Croatian Popular Party ( hr, Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia. The party was founded in 1997 by

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Povijest Hrvatske pučke stranke
after his departure from

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. Merčep was the party candidate in the

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, 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

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, member of the Party since its founding in 1997, was its candidate in the

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Electoral history

Legislative

Presidential

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