- Dragan Primorac - The physician and scientist entered politics in the early 2000s, when he was science and education minister in the HDZ-led government and joined the party in 2007.

Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and presidential candidate Dragan Primorac on the day of the second round of the presidential election in Zagreb, Croatia, on January 12, 2025.

With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Milanovic won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%.

Opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared with his challenger, Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%.

Milanovic took more than 74% of the vote and Dragan Primorac, backed by the centre-right HDZ party that governs Croatia, almost 26%, with nearly all the votes counted.

Primorac, 59, campaigned as a “unifier” promoting family values and patriotism. The election will show “whether Croatia is turning towards East or West… towards divisions or unity”, he said.

Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic will face conservative rival Dragan Primorac in an election run-off in two weeks' time after the incumbent narrowly missed out an outright victory on Sunday ...

Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and presidential candidate Dragan Primorac on the day of the second round of the presidential election in Zagreb, Croatia, on January 12, 2025.

With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Milanovic won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%.