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  • Poll says Mesic wins second Croatian vote

    01/16/2005 1:36:40 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 181+ views
    ABC ^ | Jan 16, 2005 | SNJEZANA VUKIC
    ZAGREB, Croatia Jan 16, 2005 — Croatian President Stipe Mesic was overwhelmingly elected to a second term in Sunday's runoff election, winning more than 71 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll. The GfK research agency said Mesic received 71.1 percent of the votes cast, while conservative governing-party rival Jadranka Kosor, the Cabinet minister in charge of families and war veterans, received 25.5 percent. The poll surveyed 20,000 people, the head of the agency, Dinko Svetopetric, told private Nova TV. The runoff was held because Mesic, 70, won about 49 percent of the votes in the first round...