Croatian Popular Party Explained

Croatian Popular Party should not be confused with Croatian People's Party.

Croatian Popular Party (Croatian: Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia.^[1]

The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav Merčep^[2] after his departure from Croatian Democratic Union.

Merčep was the party candidate in the 2000 Croatian presidential election, and was eliminated in the first round as the seventh of nine candidates, winning 22,672 votes or 0.85% of the vote.

Tomislav Petrak (born 1946), a Ph.D. in veterinary science a professor at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in Zagreb, member of the Party since its founding in 1997, was its candidate in the 2005 Croatian presidential election.^[3]

Electoral history

Legislative

!Election!In coalition with !Votes won !Percentage!Seats won !Change

2000	None	39,354	1.36%
2003	HP	8,048	0.32%

Presidential

!Election!Candidate!Rank!1st round votes !Percentage!Rank!2nd round votes !Percentage

2000			22,762	0.85%		—	—
2005	Tomislav Petrak		2,614	0.12%		—	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hrvatska pučka stranka – STR: Iskaznica . Croatian . Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency . Hrvatska pučka stranka – HPS Croatian Popular Party . 2010-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721100817/http://hidran.hidra.hr/stranke/s028424h.htm . 2011-07-21 . dead .
2. http://www.hps.hr/Povijest/tabid/56/language/en-US/Default.aspx Povijest Hrvatske pučke stranke
3. Web site: Stranački život . November 11, 2004 . . Croatian . 2009-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070523/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/2004/11/11/STR.html . March 5, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .