Croatia's President Zoran Milanović re-elected by a landslide in Sunday run-off

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Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%, according to results released by the state election authorities after more than 99% of the ballots were counted.

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00:00Zoran Milanovic has scored a landslide win in Sunday's second-round presidential election.

00:08With more than 99 percent of the ballots counted, Milanovic won more than 74 percent of the

00:13vote.

00:14His challenger, Dragan Primarac, took just 26 percent.

00:18Speaking to supporters, Milanovic said his victory was a message about the state of affairs

00:23in the country.

00:24Speaking to supporters, Milanovic said his victory was a message about the state of affairs

00:31in the country.

00:32Speaking to supporters, Milanovic said his victory was a message about the state of affairs

00:37in the country.

00:38Meanwhile, contender Primarac said he gave his best and said he campaigned on a platform

00:43that Croatia can do better and deserves better.

00:46He entered politics in the early 2000s and unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in 2009.

00:53Zoran Milanovic and I share completely different spiritual, moral and professional values,

01:05as well as thoughts about the future of our homeland.

01:10The decision was made by the citizens on a democratic basis, and as such, it is worth respecting.

01:17Milanovic is the most popular politician in Croatia and is against Western military support

01:22for Ukraine in the war against Russia.

01:25He's critical of the European Union, accusing it of being non-democratic.

01:30He sometimes compared to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his combative style of communication

01:35with political opponents.

01:37He's also a fierce opponent of Croatia's conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic

01:42and his government.

01:44Milanovic denies government claims that he's pro-Russian, but last year blocked the dispatch

01:49of five Croatian officers to NATO's Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine mission.

02:14Zoran Milanovic has gained 16% more votes than his opponent, Dragan Primorac,

02:19who gained 6% less.

02:21With this victory in the second round of the presidential elections, Zoran Milanovic has become

02:26the third Croatian president in history who has managed to win two presidential mandates,

02:31because only Franjo Tudjman and Stjepan Mesec did that before him.

02:35From Zagreb, for Euronews, Dusan Ilic.

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