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Turnout | 62.98% (first round) 60.88% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
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Results of the second round in all of Croatia's counties: the candidate with the majority of votes in each administrative division. Stjepan Mesić Dražen Budiša | |||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Croatia in January 2000, [1] the third since independence in 1991. They were also the first early presidential elections, as they were held due to the death of incumbent president Franjo Tuđman on 10 December 1999, as well as being the last elections held under the semi-presidential system of government, by which the President was the most powerful official in the government structure and could appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister and their cabinet.
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.
Franjo Tuđman, also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia he became the first President of Croatia and served as president from 1990 until his death in 1999. He was the 9th and last President of the Presidency of SR Croatia from May to July 1990.
A semi-presidential system or dual executive system is a system of government in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter being responsible to the legislature of a state. It differs from a parliamentary republic in that it has a popularly elected head of state, who is more than a mostly ceremonial/non-executive, figurehead, and from the presidential system in that the cabinet, although named by the president, is responsible to the legislature, which may force the cabinet to resign through a motion of no confidence.
As no candidate received the required majority (50%+1 vote of the valid votes cast) in the first round on 24 January, a second round was held on 7 February, the first time a second round had been required in the country's history. [1] The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56.01% of the vote. Voter turnout was 62.98% in the first round and 60.88% in the second round. [2]
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian politician who served as the President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), as well as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994), a judge in Našice and mayor of his hometown of Orahovica.
Mesić was inaugurated for a five year term as the second president of Croatia on 18 February 2000 at St Mark's Square in front of the justices of the Constitutional Court.
St. Mark's Square is a square located in the old part of Zagreb, Croatia, called Gradec or Gornji grad.
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Stjepan Mesić | Croatian People's Party | 1,100,671 | 41.11 | 1,433,372 | 56.01 |
Dražen Budiša | Croatian Social Liberal Party | 741,837 | 27.71 | 1,125,969 | 43.99 |
Mate Granić | Croatian Democratic Union | 601,588 | 22.47 | ||
Slaven Letica | Independent | 110,782 | 4.14 | ||
Anto Đapić | Croatian Party of Rights | 49,288 | 1.84 | ||
Ante Ledić | Independent | 22,875 | 0.85 | ||
Tomislav Merčep | Croatian Popular Party | 22,672 | 0.85 | ||
Ante Prkačin | New Croatia | 7,401 | 0.28 | ||
Zvonimir Šeparović | Independent | 7,235 | 0.27 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,212 | – | 29,779 | – | |
Total | 2,677,561 | 100 | 2,589,120 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 4,251,109 | 62.98 | 4,252,921 | 60.88 | |
