Claim: In the 1997 Croatian presidential election, Franjo Tuđman (also written as Franjo Tudjman) of the Croatian Democratic Union, lost the election, with 458,172 votes, or 21.03% of the vote, while Vlado Gotovac of the Croatian Social Liberal Party, won, with 1,337,990 votes, or 61.41% of the vote.
Evidence: Franjo Tuđman 1,337,990 
61.41 
Vlado Gotovac 382,630