Editing Istrian Democratic Assembly

{{Short description|Political party in Croatia}}
{{Infobox political party
| country          = Croatia
| name             = Istrian Democratic Assembly
| native_name      = Istarski demokratski sabor<br /> Dieta democratica istriana
| logo             = Istrian Democratic Assembly.png
| leader           = [[Dalibor Paus]]
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| abbreviation     = IDS
| founder          = [[Ivan Pauletta]]<br>Elio Martinčić<br>Mario Sandrić
| foundation       = {{Start date|1990|2|14|df=y}}<ref name="hidra-profil">{{cite web|url=http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/stranke/programi/028357.pdf|title=Istarski Demokratski Sabor|publisher=HIDRA|language=hr|access-date=23 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|[[Istrian identity|Istrian regionalism]]|[[Liberalism]]|[[Social liberalism]]<ref name="PEE">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/croatia.html|title=Croatia|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2020|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref>|[[Pro-Europeanism]]}}
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[centre-left]]
| headquarters     = [[Pula]]
| membership_year  = 2018
| membership       = 2,300<ref name="clanstvo">{{cite web | url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/hns-vesne-pusic-ima-vise-clanova-od-milanoviceva-sdp-a-625615 | title=HNS Vesne Pusić ima više članova od Milanovićeva SDP-a }}</ref>
| regional         = [[Liberal South East European Network]]
| national         = [[Restart Coalition]] {{small|(2011–2015, 2020)}}<br />[[Amsterdam Coalition]]<br />{{small|(2018–2020)}}<br>[[Our Croatia]] {{small|(2023–)}}
| colours          = {{colorbox|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}} [[Light green]]
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| european         = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| international    = [[Liberal International]]
| seats1_title     = [[Croatian Parliament|Sabor]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|percent=yes}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261390 -->
| seats2_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP|percent=yes}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261390 -->
| seats3_title     = [[Counties of Croatia|County Prefects]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Cities of Croatia|Mayors]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|5|128|hex={{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Istria County#County government|Assembly of Istria County]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|23|41|hex={{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
}}

The '''Istrian Democratic Assembly''' ({{langx|hr|Istarski demokratski sabor}}, {{langx|it|Dieta democratica istriana}} or '''IDS-DDI''') is a [[centrism|centre]]<ref name="Ellington"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Croatia – Parties|url=https://europeelects.eu/european-union/croatia/|website=[[Europe Elects]]|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> to [[centre-left politics|centre-left]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ban |first1=Barbara |title=IDS PROSLAVIO 30. GODIŠNJICU |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ids-proslavio-30-godisnjicu-s-koalicijskim-partnerima-dogovaraju-plan-za-parlamentarne-izbore-trebamo-staviti-glave-skupa-9978937 |access-date=21 March 2021 |publisher=Jutarnji list |date=15 February 2020}}</ref> [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalist]],<ref name="PEE"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Janusz Bugajski|title=Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_AcqFSfvzAC&pg=PA461|year=1995|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-1911-2|page=461}}</ref> [[liberalism in Croatia|liberal]]<ref name=Ellington>{{cite book|author=Lucien Ellington|title=Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVBB1a0rC70C&pg=PA443|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-800-6|page=443}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Croatia|political party in Croatia]] primarily operating in [[Istria County]].

IDS was founded on the 14 February 1990 by the writer [[Ivan Pauletta]]. IDS embraces principles of respect for human rights and freedoms, regionalism and historical characteristics of [[Istria]], protection of private property and anti-fascism. Party advocates decentralization of Croatia,<ref name="program">{{cite web |url=https://www.ids-ddi.com/site_media/media/filer_public/91/a1/91a19e79-37cf-4a27-85e7-a188463c5571/programska_deklaracija.pdf |title=Programska deklaracija Istarskog demokratskog sabora |trans-title=Program declaration of the Istrian Democratic Assembly |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=ids-ddi.com |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727092628/https://www.ids-ddi.com/site_media/media/filer_public/91/a1/91a19e79-37cf-4a27-85e7-a188463c5571/programska_deklaracija.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> further development of the [[Adriatic Euroregion]]<ref name="program"/> and the establishment of a transnational and cross-border euro-region encompassing the whole of Istria. The party president is currently [[Dalibor Paus]], municipal mayor of [[Barban]]. IDS held  the [[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)|Ministry of European Integration]] between 2000 and 2001 in the [[Cabinet of Ivica Račan I|Cabinet of Ivica Račan]] and [[Ministry of Tourism (Croatia)|Ministry of Tourism]] between 2011 and 2015 in the [[Cabinet of Zoran Milanović]]. IDS member [[Boris Miletić]] serves as current [[List of prefects of Istria County|County Prefect of the Istrian County]], while former prefect [[Valter Flego]] serves as a member of the [[European Parliament]]. All [[List of prefects of Istria County|prefects of Istria County]] were members of IDS. In addition, out of 10 towns in Istria county, IDS rules over 5.

