Croatia – Presidential election 1st round

The first round of the presidential election in Croatia was held on 27 December. Here are the results:

Ivo Josipović (Social Democratic Party) 32.42%
Milan Bandić (ind., ex-SDP, Mayor of Zagreb) 14.83%
Andrija Hebrang (HDZ) 12.04%
Nadan Vidošević (ind., ex-HDZ) 11.33%
Vesna Pusić (Croatian People’s Party-Liberal Democrats/HNS-LD) 7.25%
Dragan Primorac (ind., ex-HDZ) 5.93%
Miroslav Tuđman (ind., son of Franjo Tuđman) 4.09%
Damir Kajin (Istrian Democratic Assembly) 3.87%
Josip Jurčević (ind.) 2.74%
Boris Mikšić (ind.) 2.1%
Vesna Škare-Ožbolt (ind.) 1.89%
Slavko Vukšić (Democratic Party of Slavonia Plain) 0.42%

Turnout 44%
Source: Electoral Commission

Electoral Geography has all the regional results as well as some nice maps.

So, the ruling HDZ party failed to get a candidate through to the second round because of division within its ranks. There is a report on the election here.

The polls show that Josipović will easily win at the second ballot, which is held on 10 January. This will begin a period of cohabitation.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *