Croatia’s President Milanovic wins second term in election landslide
Zoran Milanovic wins with 74 per cent of the vote, the highest score since Croatia’s independence in 1991
Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanovic, a critic of the European Union and Nato, overwhelmingly won re-election for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a run-off vote, official results showed.
Milanovic won more than 74 per cent of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26 per cent, according to the results released by Croatia’s state election authorities after more than 99 per cent of the ballots were counted.
It was the most dominant result in a presidential election since Croatia became an independent country in the 1990s.
The result presents a major boost for Milanovic, who is a critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Milanovic is also a fierce opponent of Croatia’s conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his government.
In a speech after the results were released, Milanovic said his victory was a sign of approval and trust from the voters but also presented a message “about the state of affairs in the country for those who need to hear it”.
