| Candidates and nominating parties | Votes | % | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stjepan Mesić - Croatian People's Party and others | 1,089,398 | 48.92 | 1,454,451 | 65.93 |
| Jadranka Kosor - Croatian Democratic Union | 452,218 | 20.31 | 751,692 | 34.07 |
| Boris Mikšić | 396,093 | 17.78 | - | - |
| Đurđa Adlešič - Croatian Social Liberal Party | 59,795 | 2.68 | - | - |
| Slaven Letica - Croatian Party of Rights | 57,748 | 2.59 | - | - |
| Ljubo Ćesić | 41,216 | 1.85 | - | - |
| Ivić Pašalić - Croatian Bloc - Movement for a Modern Croatia | 40,637 | 1.82 | - | - |
| Anto Kovačević - Croatian Christian Democratic Union | 19,145 | 0.86 | - | - |
| Miroslav Blažević | 17,847 | 0.80 | - | - |
| Miroslav Rajh - Croatian Youth Party | 14,766 | 0.66 | - | - |
| Doris Košta | 8,721 | 0.37 | - | - |
| Mladen Kešer | 7,056 | 0.32 | - | - |
| Tomislav Petrak - Croatian Popular Party | 2,614 | 0.12 | - | - |
| Invalid votes | 20,269 | 35,617 | ||
| Total (turnout 50.57 %) | 2,227,073 | 100.0 | 2,241,760 | 100.0 |
| Registered voters | 4,403,933 | 4,392,220 | ||
| Source: State Election Committee (Državno izborno povjerenstvo) Official results | ||||
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