People's Party – Reformists ( or NS-R), also known just as the Reformists () is a liberal political party in Croatia.
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.
The party's founding congress was held on September 28, 2014 in Zagreb. Radimir Čačić was unanimously elected for the first party president.
Election results Ahead of the 2015 parliamentary election the party formed a coalition, "Successful Croatia", with the centre-left Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance. 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)Candidate1st round2nd roundResult Votes % Votes % 2014-15 Ivo Josipović (SDP) 687,678 38.46 (#1) 1,082,436 49.26 (#2) 2019-20 Zoran Milanović (SDP) 562,783 29.91 (#1) 1,034,170 52.66 (#1) 2024-25 Zoran Milanović (Ind.) 797,938 49.68 (#1) 1,122,859 74.68 (#1)
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 ChangeGovernment 2015 NS-PS, DDS, HSU-U, ZF34,5731.54 New 2016 BM 365, NV-SR, HSS SR, BUZ76,054 4.04 0 2020SHU, HSS BR, NSH, HDS, Restart Coalition (6th electoral district) 16,900 1.01 0 2024 Rivers of Justice 538,748 25.40 1
European Parliament Election List leader Coalition Votes % Seats +/– EP Group 2019 Radimir Čačić None 9,971 0.92 (#14) New – 2024 Valter Flego Fair Play List 9 41,710 5.54 (#5) 0
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