section_path: Results
section_name: Results
paragraph_text: Results
  
  Incumbent president Zoran Milanović won a second term in office with 75% of the vote, the highest for a presidential candidate in Croatia, not counting president Franjo Tuđman 's first round victories in 1992 and 1997.
  
  According to political analysts, HDZ likely expected Primorac to win 30 – 40% of the second-round vote after only winning 19% in the first round; however, Milanović likely attracted a number of HDZ voters. The results of the second round were taken as a sign of a small loyal voter base for the HDZ, since the large point difference in the first round likely demotivated voters. Some blamed Primorac's low vote count on a poor choice of candidate by the HDZ or the choice to initially campaign as an independent candidate before the formal HDZ endorsement. Primorac and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković caused a minor controversy by not congratulating Milanović in their election night speeches; though former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Archbishop of Zagreb Dražen Kutleša both congratulated him afterward.
  
  The State Election Commission announced that the total cost of holding the elections was 14.285 million euros.