ZAGREB: Croatians were voting on Sunday in a presidential runoff election, with opinion polls giving incumbent Zoran Milanovic a lead over Dragan Primorac, the ruling party's challenger for the largely ceremonial position. Polling stations opened at 06:00 GMT and will close at 18:00 GMT, with exit polls expected minutes later. Preliminary results will be known by about 19:00 GMT and full, official results are expected in the following days. Around 3.8 million people in the Nato and European Union member are eligible to vote in Sunday's second round. The state election commission said turnout by 11.30 am was 13.8 per cent. In the first round two weeks ago, Milanovic of the Social Democratic Party came first with 49.1 per cent support, with Primorac - who represents the ruling Croatia's Democratic Union — in second place on 19.35 per cent. An opinion poll published on Friday by Nova TV Daily News showed Milanovic winning the deciding runoff vote with 67.4 per cent. It gave Primorac support of less than 27 per cent. — Reuters
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