2019–20 Croatian presidential election: Difference between revisions

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Presidential elections were held in [[Croatia]] in December 2019 and January 2020. The decision to call the elections was made by the [[Croatian Government]] during its session on 14 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Odluka o raspisivanju izbora za Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske |url=https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/2016/Sjednice/2019/Studeni/190%20sjednica%20VRH/190%20-%206%20a.docx |website=vlada.gov.hr |publisher=[[Government of the Republic of Croatia]] |access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref> Potential candidates were required to gather at least 10,000 signatures from Croatian citizens who have reached the age of 18 in order for their candidacy to become official and for their name to appear on the ballot. They were allocated a time frame of 12twelve days to accomplish this and thus had until midnight local time on 3 December 2019 to present their signatures to the State Electoral Commission. A total of twelve candidates submitted signatures by the deadline and the commission then proceeded to verify the signatures within the following 48 hours, presenting a final list of eleven approved candidates on 5 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/predsjednicki-izbori-22-prosinca-rokovi-teku-od-21-studenoga-20191114|title = Predsjednički izbori su raspisani i što sada? Pogledajte kako teku rokovi, kakva su pravila i tko dobiva naknadu troškova}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://net.hr/danas/hrvatska/dip-objavio-konacnu-listu-kandidata-za-nadolazece-predsjednicke-izbore-evo-tko-je-sve-uspio-skupiti-vise-od-10-000-potpisa/|title=DIP OBJAVIO KONAČNU LISTU KANDIDATA ZA NADOLAZEĆE PREDSJEDNIČKE IZBORE: Evo tko je sve uspio skupiti više od 10.000 potpisa|date=5 December 2019}}</ref>

In the first round of the election, which was held on 22 December 2019, former prime minister [[Zoran Milanović]] finished in first place with a relative majority of 29.5530% of allthe votes castvote. He was followed closely by incumbent president [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]], who received 26.6527% of the vote, and by [[Miroslav Škoro]], whowith acquired 24.4525% of the vote. As no candidate managedreceived toan reachabsolute the required percentage of the vote to win outright in the first roundmajority, a run-off election took place on 5 January 2020 between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round: Milanović and Grabar-Kitarović. Zoran Milanović won the second round with 52.6653% of the vote and was thus elected the 5thfifth Presidentpresident of Croatia since its independence in 1991, while Grabar-Kitarović became the second (consecutive) Croatian president not to have been reelected for a second term, after [[Ivo Josipović]] (2010-20152010–2015). Furthermore, theThe number of votes received by Zoran Milanović, in regard to both the first (562,783) and the second (1,034,170) round of the election, iswas the lowest of any victorious presidential candidate to date., On the other hand,while the number of votes (507,628) and thevote percentageshare of the vote (26.65%) acquired by Grabar-Kitarović in the first round iswas the lowest for any Croatianincumbent president running for re-election.

|CurrentlyAt the time a member of the [[Croatian Parliament]]. Pernar was nominated by his own party, which bears his name. Running on a populist platform. He announced his intention to run on 7 June 2019 and officially launched a candidacy on 21 June 2019.<ref>https://net.hr/danas/hrvatska/bivsi-zivozidas-ide-dalje-ivan-pernar-osnovat-ce-stranku-ivana-pernara-i-ici-na-predsjednicke-izbore/ Net.hr, 7 June 2019</ref><ref>https://www.dnevno.hr/vijesti/stize-jos-jedan-konkurent-pernar-u-utrci-za-pantovcak-otkrio-je-pikantan-detalj-1328103/ Dnevno.hr, 21 June 2019</ref>