Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja ( hr, Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje or HDSSB) is a regionalist,

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in the Eastern

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n region of

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. Until 2015, the HdSSB was considered

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. It was formally founded on 6 May 2006, but had its origins one year earlier, when the group of local

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(HDZ) politicians, led by

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veteran

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, launched a political organisation with a very similar name, the Croatian Democratic ''Assembly'' of Slavonia and Baranja ( hr, 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

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. The HDZ leadership under

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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

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and City of

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assemblies. That group of independents became the HDSSB on 6 May 2006. In the

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. They improved their position in

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in next election by winning 6 seats. In 2014, HDSSB became part of the

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coalition, which was dissolved in 2015.

Electoral history

Legislative

European Parliament

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