Croatian presidential election, 1997

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Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 15 June 1997.^[1] The result was a victory for Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who received 61.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 54.6%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Franjo Tuđman	Croatian Democratic Union	1,337,990	61.4
Zdravko Tomac	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	458,172	21.0
Vlado Gotovac	Croatian Social Liberal Party	382,630	17.6
Invalid/blank votes		39,656	–
Total		2,218,448	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver; Official results[3]

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 9873832956097
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p419
3. ^ "Izbor Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske [Election of the Croatian President]" (in Croatian). Croatian State Election Committee. 24 June 1997. http://www.izbori.hr/arhiva/pdf/1992/1992_1_1_Rezultati_Predsjednik_po_opcinama_i_inozemstvo.pdf.