Croatian presidential election, 2005

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The fourth presidential elections in Croatia took place in two rounds in January 2005.

The State Elections Committee published a list of candidates on 15 December 2004. President Stjepan Mesić stood for re-election, and the governing HDZ nominated cabinet minister Jadranka Kosor. A total of thirteen candidates were accepted, each after having submitted 10,000 citizen signatures, an endorsement required by law.

Mesić gained nearly 49% of the vote in the first round, held on 2 January 2005. He only narrowly missed the 50% target for an outright win, with Kosor trailing with 20% and a surprising independent candidate Boris Mikšić with 18% of the vote. The elections went to a second round held on 16 January 2005 in which Mesić and Kosor were the only candidates. This time, Mesić won an overwhelming majority with about 66% of the vote against Kosor's 34%.

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Summary of the 2 and 16 January 2005 Croatian presidential **election results**
Candidates and nominating parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Stjepan Mesić - Croatian People's Party and others	1,089,398	48.92	1,454,451	65.93
Jadranka Kosor - Croatian Democratic Community	452,218	20,31	751,692	34.07
Boris Mikšić	396,093	17.78	-	-
Đurđa Adlešić - Croatian Social Liberal Party	59,795	2.68	-	-
Slaven Letica - Croatian Party of Rights	57,748	2.59	-	-
Ljubo Ćesić	41,216	1.85	-	-
Ivić Pašalić - Croatian Bloc - Movement for a Modern Croatia	40,637	1.82	-	-
Anto Kovačević - Croatian Christian Democratic Union	19,145	0.86	-	-
Miroslav Blažević	17,847	0.80	-	-
Miroslav Rajh - Croatian Youth Party	14,766	0.66	-	-
Doris Košta	8,721	0.37	-	-
Mladen Kešer	7,056	0.32	-	-
Tomislav Petrak - Croatian Popular Party	2,614	0.12	-	-
Total (turnout 50.57 %)	2,227,073	100.0	2,241,760	100.0
Invalid votes	20,269		35,617
Registered voters	4,403,933		4,392,220
Source: State Election Commission