For the November 2003 general election HIP formed a right-wing coalition with Croatian Bloc (HB), another hardline nationalist HDZ splinter party led by former senior HDZ member Ivić Pašalić. However, the HB-HIP coalition fared poorly and failed to cross the five percent election threshold in any of the 10 geographical districts. They recorded their best result in District XI – the constituency for Croatian citizens living abroad – where they finished second behind HDZ with 9.73 percent of the vote. However, since the number of parliament seats from District XI is calculated in proportion to the total number of votes cast, they failed to win a seat in the 5th Sabor. Following the 2003 election both HIP and HB fell into obscurity. HIP continued to exist but did not run in any elections since and HB leader Ivić Pašalić retired from politics. Miroslav Tuđman ran in the 2009–10 presidential election as an independent candidate and finished seventh in the first round with 4.09 percent of the vote. HIP was officially struck from the party registry in August 2011. Electoral history Legislative References 2002 establishments in Croatia 2011 disestablishments in Croatia Conservative parties in Croatia Croatian nationalist parties Defunct nationalist parties in Croatia Political parties disestablished in 2011 Political parties established in 2002 Right-wing parties in Europe