# 2000 Croatian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Croatia in January 2000, the third since independence in 1991. They were also the first early presidential elections, as they were held due to the death of incumbent president Franjo Tuđman on 10 December 1999, as well as being the last elections held under the semi-presidential system of government, by which the President was the most powerful official in the government structure and could appoint and dismiss the Prime Minister and their cabinet.
As no candidate received the required majority (50%+1 vote of the valid votes cast) in the first round on 24 January, a second round was held on 7 February, the first time a second round had been required in the country's history. The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56% of the vote. Voter turnout was 63% in the first round and 61% in the second round.
Mesić was inaugurated for a five-year term as the second president of Croatia on 18 February 2000 at St Mark's Square in front of the justices of the Constitutional Court.

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Stjepan Mesić | Croatian People's Party | 1,100,671 | 41.31 | 1,433,372 | 56.01 |
| | Dražen Budiša | Croatian Social Liberal Party | 741,837 | 27.84 | 1,125,969 | 43.99 |
| | Mate Granić | Croatian Democratic Union | 601,588 | 22.58 | | |
| | Slaven Letica | Independent | 110,782 | 4.16 | | |
| | Anto Đapić | Croatian Party of Rights | 49,288 | 1.85 | | |
| | Ante Ledić | Independent | 22,875 | 0.86 | | |
| | Tomislav Merčep | Croatian Popular Party | 22,672 | 0.85 | | |
| | Ante Prkačin | New Croatia | 7,401 | 0.28 | | |
| | Zvonimir Šeparović | Independent | 7,235 | 0.27 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,664,349 | 100.00 | 2,559,341 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,664,349 | 99.51 | 2,559,341 | 98.85 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 13,212 | 0.49 | 29,779 | 1.15 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,677,561 | 100.00 | 2,589,120 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,251,109 | 62.98 | 4,252,921 | 60.88 |
| Source: Croatian State Election Committee |||||||

