The Istrian Democratic Assembly (Croatian: Istarski Demokratski Sabor, Italian: Dieta Democratica Istriana) is a Croatian regional political party in Istria. Rovinj, on the western coast of Croatian Istria. ...

The party is led by Ivan Jakovčić and has 4 representatives in the Croatian Parliament. The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ...

They party was founded 1990, at the eve of the first multi-party elections in modern Croatia. The party decided not to participate, thus allowing Communists, recently rebranded into Social Democratic Party of Croatia, to make a sweep of the region. IDS instead made electoral debut on 1992 elections and used collapse of SDP to take all three of Istrian constituences. First free multi-party elections for Croatian Parliament were held between April 22nd and May 7th 1990. ... The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main social democratic political party in Croatia. ... The second free multi-party elections for Croatian Parliament were held on August 2nd 1992 in conjuction with 1992 Presidential elections of Croatia. ...

This result made Istria into sore spot for Croatian President Franjo Tuđman and his Croatian Democratic Union, which had dominated every other region in Croatia. For the first elections for Croatian Chamber of Counties, which also coincided with the first election for newly-formed Istria county, state-controlled media launched unprecedented media blitz directed almost exclusively on Istria. This effort spectacularly backfired because Istrian voters gave almost three quarters of their votes to IDS. After that nobody would challenge IDS supremacy in Istria, at least not directly. Franjo TuÄ‘man (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 major Croatian political party. ... First election for Croatian Chamber of Counties was held on February 7th 1993. ... Istria county - Istarska županija / Regione istriana is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (2820 out of 3160 km²). ...

IDS main policy is to achieve greater autonomy for Istria and equal status of Italian and Croatian in Istria. This was the reason why IDS was opposed to Tuđman and his hard-line nationalism. Other Croatian political parties were more pragmatic and IDS cooperated with them in 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 new party called Istrian Democratic Forum. Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... Istrian Democratic Forum (Croatian: Istarski demokratski forum, IDF) is a regional political party in Istria County of Croatia. ...

IDS was briefly part of national government following 2000 parliamentary and presidential elections. One year later, IDS, disatisfied with the way Ivica Račan and his coalition partners treated Istria, left the government, although they continued to support it in Parliament. Elections for the Chamber of Representatives of Croatian Parliament were held on January 3rd 2000. ... Third Presidential elections under new 1990 Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, held 2000 by popular vote. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

External link

• Official party web page