Croatian Dawn – Party of the People explained

Country:	Croatia
Croatian Dawn - Party of People
Native Name:	Hrvatska zora - Stranka naroda
President:	Milan Kujundžić
Foundation:	20 July 2013
Dissolved:	2016
Headquarters:	Zagreb, Croatia
Ideology:	Right-wing populism^[1] Croatian nationalism
Position:	Right-wing
Split:	Croatian Democratic Union
Seats1 Title:	Seats in Sabor
Seats2 Title:	European Parliament

Croatian Dawn – Party of the People (Croatian: Hrvatska zora - Stranka naroda) was a minor Croatian conservative political party established in July 2013. Party's founder and leader was Milan Kujundžić.^[2]

The founding assembly of the Party was held on 20 July 2013 in Zagreb. Milan Kujundžić was elected as first president,^[3] while Milan Petrak was elected for his deputy.

On February 5, 2014, Croatia dawn joined Alliance for Croatia,^[4] which was dissolved in 2015 due to poor election results.^[5]

In August 2016, Milan Kujundžić returned to the HDZ, and most party members followed.^[6] The party was removed from the Registry of Political Parties in the same year.^[7]

Electoral history

Legislative

!Election!In coalition with!Votes won(coalition totals)!Percentage!Seats won!Change!Government

2015

None

4,487

0.20%

Extraparliamentary

European Parliament

!Election!In coalition with!Votes won(coalition totals)!Percentage!Seats won!Change

2014

63,437

6.88%

President of Croatia

!Election!Candidate!Rank!1st round votes !% of votes !Rank!2nd round votes !% of votes

2014-15

112,585

6.30%

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Notes and References

1. News: Nils . Neubert . Croatians disillusioned with politics - and the EU . DW . 28 December 2014 .
2. Web site: Hina . Milan Kujundžić osnovao stranku Hrvatska zora stranka naroda . Jutarnji.hr . 2013-07-20 . 2016-05-01 . 2016-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211816/http://www.jutarnji.hr/milan-kujundzic-osnovao-stranku-hrvatska-zora-stranka-naroda/1115511/ . dead .
3. Web site: Hrvatska zora - stranka naroda . Hrvatska zora > > > . Hrvatska-zora.hr . 2016-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022549/http://www.hrvatska-zora.hr/O_nama/Vodstvo_Hrvatske_zore/Predsjednik_Hrvatske_zore.html . 2016-03-05 .
4. Web site: Savez za Hrvatsku protiv HDZ-a i SDP-a - Večernji.hr . Vecernji.hr . 2014-02-05 . 2016-05-01.
5. Web site: Piše: Hina utorak, 10.2.2015. 15:23 . Kujundžić potvrdio raspad Saveza za Hrvatsku - Vijesti . Index.hr . 2016-05-01.
6. Web site: HRID i Zora se gase, a članstvo prelazi u HDZ.
7. Web site: Kujundžić, Jurčić, Škare Ožbolt...: Tko je sve prošle godine ugasio stranku?.