Croatian Popular Party


Croatian Popular Party is a right-wing political party in Croatia.
The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav Merčep 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, 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. He finished last of the thirteen candidates in the first round with 2,614 votes or 0.12% of the vote.
The party had limited success on local elections.

Electoral history

Legislative

Presidential