Grabar Kitarović won in a tight race against incumbent President Ivo Jospović in the runoff in January 2015, netting 50.74% of the votes, according to preliminary results. 
Grabar Kitarović alipata ushindi katika mazingira ya upinzani mkali kutoka kwa Rais aliyemaliza muda wake, katika duru ya pili ya uchaguzi uliofanyika January 2015, akijizolea asilimia 50.74 ya kura zote, kwa mujibu wa taarifa za matokeo ya awali.