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Croatia's President Zoran Milanović re-elected by a landslide in Sunday run-off

Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%, according to results released by the state election authorities after more than 99% of the ballots were counted.

Croatia: Incumbent Zoran Milanovic wins presidential runoff by a wide margin

Croatia's opposition-backed president, a critic of the European Union and NATO, has overwhelmingly won another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote, near-complete official results showed.

Croatia's 'Trump-like' president is favourite to win run-off election

The polls suggest Croatia’s left-leaning president Zoran Milanovic, who is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine, will win.

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With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Milanović won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%.

Croatia's President Milanovic faces off against ruling party candidate