NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2005 Presidential elections of Croatia

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%.

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

Second round results

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