[26] A coalition was formed with several other parties, including the conservative Croatian Sovereignists, which was established to contest the 2019 European elections, and the newly founded Bloc for Croatia.

[31] In the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election, the DP led a coalition with Law and Justice and two independent members of the Sabor won 14 seats, becoming the third largest faction.

"[34] The second internal party elections were expected at the beginning of 2025, but the current president Ivan Penava made a decision at the end of July that the Electoral Parliament will be held on 31 August 2024.

Harsh words, accusations, and even criminal charges have been pouring in from both camps for the past month, which, many warn, could lead to a split in the party.

In addition to objections to the determination of quotas, Radić's camp also fears manipulation of votes during the elections and the bias of electoral commission members because, they point out, they participated in the campaign for Penava.

Radić demanded a secret ballot and that people who support him also sit in the election commission, in order to prevent possible theft of votes.

[36][37] At the end of the election process, several members of the party who supported Radić publicly stepped forward and announced their departure from the DP, including Stephen Nikola Bartulica, MEP and Željko Pervan, who posted a video on Facebook in which he cut his membership card.