People's Party - Reformists
People's Party - Reformists; Narodna stranka - reformisti
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President	"Radimir Čačić
Founder	"Radimir Čačić
Founded	28 September 2014
Split from	"Croatian People's Party
Headquarters	"Zagreb, "Croatia
Membership	1176
"Ideology	"Social liberalism; "Regionalism; "Pro-Europeanism
"Political position	"Centre
"European affiliation	"European Democratic Party
Colors	"Purple
"Sabor	1 / 151
"European Parliament	0 / 11
"County Prefects	1 / 21
"Mayors	1 / 128
Website
	reformisti.hr
	"Politics of Croatia; "Political parties; "Elections;

People's Party - Reformists ("Croatian: Narodna stranka - Reformisti) is a "liberal political party in "Croatia.

History[edit]

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.^[2]

The party's founding congress was held on September 28, 2014 in "Zagreb.^[3] "Radimir Čačić was unanimously elected for the first party president.^[1]

Election history[edit]

Ahead of the "2015 parliamentary election the party formed a coalition, "Successful Croatia", with the centre-left "Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance.^[4] 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 the "Varaždin County and Darinko Dumbović mayor of "Petrinja. NS-R also entered many county, city and municipal councils, mostly in "Northern Croatia.

Presidential[edit]

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

Legislative[edit]

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 (August)	"NS-PS, DDS, HSU-U, ZF	34,573	1.54	1 / 151	2	Opposition
"2016 (September)	"BM 365, NV-SR, HSS SR, BUZ	76,054	4.04	1 / 151		Government support