Presidential elections were held in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 for the first time on 2 August 1992 alongside simultaneous parliamentary elections. The result was a victory for Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...

 (HDZ), who received 57.8% of the vote. Voter turnout was 74.9%.

Conduct

The elections were criticised by international observers, who noted several problems, including issues with opposition access to state media, the timing of the election and the impartiality of officials. The timing of the referendum was deemed to be favourable to the HDZ government, who had delayed approving electoral laws in violation of the country's new constitution. The period of time between the announcement of the elections and the election date itself was considered "unusually short", making it difficult for opposition parties and election officials to prepare. The election was also scheduled for a holiday, when a significant number of people would be away from their home towns and unable to vote.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Franjo Tuđman	Croatian Democratic Union Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	1,519,100	57.8
Dražen Budiša Dražen Budiša Dražen Budiša is a Croatian politician who used to be leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate.-During Yugoslavia:...	Croatian Social Liberal Party Croatian Social Liberal Party Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS is a conservative liberal political party in Croatia. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. Its current president is Darinko Kosor, elected to that post in November 2009.-Chronology:The HSLS was...	585,535	22.3
Savka Dabčević-Kučar	Croatian People's Party	161,242	6.1
Dobroslav Paraga Dobroslav Paraga Dobroslav Paraga is a Croatian right-wing politician.-Background:In his early days Dobroslav Paraga used to advocate secession of Croatia from Yugoslavia and that led him to be persecuted by the Communist authorities. Paraga used that persecution as an argument against Yugoslavia and its low human...	Croatian Party of Rights Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights is a right-wing political party in Croatia. The "right" in the party's name refer to the idea of Croatian national and ethnic rights that the party has vowed to protect since its founding in the 19th century...	144,695	5.5
Silvije Degen Silvije Degen Silvije Degen is a Croatian lawyer and politician from Zagreb.Silvije Degen, a native of Zagreb, in 1980s became one of the best known lawyers in Yugoslavia...	Socialist Party of Croatia Socialist Party of Croatia Socialist Party of Croatia is now defunct left-wing political party in Croatia....	108,979	4.1
Marko Veselica Marko Veselica Marko Veselica is a Croatian politician.During the Croatian Spring, Marko Veselica developed a reputation of being a Croatian nationalist. He was close to Ivan Milas. As a prominent Croatian dissident his Croation nationalist views brought him into conflict with the Communist authorities of...	Croatian Democratic Party	45,593	1.7
Ivan Cesar	Croatian Christian Democratic Party	43,134	1.6
Antun Vujić Antun Vujic Antun Vujić is a Croatian politician, philosopher, political analyst and lexicographer, currently member of Croatian Parliament and formerly Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government .-Overview:Vujić graduated from the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Philosophy Antun Vujić (born in...	Social Democrats of Croatia	18,783	0.7
Invalid/blank votes		50,703	–
Total		2,677,764	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, p419; Official results