Croatian presidential election, 2000
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Presidential elections were held in Croatia
on 24 January 2000. 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. 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.
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 ...
on 24 January 2000. 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. The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian politician and former President of Croatia. Before his ten-year presidential term between 2000 and 2010 he held the posts of Speaker of the Croatian Parliament , Prime Minister of Croatia , the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Secretary General...
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.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Stjepan Mesić Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian politician and former President of Croatia. Before his ten-year presidential term between 2000 and 2010 he held the posts of Speaker of the Croatian Parliament , Prime Minister of Croatia , the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Secretary General... |
Croatian People's Party | 1,100,671 | 41.3 | 1,433,372 | 56.0 |
| 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... |
741,837 | 27.8 | 1,125,969 | 44.0 |
| Mate Granić Mate Granic Mate Granić is a Croatian diplomat and politician who was part of the Croatian Government in much of the 1990s.Granić was born in Baška Voda in Dalmatia... |
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... |
601,588 | 22.6 | ||
| Slaven Letica Slaven Letica Slaven Letica is a Croatian author, economist, commentator and politician.Native of Podgora, Letica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics.... |
Independent | 110,782 | 4.2 | ||
| Anto Đapić | 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... |
49,288 | 1.8 | ||
| Ante Ledić Ante Ledic Ante Ledić is a Croatian businessman, politician from and vice-president of Croatian Demochristian Party.In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in long jump and decathlon... |
Independent | 22,875 | 0.9 | ||
| Tomislav Merčep Tomislav Merčep Tomislav Merčep is a former Croatian politician and paramilitary during the Croatian War of Independence.A native of Vukovar, Merčep worked as an engineer before joining the Croatian Democratic Union in 1990... |
Croatian Popular Party Croatian Popular Party Croatian Popular Party is a right-wing political party in Croatia.The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav Merčep after his departure from Croatian Democratic Union.... |
22,672 | 0.9 | ||
| Ante Prkačin Ante Prkacin Ante Prkačin is a Croatian general, businessman and right-wing politician.-Biography:Prkačin was born in Slavonski Brod, where he also studied at the Faculty of Economics, in addition to the Faculty of Petrochemistry in Sisak.... |
New Croatia | 7,401 | 0.3 | ||
| Zvonimir Šeparović Zvonimir Šeparovic Zvonimir Šeparović is a Croatian legal scholar and politician.Šeparović used to be professor of Criminal Law at the University of Zagreb. He was also known as the pioneer of victimology and very vocal opponent of death penalty.... |
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 | |||||