Presidential election in Croatia 2005

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In the presidential election of Croatia in 2005 , the incumbent Stjepan Mesić was re-elected head of state.

Election process

On January 2, 2005, the first round of presidential elections in Croatia took place. Mesić was only one percentage point short of the half of the votes required for an election victory. Jadranka Kosor was in second place with 20 percent of the vote.

On January 16, 2005, the Croatians voted in the runoff between incumbent Stjepan Mesić and his rival, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.

In the presidential election, the incumbent Stjepan Mesić clearly won the election. On the basis of voter surveys, the state television reported that Mesić received 70.75 percent and Jadranka Kosor received 29.25 percent of the vote.

Mesić's plans

After his re-election, Mesić said that the aim of his term in office was to make Croatia a member of the European Union . The prerequisite for accession negotiations is that Croatian General Ante Gotovina , who has been indicted before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague , is arrested and extradited.

First round results

  • Registered voters: 4,403,933
  • valid votes: 2,227,073 (50.57%)
  • invalid votes: 20,269 (0.91%)
rank candidate be right %
1. Stjepan Mesic 1,089,398 48.92
2. Jadranka Kosor 452.218 20.31
3. Boris Mikšić 396.093 17.79
4th Đurđa Adlešič 59.795 2.68
5. Slaven Letica 57.748 2.59
6th Ljubo Ćesić Rojs 41.216 1.85
7th Ivić Pašalić 40.637 1.82
8th. Anto Kovačević 19.145 0.86
9. Miroslav Blažević 17,847 0.80
10. Miroslav Rajh 14.766 0.66
11. Doris Košta 8.271 0.37
12. Mladen Kešer 7,056 0.32
13. Tomislav Petrak 2.614 0.12

Second round results

  • Registered voters: 4,392,220
  • Valid votes: 2,241,760 (51.04%)
  • Invalid votes: 35,617 (1.59%)
rank candidate be right %
1. Stjepan Mesic 1,454,451 65.93
2. Jadranka Kosor 751.692 07/34

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kas.de Presidential elections and the domestic political situation in Croatia, accessed on June 21, 2010