LIBRA - Party of Liberal Democrats ( or LIBRA for short, also spelled Libra) was a short-lived Croatian social-liberal political party active between September 2002 and August 2005.
LIBRA then ran in the November 2003 election as a junior partner in a centre-left coalition with Social Democratic Party (SDP), Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) and the Liberal Party (LS). The coalition lost the election to the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), winning a total of 43 seats in a 151-seat parliament, out of which only 3 belonged to LIBRA.
In February 2005 party members voted to merge with the Croatian People's Party (HNS) which changed its name in Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD or, more commonly, just HNS). Two of LIBRA's MPs in the 5th Assembly, Jozo Radoš and Vilim Herman, joined HNS, while the third, Željko Pavlic, resigned his party membership to become independent.
In August 2005 the party was formally struck from the party register.
Election history
The following is a summary of the party's results in legislative elections for the Croatian Parliament.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Election
!In coalition with
!Votes won
<small>(coalition totals)</small>
!Percentage
!Seats won
!Change
!Government
|-
|2003
|SDP-IDS-LS
|560,593
|22.60%
|
| 3
|
|}
See also
- Liberalism in Croatia
- Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats