Opposition candidate Milanovic leads in Croat presidential race: preliminary results
Presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in Zagreb, Croatia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
ZAGREB - The Socialist Democrats’ candidate and former prime minister Zoran Milanovic was leading in the first round of Croatia’s presidential election, the State Electoral Commission said on Sunday after 58% of votes counted. Milanovic got 30.8% of the votes ahead of incumbent center-right president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the candidate of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union , with 27.5%. An independent candidate Miroslav Skoro, a popular singer with conservative nationalist-leaning voters is third with 23% of votes.The job of the president is to a large extent ceremonial as the head of state cannot veto laws, but has a say in foreign policy and defense matters.
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