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Voting for the presidential elections in the European country Croatia was completed on Sunday. There were a total of 8 candidates in the presidential race. No candidate has received the required 50% votes for majority. Current President Zoran Milanovic has received the highest number of votes, 49%.
After Zoran, HDZ party candidate Dragan Primorac came second with 19% of the vote. Now the second round of voting for the post of President will take place between the two leaders on January 2. This was also estimated in the survey conducted before the elections. Apart from these two, 6 more candidates were also in the fray, out of which 3 were women.
According to Reuters, a recent survey has shown that the current President Zoran Milanovich is the first choice of the people. Zoran Milanovich has the support of the opposition Socialist Democrats Party. He won the presidential election in 2020 also with the support of the same party. Milanovic has also been the Prime Minister of Croatia.
In a pre-election survey, Milanovic was chosen as their first choice by 37.2% and Primorac by 20.4%.
Croatia’s President Zoran Milanovic is the people’s first choice in this election.
Statements of both the leaders after voting
After casting his vote, President Milanovich said-
I appeal to my people to come out and vote and support me.
Whereas Primorac said after casting his vote in Grab:
Today the citizens of Croatia are deciding their future, the future of their homeland. Every vote is very important.
The President criticized the EU for helping Ukraine
President Milanovich had sharply criticized the European Union and NATO for providing aid to Ukraine during his tenure as president. His dispute with Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on this issue also escalated considerably.
In Croatia, the President cannot veto laws, but his opinion matters a lot in foreign policy, defense and security matters.
Croatia is spread over 55,960 square km.
Let us tell you that Croatia is a country located on the shores of the Adriatic Sea in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The population of this country with an area of 55,960 square km is 38.75 lakh. Croatia shares borders with Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the east, and Montenegro to the south. Apart from this, it has a maritime border with Italy in the west.
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