### First round results by county

| County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Mesić | Mesić | Budiša | Budiša | Granić | Granić | Letica | Letica | Đapić | Đapić | Ledić | Ledić | Merčep | Merčep | Prkačin | Prkačin | Šeparović | Šeparović |
| County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Bjelovar-Bilogora | 115,464 | 81,756 | 70.81% | 34,936 | 42.73% | 23,746 | 29.04% | 17,109 | 20.93% | 2,024 | 2.48% | 1,767 | 2.16% | 425 | 0.52% | 917 | 1.12% | 217 | 0.27% | 139 | 0.17% |
| Brod-Posavina | 145,948 | 98,066 | 67.19% | 42,782 | 43.63% | 20,477 | 20.88% | 26,389 | 26.91% | 3,228 | 3.29% | 2,205 | 2.25% | 564 | 0.58% | 1,265 | 1.29% | 339 | 0.35% | 228 | 0.23% |
| Dubrovnik-Neretva | 106,738 | 71,714 | 67.19% | 24,328 | 33.92% | 19,437 | 27.10% | 20,483 | 28.56% | 3,988 | 5.56% | 1,279 | 1.78% | 663 | 0.92% | 444 | 0.62% | 227 | 0.32% | 509 | 0.71% |
| Istria | 181,971 | 129,491 | 71.16% | 79,834 | 61.65% | 30,016 | 23.18% | 11,531 | 8.90% | 5,001 | 3.86% | 876 | 0.68% | 640 | 0.49% | 547 | 0.42% | 249 | 0.19% | 170 | 0.13% |
| Karlovac | 133,419 | 86,521 | 64.85% | 32,773 | 37.88% | 22,201 | 25.66% | 22,945 | 26.52% | 3,282 | 3.79% | 2,958 | 3.42% | 522 | 0.60% | 804 | 0.93% | 256 | 0.30% | 188 | 0.22% |
| Koprivnica-Križevci | 104,394 | 76,386 | 73.17% | 33,788 | 44.23% | 23,571 | 30.86% | 14,510 | 19.00% | 1,975 | 2.59% | 1,000 | 1.31% | 360 | 0.47% | 558 | 0.73% | 178 | 0.23% | 117 | 0.15% |
| Krapina-Zagorje | 116,767 | 83,329 | 71.36% | 44,343 | 53.21% | 18,821 | 22.59% | 15,373 | 18.45% | 2,110 | 2.53% | 655 | 0.79% | 448 | 0.54% | 698 | 0.84% | 148 | 0.18% | 175 | 0.21% |
| Lika-Senj | 54,777 | 29,085 | 53.10% | 11,711 | 40.26% | 5,451 | 18.74% | 9,170 | 31.53% | 608 | 2.09% | 1,222 | 4.20% | 131 | 0.45% | 469 | 1.61% | 74 | 0.25% | 49 | 0.17% |
| Međimurje | 96,453 | 67,721 | 70.21% | 26,808 | 39.59% | 26,881 | 39.69% | 10,002 | 14.77% | 2,142 | 3.16% | 468 | 0.69% | 394 | 0.58% | 336 | 0.50% | 160 | 0.24% | 152 | 0.22% |
| Osijek-Baranja | 286,877 | 190,343 | 66.35% | 84,912 | 44.61% | 52,913 | 27.80% | 37,152 | 19.52% | 6,256 | 3.29% | 4,253 | 2.23% | 1,013 | 0.53% | 1,854 | 0.97% | 475 | 0.25% | 506 | 0.27% |
| Požega-Slavonia | 72,114 | 50,351 | 69.82% | 24,414 | 48.49% | 10,138 | 20.13% | 11,659 | 23.16% | 1,345 | 2.67% | 996 | 1.98% | 335 | 0.67% | 938 | 1.86% | 128 | 0.25% | 110 | 0.22% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 276,501 | 191,448 | 69.24% | 76,281 | 39.84% | 69,254 | 36.17% | 29,467 | 15.39% | 9,863 | 5.15% | 2,537 | 1.33% | 1,261 | 0.66% | 1,092 | 0.57% | 505 | 0.26% | 428 | 0.22% |
| Sisak-Moslavina | 166,038 | 103,513 | 62.34% | 38,668 | 37.36% | 27,380 | 26.45% | 26,511 | 25.61% | 3,241 | 3.13% | 4,581 | 4.43% | 594 | 0.57% | 1,366 | 1.32% | 321 | 0.31% | 193 | 0.19% |
| Split-Dalmatia | 382,290 | 254,740 | 66.64% | 70,132 | 27.53% | 79,078 | 31.04% | 77,352 | 30.37% | 15,935 | 6.26% | 3,613 | 1.42% | 4,206 | 1.65% | 1,727 | 0.68% | 748 | 0.29% | 643 | 0.25% |
| Šibenik-Knin | 104,033 | 60,227 | 57.89% | 15,798 | 26.23% | 19,417 | 32.24% | 18,492 | 30.70% | 3,383 | 5.62% | 1,744 | 2.90% | 432 | 0.72% | 321 | 0.53% | 103 | 0.17% | 165 | 0.27% |
| Varaždin | 151,498 | 113,131 | 74.67% | 49,701 | 43.93% | 36,219 | 32.02% | 20,119 | 17.78% | 3,337 | 2.95% | 1,387 | 1.23% | 569 | 0.50% | 727 | 0.64% | 207 | 0.18% | 286 | 0.25% |
| Virovitica-Podravina | 80,463 | 56,416 | 70.11% | 29,382 | 52.08% | 13,067 | 23.16% | 9,769 | 17.32% | 1,327 | 2.35% | 1,615 | 2.86% | 222 | 0.39% | 462 | 0.82% | 100 | 0.18% | 97 | 0.17% |
| Vukovar-Syrmia | 191,096 | 99,698 | 52.17% | 35,925 | 36.03% | 28,678 | 28.76% | 25,369 | 25.45% | 2,994 | 3.00% | 2,458 | 2.47% | 699 | 0.70% | 2,328 | 2.34% | 245 | 0.25% | 306 | 0.31% |
| Zadar | 146,812 | 85,605 | 58.31% | 30,464 | 35.59% | 23,042 | 26.92% | 21,951 | 25.64% | 6,161 | 7.20% | 1,508 | 1.76% | 744 | 0.87% | 760 | 0.89 | 318 | 0.37% | 189 | 0.22% |
| Zagreb County | 252,221 | 187,806 | 74.46% | 93,956 | 50.03% | 42,743 | 22.76% | 36,930 | 19.66% | 6,866 | 3.66% | 2,538 | 1.35% | 1,528 | 0.81% | 1,559 | 0.83% | 553 | 0.29% | 345 | 0.18% |
| City of Zagreb | 688,910 | 485,053 | 70.41% | 210,778 | 43.45% | 140,702 | 29.01% | 88,457 | 18.24% | 24,911 | 5.14% | 5,954 | 1.23% | 6,618 | 1.36% | 3,039 | 0.63% | 1,738 | 0.36% | 1,370 | 0.28% |
| Voting abroad | 396,325 | 75,161 | 18.96% | 8,957 | 11.92% | 8,605 | 11.45% | 50,848 | 67.65% | 805 | 1.07% | 3,674 | 4.89% | 507 | 0.67% | 461 | 0.61% | 120 | 0.16% | 862 | 1.15% |
| TOTAL | 4,251,109 | 2,677,561 | 62.98% | 1,100,671 | 41.11% | 741,837 | 27.71% | 601,588 | 22.47% | 110,782 | 4.14% | 49,288 | 1.84% | 22,875 | 0.85% | 22,672 | 0.85% | 7,401 | 0.28% | 7,235 | 0.27% |
| Source: State Election Committee ||||||||||||||||||||||

