Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević or HSP AS) was a

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. It was founded in 2009 by

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and others as a splinter party from the

Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonom ...

. It is named after

Ante Starčević Ante Starčević (; 23 May 1823 – 28 February 1896) was a Croatian politician and writer. His policies centered around Croatian state law, the integrity of Croatian lands, and the right of his people to self-determination. As an important memb ...

(1823–1896). In 2011, they reported a membership of 20,000. They had limited electoral success in local elections, such as winning three seats in Vukovar city council in 2011. In 2011, Croatian Party of Rights-Dr. Ante Starčević signed a pre-election

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agreement with

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. In the

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, their coalition won one parliamentary seat. In late 2012, the party made a permanent coalition with the centre-right

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...

. This coalition won the Croatian European Parliament election in 2013 and party president Ruža Tomašić was the highest ranking candidate on the winning list by

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. The party joined the

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. On 3 November 2014, the party's founder and first president,

, left the party. The party dissolved in 2020.

Election results

Legislative

The following is a summary of the party's results in legislative elections for the

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. The "Total votes" and "Percentage" columns include sums of votes won by pre-election coalitions

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had been part of. After preferential votes were introduced into the electoral system, the total votes column also includes the statistic of the sum of votes given to HSS candidates on the coalition lists. The "Total seats" column includes sums of seats won by

in election constituencies plus representatives of ethnic minorities affiliated with HSP AS.

European parliament

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