Democratic Party of Zagorje

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Democratic Party of Zagorje (Croatian: Zagorska demokratska stranka (ZDS)) is a political party from Krapina-Zagorje and Varaždin County in Croatia. It is usually aligned with right-wing parties.

At the last legislative elections, 23 November 2003, an alliance of the Croatian Party of Rights (Hrvatska stranka prava), the Međimurje Party (Međimurska stranka) and the Zagorje Democratic Party - won 6.4 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 151 seats, all for the HSP.

At the last local elections in Croatia an alliance of the ZDS and HSLS won 10% of the popular vote in Krapina-Zagorje County and 5 out of 51 seats in Regional Parliament. An alliance of the ZDS and its partners won elections in the Town of Klanjec, Town of Donja Stubica, Municipality of Desinić, Municipality of Budinščina, Municipality of Krapinske Toplice and Municipality of Tuhelj.

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The Zagorje Democratic Party (Croatian: Zagorska Demokratska Stranka, ZDS).

Established: Oroslavje city, 5 February 1997. Members: 1998 (5.250), 1999 (5.250), 2002 (5.500). A regional party from Zagorje County (north of Zagreb) and Varaždin County. This party has not a single representative in the Parliament, but the State Election Committee and the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee decided that it is to be counted as a parliamentary party. Namely, the party run for election in 2004 in joint list with the HSP and they together won one seat that is occupied by a non-party representative. President elected on general assembly in 2006 is doctor Stanko Belina from Zabok, Croatia. Elected vice presidents are: doctor Viseslav Cuk, Dragutin Burek, Darko Potocki, Dragutin Babic and Zeljko Belina. Secretary General of the Party is Zvonko Zupanic. On the last local elections ZDS won five seats in Regional Parliament together with HSLS (coalition ZDS-HSLS). Policy of ZDS is promotion of ecology - primary anti-GMO actions, protection of water supplies in Zagorje and North-West Croatia as well as protection of general interests of Zagorje and Varaždin County citizens.

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