Summary
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (Croatian: Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje or HDSSB)[1] is a regionalist,[2] National conservative[2][3] political party in the Eastern Croatian region of Slavonia. Until 2015, the HdSSB was considered right-wing populist.[3]
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje | |
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| Leader | Branimir Glavaš |
| Founded | 6 May 2006 |
| Headquarters | Osijek, Croatia |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Red Gold |
| Sabor | 1 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 0 / 21 |
| Mayors | 0 / 128 |
| Website | |
| www | |
It was formally founded on 6 May 2006,[4] but had its origins one year earlier, when the group of local Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) politicians, led by War of Independence veteran Branimir Glavaš, launched a political organisation with a very similar name, the Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja (Croatian: Hrvatski demokratski sabor Slavonije i Baranje) at the eve of May 2005 local elections. The stated aim of new group was the regional reorganisation of Croatia in order to improve conditions in Slavonia, which was - according to Glavaš and his supporters - neglected by central government in Zagreb.
The HDZ leadership under Ivo Sanader denounced that platform and ejected Glavaš out of the party. However, most of the local HDZ organisation followed Glavaš and his independent election ticket that won a relative majority in the Osijek-Baranja County and City of Osijek assemblies. That group of independents became the HDSSB on 6 May 2006. In the 2007 Croatian parliamentary election they received 44,552 votes or 1.8% of the electorate, and won 3 seats in the Croatian Parliament. They improved their position in Croatian Parliament in next election by winning 6 seats.
In 2014, HDSSB became part of the Alliance for Croatia coalition, which was dissolved in 2015.
Electoral history edit
Legislative edit
| Election | In coalition with | Votes won (coalition totals) | Percentage | Seats won | Change |
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| 2007 | None | 44,552 | 1.8% | 3 / 151
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 3
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| 2011 | None | 68,995 | 3.0% | 6 / 151
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3
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| 2015 | None | 30,443 | 1.36% | 2 / 151
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 4
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| 2016 | HKS | 23,573 | 1.25% | 1 / 151
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1
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| 2020 | HDZ | 621,008 | 37.26% | 1 / 151
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European Parliament edit
| Election | In coalition with | Votes won
(coalition totals) |
Percentage | Seats won | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | HDSSD-ZH | 22,328 | 3.01% | 0 / 12
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| 2014 | Alliance for Croatia | 63,437 | 6.88% | 0 / 11
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References edit
- ^ "Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje - HDSSB". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ a b Zulianello, Mattia (April 2020). "Varieties of Populist Parties and Party Systems in Europe: From State-of-the-Art to the Application of a Novel Classification Scheme to 66 Parties in 33 Countries". Government and Opposition. 55 (2). Cambridge University Press: 327–347. doi:10.1017/gov.2019.21. hdl:11368/3001222.
- ^ "STATUT HRVATSKOG DEMOKRATSKOG SAVEZA SLAVONIJE I BARANJE" (DOC). Hidra.srce.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
External links edit
- Official website
(in Croatian)
