No outright winner in Croatia's presidential vote, run-off on Jan 11

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic casts his vote at a polling booth during the presidential election in Zagreb December 28, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Ivo Josipovic faces a tight run-off next month to try to win a second five-year term as Croatia's president after failing to secure a majority from voters frustrated by the country's economic malaise.

With 98 percent of Sunday's ballot papers counted in the European Union's newest member, Josipovic was on top with 38.5 percent, followed closely by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic from the HDZ, the main conservative opposition, on 37 percent.