Coalition of People's Accord (Croatian: Koalicija narodnog sporazuma, KNS) was the bloc of mostly moderate nationalist parties formed on the eve of first multi-party elections in Croatia in 1990. Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ...

Coalition was initiated by Savka Dabcevic-Kucar and Mika Tripalo, two leaders of Croatian Spring who, unlike most other Croatian nationalist icons, declined to form their own party after the arrival of multi-party in Croatia. They feared that the large number of competing parties would ultimately lead to nationalist and anti-Communist votes being split, thus allowing Croatian Communist Party to remain in power. Instead they advocated that all those parties form broad coalition with two of them as nominal leaders. Savka Dabčević-Kučar was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician. ... Mika Tripalo was Croatian and Yugoslav politician. ... The Croatian Spring (Hrvatsko proljeće, also called masovni pokret or MASPOK, for mass movement) was a political movement from the early 1970s that called for greater rights for Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... Croatian Communist Party (Croatian Komunistička Partija Hrvatske, KPH) also known as the Croatian League of Communists (Croatian Savez Komunista Hrvatske, SKH)was a regional branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in Croatia. ...

Another stated reason for forming Coalition was desire for Croatia to have post-Communist government comprised of many different parties instead of one, which was supposed to help develop the nascent democracy and prevent eventual return to one-party rule.

At first, it looked like Dabčević-Kučar's and Tripalo's plan was working. Coalition was indeed joined by large number of parties - centrist Croatian Social Liberal Party, right-wing Croatian Democratic Party and Croatian Christian Democratic Party, as well as nominally left-wing Social Democrats of Croatia and number of local, youth and environmentalist groups and individual candidates. Another boost came in the form of open letter by some 200 top Croatian artists, scientists and intellectuals expressing support for Coalition. This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Croatian political parties ... Croatian Democratic Party (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska stranka, HDS) is now defunct right-wing party in Croatia. ... Croatian Christian Democratic Party (Croatian: Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska stranka, HKDS) is now defunct right-wing political party in Croatia. ... Social Democrats of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokrati Hrvatske, SDH) is a now defunct left-wing political party in Croatia. ...

However, it soon became apparent that Coalition will have to compete not only with Communist government, but also with Franjo Tudjman and his Croatian Democratic Union. That party was branded extremist by Communist-controlled media, making Coalition look moderate. And Croatian people saw that very extremism as the answer to emerging Serbian nationalism of Slobodan Milošević. Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ... The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, HDZ), is a Croatian political party. ... Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević  listen (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. ...

Another obstacle for Coalition was runoff voting system, which favoured two strongest parties or electoral blocs. In the first round of elections it became apparent that Communists, now rebranded into Social Democratic Party of Croatia, had enough support to finish 2nd in most of the constituencies. Most of the Coalition candidates finished 3rd, although most of them refused to get out of the race before the second round. Runoff voting is a voting system used in single-seat elections. ... The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main social democratic political party in Croatia. ...

In the end, only a small number of Coalition candidates was elected. HDZ won majority in Croatian Parliament, while SDP became the main opposition party.

Soon Coalition began to disintegrate. HDS took radical views towards new HDZ government, while other Coalition parties adopted more centrist policies. Dabčević-Kučar and Tripalo formed their own Croatian People's Party in Autumn 1990. The Croatian Peoples Party _ Liberal Democrats (Croatian Hrvatska narodna stranka _ Liberalni Demokrati; HNS) a liberal party in Croatia. ...