2000 Croatian presidential election

none June 2023 Croatia presidential 1997 Croatian presidential election 1997 2005 Croatian presidential election 2005 24 January 2000 (first round)7 February 2000 (second round) 62.98% (first round)60.88% (second round) Mesic cropped.jpg Stjepan Mesić Croatian People's Party (1990) 1,433,372 56.01% Pd croatian drazen budisa 9Feb02 932.jpg Dražen Budiša Croatian Social Liberal Party 1,125,969 43.99% Croatia 2005 results runoff (1).PNG Second round results by countyCroatian People's Party Stjepan Mesić Croatian Social Liberal Party Dražen Budiša President Zlatko Tomčić (Acting) Croatian Peasant Party Stjepan Mesić Croatian People's Party (1990) Presidential elections were held in Croatia in January 2000,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 978-3-8329-5609-7 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. 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. The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56% of the vote. Voter turnout was 63% in the first round and 61% in the second round.Nohlen & Stöver, p420 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. Results Stjepan Mesić Croatian People's Party 1100671 1433372 Dražen Budiša Croatian Social Liberal Party 741837 1125969 Mate Granić Croatian Democratic Union 601588 Slaven Letica Independent 110782 Anto Đapić Croatian Party of Rights 49288 Ante Ledić Independent 22875 Tomislav Merčep Croatian Popular Party 22672 Ante Prkačin New Croatia 7401 Zvonimir Šeparović Independent 7235 13212 29779 4251109 4252921 Croatian State Election Committee http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred2Krug.htm Complete official results of the elections for the Croatian President - Second round Croatian State Election Committee 12 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120505071309/http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred2Krug.htm 5 May 2012 dead http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred1Krug.htm Complete official results of the elections for the Croatian President - First round Croatian State Election Committee 12 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120506130340/http://www.izbori.hr/2000Pred/Pred1Krug.htm 6 May 2012 dead First round results by county CountyElectorateTotalvotesTurnoutMesićBudišaGranićLeticaĐapićLedićMerčepPrkačinŠeparovićVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Bjelovar-Bilogora 115,464 81,756 70.81%34,93642.73% 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%42,78243.63% 20,477 20.88% 26,389 26.91% 3,228 3.29% 2,205 2.25% 564 0.58%1,2651.29%3390.35%2280.23%Dubrovnik-Neretva 106,738 71,714 67.19%24,32833.92% 19,437 27.10% 20,483 28.56% 3,988 5.56%1,2791.78%6630.92%4440.62%2270.32%5090.71%Istria 181,971 129,491 71.16%79,83461.65% 30,016 23.18% 11,531 8.90% 5,001 3.86%8760.68%6400.49%5470.42%2490.19%1700.13%Karlovac 133,419 86,521 64.85%32,773 37.88% 22,201 25.66% 22,945 26.52% 3,282 3.79%2,9583.42%5220.60%8040.93%2560.30%1880.22%Koprivnica-Križevci 104,394 76,386 73.17%33,788 44.23% 23,571 30.86% 14,510 19.00% 1,975 2.59%1,0001.31%3600.47%5580.73%1780.23%1170.15%Krapina-Zagorje 116,767 83,329 71.36%44,34353.21% 18,821 22.59% 15,373 18.45% 2,110 2.53%6550.79%4480.54%6980.84%1480.18%1750.21%Lika-Senj 54,777 29,085 53.10%11,71140.26% 5,451 18.74% 9,170 31.53% 608 2.09%1,222 4.20%1310.45%4691.61%740.25%490.17%Međimurje 96,453 67,721 70.21% 26,808 39.59%26,88139.69% 10,002 14.77% 2,142 3.16%4680.69%3940.58%3360.50%1600.24%1520.22%Osijek-Baranja 286,877 190,343 66.35%84,91244.61% 52,913 27.80% 37,152 19.52% 6,256 3.29%4,2532.23%1,0130.53%1,8540.97%4750.25%5060.27%Požega-Slavonia 72,114 50,351 69.82%24,414 48.49% 10,138 20.13% 11,659 23.16% 1,345 2.67%9961.98%3350.67%9381.86%1280.25%1100.22%Primorje-Gorski Kotar 276,501 191,448 69.24%76,28139.84% 69,254 36.17% 29,467 15.39% 9,863 5.15%2,5371.33%1,2610.66%1,0920.57%5050.26%4280.22%Sisak-Moslavina 166,038 103,513 62.34%38,668 37.36% 27,380 26.45% 26,511 25.61% 3,241 3.13%4,5814.43%5940.57%1,3661.32%3210.31%1930.19%Split-Dalmatia 382,290 254,740 66.64% 70,132 27.53%79,07831.04% 77,352 30.37% 15,935 6.26%3,6131.42%4,2061.65%1,7270.68%7480.29%6430.25%Šibenik-Knin 104,033 60,227 57.89% 15,798 26.23%19,41732.24% 18,492 30.70% 3,383 5.62%1,7442.90%4320.72%3210.53%1030.17%1650.27%Varaždin 151,498 113,131 74.67%49,70143.93% 36,219 32.02% 20,119 17.78% 3,337 2.95%1,387 1.23%5690.50%7270.64%2070.18%2860.25%Virovitica-Podravina 80,463 56,416 70.11%29,38252.08% 13,067 23.16% 9,769 17.32% 1,327 2.35%1,6152.86%2220.39%4620.82%1000.18%970.17%Vukovar-Syrmia 191,096 99,698 52.17%35,92536.03% 28,678 28.76% 25,369 25.45% 2,994 3.00%2,458 2.47%6990.70%2,328 2.34%2450.25%3060.31%Zadar 146,812 85,605 58.31%30,46435.59% 23,042 26.92% 21,951 25.64% 6,161 7.20%1,5081.76%7440.87%7600.893180.37%1890.22%Zagreb County 252,221 187,806 74.46%93,95650.03% 42,743 22.76% 36,930 19.66% 6,866 3.66%2,5381.35%1,528 0.81%1,5590.83%5530.29%3450.18%City of Zagreb 688,910 485,053 70.41%210,77843.45% 140,702 29.01% 88,457 18.24% 24,911 5.14%5,954 1.23%6,6181.36%3,0390.63%1,7380.36%1,3700.28%Voting abroad 396,325 75,161 18.96% 8,957 11.92% 8,605 11.45%50,84867.65% 805 1.07%3,6744.89%5070.67%4610.61%1200.16%8621.15%TOTAL 4,251,109 2,677,561 62.98%1,100,67141.11%741,83727.71% 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 Second round results by county thumb|Results of the 2nd round of the election based on the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia#f4a53e Stjepan MesićCroatian Social Liberal Party Dražen Budiša#eeece9 Tie CountyElectorateTotalvotesTurnoutMesićBudišaVotes%Votes%Bjelovar-Bilogora 115,553 80,032 69.26%48,75161.57% 30,428 38.43%Brod-Posavina 145,955 95,504 65.43%44,92868.22% 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 83,55562.65%49,36359.98% 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%35,26153.36%Osijek-Baranja 287,153 185,695 64.67%112,066 60.91% 71,919 39.09%Požega-Slavonia 72,169 49,371 68.41%34,94271.52% 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-Podravina80,495 55,620 69.10%39,06770.93% 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%1,433,37256.01% 1,125,969 43.99%Source: State 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