Jagreb: The first phase of voting in the Croatian presidential election began on Sunday, in which a triangular contest is expected. According to the report of the news agency Effe, about 38 lakh people are eligible to exercise their franchise at 6,500 authorized polling stations. Voting began at 7 am local time and will run at 7 pm.

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About 1,77,000 of the voters live abroad and half in Bosnia, where ethnic Croats can exercise their franchise in Croatia as well. According to Poling, only 3 of the 11 candidates appear to go to the next competition, which will be held on 5 January. This will only happen if none of them get an absolute majority.

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Present at the competition were current President Conservative Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, former PM Joran Milanovic and independent candidate Miroslav Skoro. Skoro is a popular folk singer and economist backed by nationalist and right-wing parties. Now it will be interesting to see if the current President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, can hold his post or he has to lose power.

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