Croatian presidential election, 1997

Croatian presidential election, 1997

15 June 1997

170x170px 170x170px Nominee Franjo Tuđman Zdravko Tomac Vlado Gotovac Party HDZ SDP HSLS Popular vote 1,337,990 458,172 382,630 Percentage 61.4% 21.0% 17.6%

300px Results of the first round in all of Croatia's counties: the candidate with the majority of votes in each administrative division.       Franjo Tuđman       Zdravko Tomac       Vlado Gotovac

President before election Franjo Tuđman HDZ Elected President Franjo Tuđman HDZ

Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 15 June 1997. They were the second presidential elections held since independence in 1991. The result was a victory for incumbent president Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who received 61.4% of the vote and was re-elected to a second five-year term. Voter turnout was 54.6%. The elections featured the lowest number of presidential candidates to date, with only three taking part; Tuđman, Zdravko Tomac and Vlado Gotovac. The margin of victory (over 40%) is also the largest to date. Tuđman took the oath of office for a second term on 5 August 1997 at Saint Mark's Square. However, he served only two years of his new term, as he died on 10 December 1999, resulting in early elections in January 2000.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Franjo Tuđman	Croatian Democratic Union	1,337,990	61.4
Zdravko Tomac	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	458,172	21.0
Vlado Gotovac	Croatian Social Liberal Party	382,630	17.6
Invalid/blank votes		39,656	–
Total		2,218,448	100
Registered voters		4,061,479
Source: Nohlen & Stöver; Official results