Democratic Party of Zagorje ( hr, Zagorska demokratska stranka or ZDS) is a right-wing

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from Krapina-Zagorje and

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counties in

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. Members: 1998 (5,250), 1999 (5,250), 2002 (5,500). ZDS was established on 5 February 1997 in

Oroslavje Oroslavje () is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. Oroslavje is often referred to as The Gate of Croatian Zagorje (''Vrata Hrvatskog zagorja'') because of its geographical position and its proximity to The City of Za ...

. At the 2003 parliamentary elections, an alliance of the Croatian Party of Rights (''Hrvatska stranka prava'', HSP), the Međimurje Party (''Međimurska stranka'') and the Zagorje Democratic Party won 6.4% of votes and 8 out of 151 seats. The seats were all allocated to HSP. At the last local

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in 2005, an alliance of the ZDS and HSLS won 10% of votes in Krapina-Zagorje County and 5 seats out of 51 in Regional Parliament. An alliance of the ZDS and its partners won elections in the towns of

Klanjec Klanjec () is a small town in northwestern Croatia, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje on the border with Slovenia. History In the late 19th and early 20th century, Klanjec was a district capital in the Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia- ...

and

Donja Stubica Donja Stubica () is a town in Croatia, about northeast of Zagreb on the northern slope of Medvednica. It is connected by the state road D307 and L202 railway. The total population is 5,680, with 2,200 people in Donja Stubica itself (census 201 ...

and municipalities of

Desinić Desinić is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. At the 2011 census, there was a total population of 2,951. Notable people * Veronika of Desenice, the second wife of Frederick II, Count of Celje Frederick I ...

, Budinščina,

Krapinske Toplice Krapinske Toplice is a city and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 5,367 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority of which are Croats. The settlements in the municipality are: * Čret, po ...

and

Tuhelj Tuhelj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 2,104 inhabitants in the area, the majority of which are Croats. Tuhelj is famous for its spa, and mud which is rich in Chromium ...

. 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. In 2016, ZDS changed its name to Croatian Kajkavian Party ( hr, Hrvatska kajkavska stranka), looking to expand its influence into 11 Croatian counties where

Kajkavian Kajkavian (Kajkavian noun: ''kajkavščina''; Shtokavian adjective: ''kajkavski'' , noun: ''kajkavica'' or ''kajkavština'' ) is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and no ...

is spoken, but reverted to its original name a year later.

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