] With Pančić joining, HSD became a parliamentary party.[8]

Electoral history
Election In coalition with Votes won

(coalition totals)

 Percentage Seats won Change
2007 SRP-LH-ISDF 9,884 0.66
0 / 151
 Steady

References
  1. STR: Iskaznica
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2007-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Pančić: Ponudit ćemo pravu ljevicu umjesto dosadašnje lažne".
  4. Martina Zeković (14 May 2007). "Stvorena koalicija ISDF-a i Ljevice Hrvatske" [An ISDF and Croatian Left coalition is formed] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  5. "IZBORI 2007". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  6. "Pančić: Ponudit ćemo pravu ljevicu umjesto dosadašnje lažne".
  7. "Pančić bez Bandića osniva stranku: Do proljeća ćemo imati od 500 do 1.000 članova". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  8. "Hrvatski sabor - Ivica Pančić". Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-09-23.


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