Croatia's outgoing President and Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic casts his ballot to vote in the country's presidential elections at a polling station in Zagreb on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Zagreb: Croatia's incumbent President Zoran Milanovic, backed by the opposition left-wing Social Democrats, won Sunday's presidential election in the first round, according to an exit poll.
Milanovic won 51.48 percent of the vote while Dragan Primorac, backed by the ruling conservative HDZ party,came second with 19.29 percent, according to the exit poll released by the state-run HRT television immediately after polling stations closed
