Official results give victory to leftist candidate in Croatia

Zoran Milanovic took 53.25% of the vote, according to results released by Croatia's electoral commission

Former centre-left prime minister, Zoran Milanovic, took 53.25 percent of the vote in Croatia presidential elections, according to official results.

Milanovic, who has pledged to make Croatia a tolerant country, has defeated the incumbent conservative president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who stopped at 46.67 percent of the votes.