[8] Throughout the years, Pametno grew from the local initiative into a national party with representation in the Croatian Parliament.

In 2013, she founded the citizens' initiative, competed in the 2013 local elections and eventually, surprisingly, ended up winning 4 seats in the Split City Council.

[10] In the 2016 extraordinary parliamentary election, the Party went national as part of the two-party "Turn Croatia Around" coalition, eventually coming in 7th in term of votes won, but winning no seats in the Parliament.

After a split with Focus, newly elected MPs Puljak and Dalija Orešković (IP) formed a parliamentary club together with Anka Mrak-Taritaš, the leader of Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS).

Many left, including six local councilors and party founders that later founded Smart for Split and Dalmatia.

[22][2][23] In the extraordinary elections in June 2022, mayor Ivica Puljak confirmed his mandate, and 15 councilors from the Centre party entered the Split city council.

In March 2024, the party became a part of the Rivers of Justice coalition ahead of the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election.

[29] Centre's priorities are structural reforms, education and science,[30] and it adheres to the values of "modern Western European countries".

The party supports the free market and encourages entrepreneurship, advocating for reduction of taxes, eliminating parafiscal fees and less public administration and bureaucracy.

Centre advocates for reducing the number of municipalities and replacing the current 20 counties of Croatia with 5 regions.