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2005 Presidential elections of Croatia
The fourth presidential elections in Croatia took place in two rounds in January 2005.
The State Elections Committee published a list of candidates on 15 December 2004. President Stjepan Mesić stood for re-election, and the governing HDZ nominated cabinet minister Jadranka Kosor. A total of thirteen candidates were accepted, each after having submitted 10,000 citizen signatures, an endorsement required by law.
Mesić gained nearly 49% of the vote in the first round, held on 2 January 2005. He only narrowly missed the 50% target for an outright win, with Kosor trailing with 20% and a surprising independent candidate Boris Mikšić with 18% of the vote. The elections went to a second round held on 16 January 2005 in which Mesić and Kosor were the only candidates. This time, Mesić won an overwhelming majority with about 66% of the vote against Kosor's 34%.
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First round results
Registered voters: 4,403,933 Voted: 2,227,073 (50.57 %) Invalid votes: 20,269 ( 0.91 %)
| Rank | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stjepan Mesić | 1,089,398 | 48.92 |
| 2. | Jadranka Kosor | 452,218 | 20.31 |
| 3. | Boris Mikšić | 396,093 | 17.79 |
| 4. | Đurđa Adlešić | 59,795 | 2.68 |
| 5. | Slaven Letica | 57,748 | 2.59 |
| 6. | Ljubo Ćesić | 41,216 | 1.85 |
| 7. | Ivić Pašalić | 40,637 | 1.82 |
| 8. | 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 Voted: 2,241,760 (51,04 %) Invalid votes: 35.617 ( 1,59 %)
| Rank | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stjepan Mesić | 1,454,451 | 65.93 |
| 2. | Jadranka Kosor | 751,692 | 34.07 |
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