Source: Croatian State Election Committee [3] [4] |
County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Mesić | Budiša | Granić | Letica | Đapić | Ledić | Merčep | Prkačin | Šeparović | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Bjelovar-Bilogora | 115,464 | 81,756 | 70.81% | 34,936 | 42.73% | 23,746 | 29.04% | 17,109 | 20.93% | 2,024 | 2.48% | 1,767 | 2.16% | 425 | 0.52% | 917 | 1.12% | 217 | 0.27% | 139 | 0.17% |
Brod-Posavina | 145,948 | 98,066 | 67.19% | 42,782 | 43.63% | 20,477 | 20.88% | 26,389 | 26.91% | 3,228 | 3.29% | 2,205 | 2.25% | 564 | 0.58% | 1,265 | 1.29% | 339 | 0.35% | 228 | 0.23% |
Dubrovnik-Neretva | 106,738 | 71,714 | 67.19% | 24,328 | 33.92% | 19,437 | 27.10% | 20,483 | 28.56% | 3,988 | 5.56% | 1,279 | 1.78% | 663 | 0.92% | 444 | 0.62% | 227 | 0.32% | 509 | 0.71% |
Istria | 181,971 | 129,491 | 71.16% | 79,834 | 61.65% | 30,016 | 23.18% | 11,531 | 8.90% | 5,001 | 3.86% | 876 | 0.68% | 640 | 0.49% | 547 | 0.42% | 249 | 0.19% | 170 | 0.13% |
Karlovac | 133,419 | 86,521 | 64.85% | 32,773 | 37.88% | 22,201 | 25.66% | 22,945 | 26.52% | 3,282 | 3.79% | 2,958 | 3.42% | 522 | 0.60% | 804 | 0.93% | 256 | 0.30% | 188 | 0.22% |
Koprivnica-Križevci | 104,394 | 76,386 | 73.17% | 33,788 | 44.23% | 23,571 | 30.86% | 14,510 | 19.00% | 1,975 | 2.59% | 1,000 | 1.31% | 360 | 0.47% | 558 | 0.73% | 178 | 0.23% | 117 | 0.15% |
Krapina-Zagorje | 116,767 | 83,329 | 71.36% | 44,343 | 53.21% | 18,821 | 22.59% | 15,373 | 18.45% | 2,110 | 2.53% | 655 | 0.79% | 448 | 0.54% | 698 | 0.84% | 148 | 0.18% | 175 | 0.21% |
Lika-Senj | 54,777 | 29,085 | 53.10% | 11,711 | 40.26% | 5,451 | 18.74% | 9,170 | 31.53% | 608 | 2.09% | 1,222 | 4.20% | 131 | 0.45% | 469 | 1.61% | 74 | 0.25% | 49 | 0.17% |
Međimurje | 96,453 | 67,721 | 70.21% | 26,808 | 39.59% | 26,881 | 39.69% | 10,002 | 14.77% | 2,142 | 3.16% | 468 | 0.69% | 394 | 0.58% | 336 | 0.50% | 160 | 0.24% | 152 | 0.22% |
Osijek-Baranja | 286,877 | 190,343 | 66.35% | 84,912 | 44.61% | 52,913 | 27.80% | 37,152 | 19.52% | 6,256 | 3.29% | 4,253 | 2.23% | 1,013 | 0.53% | 1,854 | 0.97% | 475 | 0.25% | 506 | 0.27% |
Požega-Slavonia | 72,114 | 50,351 | 69.82% | 24,414 | 48.49% | 10,138 | 20.13% | 11,659 | 23.16% | 1,345 | 2.67% | 996 | 1.98% | 335 | 0.67% | 938 | 1.86% | 128 | 0.25% | 110 | 0.22% |
Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 276,501 | 191,448 | 69.24% | 76,281 | 39.84% | 69,254 | 36.17% | 29,467 | 15.39% | 9,863 | 5.15% | 2,537 | 1.33% | 1,261 | 0.66% | 1,092 | 0.57% | 505 | 0.26% | 428 | 0.22% |
Sisak-Moslavina | 166,038 | 103,513 | 62.34% | 38,668 | 37.36% | 27,380 | 26.45% | 26,511 | 25.61% | 3,241 | 3.13% | 4,581 | 4.43% | 594 | 0.57% | 1,366 | 1.32% | 321 | 0.31% | 193 | 0.19% |
Split-Dalmatia | 382,290 | 254,740 | 66.64% | 70,132 | 27.53% | 79,078 | 31.04% | 77,352 | 30.37% | 15,935 | 6.26% | 3,613 | 1.42% | 4,206 | 1.65% | 1,727 | 0.68% | 748 | 0.29% | 643 | 0.25% |
Šibenik-Knin | 104,033 | 60,227 | 57.89% | 15,798 | 26.23% | 19,417 | 32.24% | 18,492 | 30.70% | 3,383 | 5.62% | 1,744 | 2.90% | 432 | 0.72% | 321 | 0.53% | 103 | 0.17% | 165 | 0.27% |
Varaždin | 151,498 | 113,131 | 74.67% | 49,701 | 43.93% | 36,219 | 32.02% | 20,119 | 17.78% | 3,337 | 2.95% | 1,387 | 1.23% | 569 | 0.50% | 727 | 0.64% | 207 | 0.18% | 286 | 0.25% |
Virovitica-Podravina | 80,463 | 56,416 | 70.11% | 29,382 | 52.08% | 13,067 | 23.16% | 9,769 | 17.32% | 1,327 | 2.35% | 1,615 | 2.86% | 222 | 0.39% | 462 | 0.82% | 100 | 0.18% | 97 | 0.17% |
