BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3514

HR-ELECTIONS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3514 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3514HINA Zagreb 25 January 2000NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ISSUES STATEMENTZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - According to data of the National Electoral Commission which arrived by 11.15AM Tuesday, a total of 99.5 percent of polling stations, at which Croatian citizens cast their ballots for the president of the state, were processed. Presidential candidate of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) Stipe Mesic gained 41.11 percent, followed by candidate of the coalition of the Croatian Social-Liberal Party (HSLS)/ Social Democratic Party (SDP) Drazen Budisa who gained 27.70 percent of the vote. As not one of them gained the necessary majority of the vote, namely 50 percent plus one of all the ballots cast, Budisa and Mesic will run in a second round of elections, scheduled for February 7. Presidential candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Mate Granic came in third with 22.46 percent of the vo