2000 Croatian presidential election

7 February 2000 (second round) 60.88% (second round)

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.

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

First round results by county

County	Electorate	Total
votes	Turnout	Mesić	Budiša	Granić	Letica	Đapić	Ledić	Merčep	Prkačin	Šeparović	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](http://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/478)

Second round results by county

County	Electorate	Total
votes	Turnout	Mesić	Budiša	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](http://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/478)