Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote,

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Pre-election polling suggest the left-leaning incumbent president Zoran Milanovic, who is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine, will win. #EuropeNews

Croatia's President Zoran Milanović has secured a second term in office with a clear lead in a run-off vote, according to exit polls. A poll by the state broadcaster HRT suggests Milanović, a Social Democrat,

Croatians go to the polls in a presidential runoff between incumbent Zoran Milanovic and challenger Dragan Primorac. Milanovic leads with 49.1% in the first round, and polls predict a win with 67.4%.

The polls suggest Croatia’s left-leaning president Zoran Milanović, who is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine, will win. #EuropeNews

Voters in Croatia have re-elected Zoran Milanovic to a second term, after he won almost three-quarters of votes cast in the country's presidential election. It was a dismal result for his opponent Dragan Primorac, who had the backing of the governing centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic is poised for a resounding presidential reelection, with exit polls predicting a 77.86% win against Dragan Primorac's 22.14%. Despite the role's largely ceremonial nature,

Exit polls published after Croatia’s presidential runoff are showing incumbent Zoran Milanović winning reelection with an overwhelming majority against a candidate from the ruling conservative party.

Croats were voting on Sunday in a presidential run-off election, with incumbent Zoran Milanovic ahead in opinion surveys of Dragan Primorac of the ruling Croatia's Democratic Union for the chiefly ceremonial position.