Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja explained

Country:Croatia
Native Name:Hrvatski demokratski savez
Slavonije i Baranje
Croatian Democratic Alliance
of Slavonia and Baranja
Leader:Branimir Glavaš
Headquarters:Osijek, Croatia
Position:Centre-right
Colours: Red
Gold
Seats1 Title:Sabor
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Seats5 Title:County Prefects
Seats6 Title:Mayors

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]

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

Legislative

!Election!In coalition with!Votes won (coalition totals)!Percentage!Seats won!Change
2007None44,5521.8% 3
2011None68,9953.0% 3
2015None30,4431.36% 4
2016HKS23,5731.25% 1
2020HDZ621,00837.26%

European Parliament

!Election!In coalition with!Votes won(coalition totals)!Percentage!Seats won!Change
2013HDSSD-ZH22,3283.01%
2014Alliance for Croatia63,4376.88%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje - HDSSB . February 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721100255/http://hidran.hidra.hr/stranke/s035250h.htm . July 21, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Croatia. Nordsieck. Wolfram. 2020. Parties and Elections in Europe.
  3. 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. 327–347. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/gov.2019.21. free. 11368/3001222. free.
  4. Web site: STATUT HRVATSKOG DEMOKRATSKOG SAVEZA SLAVONIJE I BARANJE . DOC . Hidra.srce.hr . 2016-03-11.