The final financial statements after the presidential election show that candidates made a step forward towards a complete picture of election campaigns on social networks. However, there is still a lot of room for progress. Just like the preliminary reports, the final ones do not fully reflect the real costs of advertising on social networks,…
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We do not have real costs for campaigns on social media
Preliminary financial reports on campaign expenses of candidates in the second round of presidential elections in Croatia again do not reflect the real costs of advertising on social networks. The reports show the same problems with social media advertising as the reports before the first round – costs for social media campaigns are either still…
Report campaign costs on social media separately!
Preliminary reports published before the first round of presidential elections present a step forward towards a more complete picture of election campaigns on the networks, but there is still much room for improvement. In the 2019 presidential election, the new Rulebook on Financial Reporting of Political Activities applies for the first time, according to which…
DIP reports Grabar Kitarovic winner of Croatia’s presidential vote
The winner of Croatia’s presidential election, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic garnered 50.74% of the vote, that is 1,114,945 ballots, while the incumbent president Ivo Josipovic won 49.26% (1,082,436 ballots), the State Electoral Commission (DIP) reported on Monday after a repeated vote at a polling station in Karlovac on Sunday. Thus, the new Croatian head of state…
Invalid ballots indicate reluctance of voters to back either option offered
Sunday’s presidential runoff in Croatia was marked by a high turnout as well as by a very high number of invalid ballots which analysts interpret as a statement by part of the electorate that they do not support either of the two political options offered. More than 60,000 invalid ballots were cast in the runoff…
Croatia’s first woman president wins 50.74 pct of votes
The winner of Croatia’s presidential election on Sunday, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, has won 50.74% of the vote, while outgoing President Ivo Josipovic has won 49.26%, according to the results from 99.98% of polling stations, the State Election Commission said on Monday. Grabar-Kitarovic won 1,114,865 and Josipovic 1,082,430 votes. The turnout was 59.06% and 32,435 ballots were…