Croatian presidential election, 2000
Croatian presidential election, 2000
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24 January and 7 February 2000
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Results of the second round in all of Croatia's counties: the candidate with the majority of votes in each administrative division.
Mesić: orange; Budiša: yellow[1] |
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Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 24 January 2000.[2] As no candidate passed the 50% threshold, a secound round was held on 7 February, the first time a second round had been required in the country's history.[2] The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56.9% of the vote. Voter turnout was 63.0% in the first round and 60.9% in the second round.[3]
Results
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Stjepan Mesić |
Croatian People's Party |
1,100,671 |
41.3 |
1,433,372 |
56.0 |
| Dražen Budiša |
Croatian Social Liberal Party |
741,837 |
27.8 |
1,125,969 |
44.0 |
| Mate Granić |
Croatian Democratic Union |
601,588 |
22.6 |
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| Slaven Letica |
Independent |
110,782 |
4.2 |
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| Anto Đapić |
Croatian Party of Rights |
49,288 |
1.8 |
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| Ante Ledić |
Independent |
22,875 |
0.9 |
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| Tomislav Merčep |
Croatian Popular Party |
22,672 |
0.9 |
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| Ante Prkačin |
New Croatia |
7,401 |
0.3 |
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| Zvonimir Šeparović |
Independent |
7,235 |
0.3 |
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| Invalid/blank votes |
13,212 |
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29,779 |
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| Total |
2,677,561 |
100 |
2,589,120 |
100 |
| Source: Croatian State Election Committee[4][1] |
References