  the croatian peasant party (, hss) is an agrarian and socially conservative political party in croatia. ==history== ===austria-hungary=== the croatian people's peasant party (hrvatska puÄka seljaÄka stranka) was formed on december 22, 1904 by antun radiÄ along with his brother stjepan radiÄ. it contested elections for the first time in the kingdom of croatia-slavonia in 1906 winning no seats. despite this, they posted gains in subsequent elections. in 1908 the party won two seats, and in 1910 and 1911 nine seats. while croatia was still under the rule of budapest and vienna, the hss sought for greater autonomy, peasants' rights and land reform. ===first yugoslavia=== after world war i and the dissolution of austria-hungary, the hss garnered significant popular and electoral support for its advocacy of an independent croatian state, and its opposition to the creation of the kingdom of serbs, croats and slovenes (which actually meant joining together the state of serbs, croats and slov
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