"Two days remain until our election victory, but that victory will only be the beginning of the work that lies ahead, it will only be a warm-up for the big game and for the overtimes that will follow. We have to be in it together, give us your trust and we won't let you down. That's the only thing I can guarantee," Milanovic said at the rally in the central Ban Josip Jelacic square at which the coalition's candidates in Constituency No. 1 were presented.

Constituency No. 1 covers the northwestern areas of Zagreb County and parts of the Zagreb city centre and the city's western parts.

The SDP leader said the main issue of the forthcoming election would be whether citizens would stick by the new government "when the going gets tough soon."

"The most important question... is whether Croatians believe that we will work in their best interests and that nothing else will be more important than that," said Milanovic.

He promised that his coalition government would do its best not to impose decisions and that it would assume responsibility for the adoption of crucial decisions regardless of how unpopular or difficult they may be.

"We won't go to the IMF or any other power centre for opinion, we will have our own opinion and fight to have it supported," Milanovic said.

The central rally for Constituency No. 1 was also addressed by other leaders of the coalition who said that a victory in Sunday's election would mean a new chance and a better future for Croatia.

Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) leader Ivan Jakovcic said the SDP-led coalition was a guarantee of change, and that it was the only political force with the platform and strength needed to make change happen.

"When we wake up on December 5, we won't be living better, but we will have the satisfaction of victory and a feeling of having been given a chance," said Jakovcic.