COUNTRY	Republic of Croatia
ELECTION TYPE	Presidential
DATE	January 2, 2005 (Round 1)

• The office of President of Croatia.

• Chief of State: President Stjepan MESIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ivo SANADER
• Assembly: Croatia has a unicameral assembly (Sabor) with 152 seats.

• The president is elected by popular vote to serve a five year term.
• Members of the assembly are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms.

• Presidential Candidate: Stjepan MESIC*
  Party: Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)
  Total votes: 1,089,398
  Percentage of votes: 48.92%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Jadranka KOSOR*
  Party: Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
  Total votes: 452,218
  Percentage of votes: 20.31%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Boris MIKŠIC
  Party: Independent
  Total votes: 396,093
  Percentage of votes: 17.79%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Durda ADLEŠIC
  Party: Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
  Total votes: 59,795
  Percentage of votes: 2.68%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Slaven LETICA
  Party: Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
  Total votes: 57,748
  Percentage of votes: 2.59%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Ljubo CESIC
  Party: Independent
  Total votes: 41,216
  Percentage of votes: 1.85%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Ivic PAŠALIC
  Party: Croatian Bloc - Movement for a Modern Croatia (HB-PZMH)
  Total votes: 40,637
  Percentage of votes: 1.82%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Anto KOVACEVIC
  Party: Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU)
  Total votes: 19,145
  Percentage of votes: 0.86%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Miroslav BLAZEVIC
  Party: Veteran’s Party (SHB)
  Total votes: 17,847
  Percentage of votes: 0.80%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Miroslav RAJH
  Party: Croatian Youth Party (HSM)
  Total votes: 14,766
  Percentage of votes: 0.66%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Doris KOŠTA
  Party: Independent
  Total votes: 8,271
  Percentage of votes: 0.37%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Mladen KEŠER
  Party: Independent
  Total votes: 7,056
  Percentage of votes: 0.32%
  
  
• Presidential Candidate: Tomislav PETRAK
  Party: Croatian Populace Party (HPS)
  Total votes: 2,614
  Percentage of votes: 0.12%

*These candidates participated in the presidential run-off on January 16, 2005.

• The last elections were held on February 7, 2000. In the last election, Stjepan MESIC received 56% of the vote while Drazen BUDISA secured 44% of the vote.

• Population: 4,496,869 (July 2004 est.)
• Number of registered voters: 4,403,933

• No candidate received the minimum 50% of the vote needed to win the election. A second round of elections was held on January 16, 2005.

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