IDS is member of the [[Liberal International]] and [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]].

==Symbols==

The three rams on the party coat of arms represent a historical symbol of the region, which is also represented by the ram in the fourth of the five parts of the crown resting atop the [[Croatian coat of arms]], 25-field white and red chequerboard, on the Croatian flag.

==History==
The party was founded in 1990 by Ivan Pauletta, Elio Martinčić and Mario Sandrić, on the eve of the [[1990 Croatian parliamentary election|first multi-party elections]] in Croatia after [[communism]]. The party decided not to participate, thus allowing the post-communist [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia]] (SDP) to sweep the region's votes.

The party was led by [[Ivan Jakovčić]] between 1991 and 2014. IDS instead made its electoral debut in the [[1992 Croatian parliamentary election|1992 elections]] and used the collapse of the SDP to take all three Istrian constituencies.

This result turned Istria into an area of significant concern for Croatian President [[Franjo Tuđman]] and his [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ), which had dominated every other region in Croatia. For the [[1993 Croatian Chamber of Counties election|first elections for Croatian Chamber of Counties]], which also coincided with the first election for newly formed [[Istria County]], state-controlled media launched an unprecedented media blitz directed almost exclusively at Istria. This effort spectacularly backfired as Istrian voters gave almost three quarters of their votes to IDS. After that no party challenged IDS supremacy in Istria, at least not directly.

The main policy of the IDS is intercession of cultural and economical identity of Istria and equal status for [[Italian Language|Italian]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]] in Istria. This was in opposition to Tuđman and his hard-line nationalism. Other Croatian political parties were more pragmatic, and IDS cooperated with them in the Croatian Parliament and during elections. In Istria, however, IDS is bitterly opposed by local branches of SDP, as well as their former member and first Istrian prefect [[Luciano Delbianco]] who had defected and formed a new party called [[Istrian Democratic Forum]].

IDS was briefly part of the national government following 2000 [[2000 Croatian parliamentary election|parliamentary]] and [[2000 Croatian presidential election|presidential]] elections. One year later, IDS, dissatisfied with the way [[Ivica Račan]] and his coalition partners treated Istria, left the government, although they continued to support it in Parliament.

In 2006, IDS joined the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (ALDE) Party.

From 2010–2015, IDS was a member of the [[Kukuriku coalition]]. Its member [[Darko Lorencin]] served as the minister of tourism in the Croatian government; he is a cousin of [[Beatrice Lorenzin]]: they are of a same Italian-Croat family.

In the [[Croatian Parliament]], [[Damir Kajin]] most frequently acted as the party's spokesperson, and he headed the party list in the 2007 elections where the party gained 3 representatives. Kajin was however removed from the party's membership on 3 January 2013 after forming his own coalition for the 2013 local elections in Istria.<ref>[http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Istra/Statut-ga-nije-volio-Damir-Kajin-veceras-izbrisan-iz-clanstva-IDS-a PREKRŠIO STRANAČKA PRAVILA Statut ga nije volio: Damir Kajin večeras izbrisan iz članstva IDS-a] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106020528/http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Istra/Statut-ga-nije-volio-Damir-Kajin-veceras-izbrisan-iz-clanstva-IDS-a |date=2013-01-06 }}</ref> This reduced the IDS from three to two representatives in the [[Croatian Sabor]], and forced the party's parliamentary club to dissolve due to insufficient membership.

On February 4, 2022, the party's presidency launched disciplinary proceedings against former President [[Boris Miletić]], leading Miletić to leave party a day later and leaving the IDS without an [[Istria County|Istrian county]] prefect for the first time since the [[Counties of Croatia|counties]] was introduced in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 February 2022|title=Potres u najvećoj regionalnoj stranci, Miletić istupio iz IDS-a: ''Nakon 29 godina i prvi put otkako postoje županije, IDS je izgubio istarskog župana''|trans-title=Earthquake in the largest regional party, Miletić withdrew from IDS: "After 29 years and for the first time since the existence of counties, IDS has lost its Istrian prefect"|url=https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/potres-u-najvecoj-regionalnoj-stranci-boris-miletic-istupio-iz-ids-a---694929.html|access-date=5 February 2022|website=Dnevnik.hr|language=hr}}</ref>

