Croatian voters are deciding who will head the state in the next five years between 11 candidates. In the race are: current President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, former Social Democratic Party prime minister Zoran Milanovic, singer-turned-politician Miroslav Skoro, a former judge and current member of the European Parliament, Mislav Kolakusic, economist Dejan Kovac, right-wing Desno party leader Anto Djapic, film director Dario Jurican, who goes by the name of Milan Bandic, Croatian Parliament member Ivan Pernar, the leader of the all-Croatian party of speakers of Chakavian, Kajkavian and Shtokavian dialects, Nedjeljko Babic, as well as Workers' Front candidate Katarina Peovic and START leader Dalija Oreskovic.

The number of 3.85 million voters in Croatia and abroad have the right to vote, with more than 24 thousand observers monitoring the election.

At the 7th presidential elections, 6,333 polling stations are ready, 6,409 in Croatia, and 72 of which are special polling stations: in the army, on ships, in prisons, in social welfare homes.

The Croatian president is elected by a majority electoral system, so the majority of all voters who voted (50 percent plus one vote) should be obtained.

If that does not happen, the two candidates with the highest number of votes will go to the second round, which takes place 14 days later, in this case on January 5th, 2020.

When it comes to voting abroad, it will happen in 47 countries, with 124 polling stations, a third (44) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The election silence runs until the polling station close at 7pm.