Croatian presidential election, 2000

Croatian presidential election, 2000

1997 ← 24 January and 7 February 2000 → 2005

Nominee Stjepan Mesić Dražen Budiša Party HNS HSLS Popular vote 1,433,372 1,125,969 Percentage 56.01% 43.99%

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]

President before election Zlatko Tomčić - acting Elected President Stjepan Mesić

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
Slaven Letica	Independent	110,782	4.2
Anto Đapić	Croatian Party of Rights	49,288	1.8
Ante Ledić	Independent	22,875	0.9
Tomislav Merčep	Croatian Popular Party	22,672	0.9
Ante Prkačin	New Croatia	7,401	0.3
Zvonimir Šeparović	Independent	7,235	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		13,212	–	29,779	–
Total		2,677,561	100	2,589,120	100
Source: Croatian State Election Committee[4][1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Complete official results of the elections for the Croatian President - Second round". Croatian State Election Committee. http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred2Krug.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 ISBN 9873832956097
3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p420
4. ^ "Complete official results of the elections for the Croatian President - First round". Croatian State Election Committee. http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred1Krug.htm.