==Election results==

===Parliament (''[[Sabor]]'')===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Election
! rowspan=2 | Coalition
! Votes
! % 
! Seats 
! +/–
! rowspan=2|Government
|-
! colspan="2" | {{small|Coalition}} !! colspan=2 | {{small|IDS}}
|-
! [[1992 Croatian parliamentary election|1992]]
| [[Dalmatian Action|DA]]-[[Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar|PGS]]
| align=right| 83,623	
| align=right| 3.18 (7th)
| {{Composition bar|4|138|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| New
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Croatian parliamentary election|1995]]
| [[Croatian Peasant Party|HSS]]-[[Croatian People's Party (1990)|HNS]]-[[Croatian Christian Democratic Union|HKDU]]-[[Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party|SBHS]]
| align=right| 441,390	
| align=right| 18.26 (2nd)
| {{Composition bar|3|127|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2000 Croatian parliamentary election|2000]]
| [[Croatian Peasant Party|HSS]]-[[Croatian People's Party (1990)|HNS]]-[[Liberal Party (Croatia)|LS]]-[[Social Democratic Action of Croatia|SDA]]
|  align=right| 432,527
|  align=right| 14.70 (3rd)
| {{Composition bar|4|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
! [[2003 Croatian parliamentary election|2003]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP]]-[[Party of Liberal Democrats (Croatia)|LIBRA]]–[[Liberal Party (Croatia)|LS]]
|  align=right| 560,593
|  align=right| 22.6 (2nd)
| {{Composition bar|4|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{steady}} 0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2007 Croatian parliamentary election|2007]]
| ''None''
|  align=right| 38,267	
|  align=right| 1.5 (4th)
| {{Composition bar|3|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2011 Croatian parliamentary election|2011]]
| |[[Kukuriku coalition|Kukuriku Coalition]]
|  align=right| 958,312
|  align=right| 40.4 (1st)
| {{Composition bar|2|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
! [[2015 Croatian parliamentary election|2015]]
| [[Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar|PGS]]-[[Lista za Rijeku - Lista per Fiume|RI]]
|  align=right| 42,193
|  align=right| 1.83 (4th)
| {{Composition bar|3|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2016 Croatian parliamentary election|2016]]
| [[Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar|PGS]]-[[Lista za Rijeku - Lista per Fiume|RI]]
|  align=right| 43,180
|  align=right| 2.27 (5th)
| {{Composition bar|3|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{steady}} 0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2020 Croatian parliamentary election|2020]]
| [[Restart Coalition]]
| align=right| 414,615
| align=right| 24.87 (2nd)
| {{Composition bar|3|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{steady}} 0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2024 Croatian parliamentary election|2024]]
| align=left| [[Our Croatia]]
| align=right| 47,655
| align=right| 2.25 (7th)
| {{Composition bar|2|151|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| align=center| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Election
! rowspan=2 | List leader
! rowspan=2 | Coalition
! Votes
! % 
! Seats
! +/–
! rowspan=2 | EP Group
|-
! colspan=2 | {{small|Coalition}}
! colspan=2 | {{small|IDS}}
|- style=height:3.5em
! [[2013 European Parliament election in Croatia|2013]]
| colspan="7"|''Did not run''{{efn|IDS leader [[Ivan Jakovčić]] ran with his independent list and won 3.86%<ref>{{cite web |title=Predstavljena nezavisna lista Ivana Jakovčića |url=https://www.poslovni.hr/hrvatska/predstavljena-nezavisna-lista-ivana-jakovcica-236207 |website=poslovni.hr |publisher=Poslovni dnevnik |access-date=23 June 2024 |language=hr |date=2 Apr 2013}}</ref>}}
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Croatia|2014]]
| [[Tonino Picula]]
| [[Kukuriku coalition|Kukuriku Coalition]]
| 275,904
| 29.93 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|1|11|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Croatia|2019]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Valter Flego]]
| [[Amsterdam Coalition]]
| 55,806
| 5.19 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|1|12|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| [[Renew Europe|RE]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Croatia|2024]]
| Fair Play List 9{{efn|Including also [[Independent Platform of the North|NPS]], [[Independent Democratic Serb Party|SDSS]], [[Croatian Social Liberal Party|HSLS]], [[Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats|HNS]], [[People's Party - Reformists|NS-R]], [[Social Democrats (Croatia)|SD]], [[Democrats (Croatia)|D]], [[Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar|PGS]] and [[Lista za Rijeku|RI]].}}
| 41,710
| 5.54 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|0|12|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| –
|-
|}
{{Notelist}}

===Presidential===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Election year(s)
! rowspan=2|Candidate
! colspan=2|1st round
! colspan=2|2nd round
! rowspan=2|Result
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
! [[2009–10 Croatian presidential election|2009–10]]
| [[Damir Kajin]]
| 76,411	
| 3.91 (#'''8''')
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
! [[2014–15 Croatian presidential election|2014–15]]
| end. [[Ivo Josipović]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP]])
| 687,678
| 38.46 (#'''1''')
| 1,082,436		
| 49.26 (#'''2''')
| {{no2|Lost}}  
|- 
! [[2019–20 Croatian presidential election|2019–20]]
| end. [[Zoran Milanović]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP]])
| 562,783
| 29.55 (#'''1''')
| 1,034,170		
| 52.66 (#'''1''')
| {{yes2|Won}}
|- 
! [[2024 Croatian presidential election|2024–25]]
| end. [[Zoran Milanović]] ([[Independent politician|Ind.]])
| 797,938
| 49.68 (#'''1''')
| 1,122,859
| 74.68 (#'''1''')
| {{yes2|Won}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Istrian identity]]
* [[List of active separatist movements in Europe]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|hr}}

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