Presidential election in Croatia likely heading towards January second round
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%.
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.
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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.
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Pre-election polling suggest the left-leaning incumbent president Zoran Milanovic, who is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine, will win.
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"Croatia needs a peaceful life," says Dragan Primorac, the presidential candidate backed by ruling conservative HDZ party, after casting his vote. He is polling second behind main rival and incumbent..
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