Coalition of People's Accord (Croatian: Koalicija narodnog sporazuma, KNS) was the bloc of mostly moderate nationalist and liberal parties formed on the eve of first multi-party elections in Croatia in 1990.
Another reason for forming the Coalition was for Croatia to have a post-Communist government of many different parties instead of one, which was supposed to help develop the nascent democracy and prevent eventual return to one-party rule.
Another boost came in the form of an open letter by some 200 top Croatian artists, scientists and intellectuals expressing support for the Coalition.
[citation needed] Another obstacle for the Coalition was the runoff voting system, which favored the two strongest parties or electoral blocs.
In the first round of the elections it became apparent that the reformed-communists, now rebranded into Social Democratic Party of Croatia, had enough support to finish second in most of the constituencies.