### Second round results by county

| County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Mesić | Mesić | Budiša | Budiša |
| County | Electorate | Total votes | Turnout | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Bjelovar-Bilogora | 115,553 | 80,032 | 69.26% | 48,751 | 61.57% | 30,428 | 38.43% |
| Brod-Posavina | 145,955 | 95,504 | 65.43% | 44,928 | 68.22% | 29,995 | 31.78% |
| Dubrovnik-Neretva | 106,752 | 66,978 | 62.74% | 34,266 | 52.30% | 31,250 | 47.70% |
| Istria | 182,085 | 126,155 | 69.28% | 88,802 | 70.89% | 36,467 | 29.11% |
| Karlovac | 133,358 | 83,555 | 62.65% | 49,363 | 59.98% | 32,936 | 40.02% |
| Koprivnica-Križevci | 104,398 | 74,941 | 71.78% | 44,458 | 59.78% | 29,911 | 40.22% |
| Krapina-Zagorje | 116,795 | 82,395 | 70.55% | 57,454 | 70.38% | 24,183 | 29.62% |
| Lika-Senj | 55,341 | 29,329 | 53.00% | 20,331 | 70.53% | 8,496 | 29.47% |
| Međimurje | 96,515 | 66,654 | 69.06% | 30,824 | 46.64% | 35,261 | 53.36% |
| Osijek-Baranja | 287,153 | 185,695 | 64.67% | 112,066 | 60.91% | 71,919 | 39.09% |
| Požega-Slavonia | 72,169 | 49,371 | 68.41% | 34,942 | 71.52% | 13,914 | 28.48% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 276,665 | 183,521 | 66.33% | 89,167 | 49.08% | 92,498 | 50.92% |
| Sisak-Moslavina | 166,086 | 101,236 | 60.95% | 58,081 | 58.14% | 41,811 | 41.86% |
| Split-Dalmatia | 382,509 | 242,414 | 63.37% | 98,572 | 41.50% | 138,951 | 58.50% |
| Šibenik-Knin | 104,088 | 58,284 | 55.99% | 22,548 | 39.33% | 34,788 | 60.67% |
| Varaždin | 151,508 | 109,924 | 72.55% | 61,860 | 56.75% | 47,141 | 43.25% |
| Virovitica-Podravina | 80,495 | 55,620 | 69.10% | 39,067 | 70.93% | 16,011 | 29.07% |
| Vukovar-Syrmia | 191,168 | 96,979 | 50.73% | 57,117 | 59.58% | 38,755 | 40.42% |
| Zadar | 146,765 | 80,400 | 54.78% | 42,929 | 54.22% | 36,253 | 45.78% |
| Zagreb County | 252,433 | 182,413 | 72.26% | 115,843 | 61.41% | 64,887 | 35.90% |
| City of Zagreb | 691,102 | 467,610 | 67.66% | 246,811 | 53.31% | 216,145 | 46.69% |
| Voting abroad | 394,028 | 70,110 | 17.79% | 15,723 | 22.56% | 53,969 | 77.44% |
| TOTAL | 4,252,921 | 2,589,120 | 60.88% | 1,433,372 | 56.01% | 1,125,969 | 43.99% |
| Source: State Election Committee ||||||||