Vukovar-Syrmia | 191,096 | 99,698 | 52.17% | 35,925 | 36.03% | 28,678 | 28.76% | 25,369 | 25.45% | 2,994 | 3.00% | 2,458 | 2.47% | 699 | 0.70% | 2,328 | 2.34% | 245 | 0.25% | 306 | 0.31% |
Zadar | 146,812 | 85,605 | 58.31% | 30,464 | 35.59% | 23,042 | 26.92% | 21,951 | 25.64% | 6,161 | 7.20% | 1,508 | 1.76% | 744 | 0.87% | 760 | 0.89 | 318 | 0.37% | 189 | 0.22% |
Zagreb County | 252,221 | 187,806 | 74.46% | 93,956 | 50.03% | 42,743 | 22.76% | 36,930 | 19.66% | 6,866 | 3.66% | 2,538 | 1.35% | 1,528 | 0.81% | 1,559 | 0.83% | 553 | 0.29% | 345 | 0.18% |
City of Zagreb | 688,910 | 485,053 | 70.41% | 210,778 | 43.45% | 140,702 | 29.01% | 88,457 | 18.24% | 24,911 | 5.14% | 5,954 | 1.23% | 6,618 | 1.36% | 3,039 | 0.63% | 1,738 | 0.36% | 1,370 | 0.28% |
Voting abroad | 396,325 | 75,161 | 18.96% | 8,957 | 11.92% | 8,605 | 11.45% | 50,848 | 67.65% | 805 | 1.07% | 3,674 | 4.89% | 507 | 0.67% | 461 | 0.61% | 120 | 0.16% | 862 | 1.15% |
TOTAL | 4,251,109 | 2,677,561 | 62.98% | 1,100,671 | 41.11% | 741,837 | 27.71% | 601,588 | 22.47% | 110,782 | 4.14% | 49,288 | 1.84% | 22,875 | 0.85% | 22,672 | 0.85% | 7,401 | 0.28% | 7,235 | 0.27% |
Source: State Election Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||
County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Mesić | Budiša | ||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
Bjelovar-Bilogora | 115,553 | 80,032 | 69.26% | 48,751 | 61.57% | 30,428 | 38.43% | ||||
Brod-Posavina | 145,955 | 95,504 | 65.43% | 44,928 | 68.22% | 29,995 | 31.78% | ||||
Dubrovnik-Neretva | 106,752 | 66,978 | 62.74% | 34,266 | 52.30% | 31,250 | 47.70% | ||||
Istria | 182,085 | 126,155 | 69.28% | 88,802 | 70.89% | 36,467 | 29.11% | ||||
Karlovac | 133,358 | 83,555 | 62.65% | 49,363 | 59.98% | 32,936 | 40.02% | ||||
Koprivnica-Križevci | 104,398 | 74,941 | 71.78% | 44,458 | 59.78% | 29,911 | 40.22% | ||||
Krapina-Zagorje | 116,795 | 82,395 | 70.55% | 57,454 | 70.38% | 24,183 | 29.62% | ||||
Lika-Senj | 55,341 | 29,329 | 53.00% | 20,331 | 70.53% | 8,496 | 29.47% | ||||
Međimurje | 96,515 | 66,654 | 69.06% | 30,824 | 46.64% | 35,261 | 53.36% | ||||
Osijek-Baranja | 287,153 | 185,695 | 64.67% | 112,066 | 60.91% | 71,919 | 39.09% | ||||
Požega-Slavonia | 72,169 | 49,371 | 68.41% | 34,942 | 71.52% | 13,914 | 28.48% | ||||
Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 276,665 | 183,521 | 66.33% | 89,167 | 49.08% | 92,498 | 50.92% | ||||
Sisak-Moslavina | 166,086 | 101,236 | 60.95% | 58,081 | 58.14% | 41,811 | 41.86% | ||||
Split-Dalmatia | 382,509 | 242,414 | 63.37% | 98,572 | 41.50% | 138,951 | 58.50% | ||||
Šibenik-Knin | 104,088 | 58,284 | 55.99% | 22,548 | 39.33% | 34,788 | 60.67% | ||||
Varaždin | 151,508 | 109,924 | 72.55% | 61,860 | 56.75% | 47,141 | 43.25% | ||||
Virovitica-Podravina | 80,495 | 55,620 | 69.10% | 39,067 | 70.93% | 16,011 | 29.07% | ||||
Vukovar-Syrmia | 191,168 | 96,979 | 50.73% | 57,117 | 59.58% | 38,755 | 40.42% | ||||
Zadar | 146,765 | 80,400 | 54.78% | 42,929 | 54.22% | 36,253 | 45.78% | ||||
Zagreb County | 252,433 | 182,413 | 72.26% | 115,843 | 61.41% | 64,887 | 35.90% | ||||
City of Zagreb | 691,102 | 467,610 | 67.66% | 246,811 | 53.31% | 216,145 | 46.69% | ||||
Voting abroad | 394,028 | 70,110 | 17.79% | 15,723 | 22.56% | 53,969 | 77.44% | ||||
TOTAL | 4,252,921 | 2,589,120 | 60.88% | 1,433,372 | 56.01% | 1,125,969 | 43.99% | ||||
Source: State Election Committee |
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