Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2009

Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2009
Montenegro
29 March 2009
Party Leader % Seats ±
ECG Milo Đukanović 51.94 48 +5
SNP Srđan Milić 16.83 16 +8
NOVA Andrija Mandić 9.2 8 New
PZP Nebojša Medojević 6.0 5 -6
DUA Ferhat Dinoša 1.5 1 0
FORCA Nazif Cungu 0.9 1 +1
DSCGAA Mehmet Bardhi 0.9 1 0
Perspective Vasilj Siništaj 0.8 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Milo Đukanović
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Milo Đukanović
DPS
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Early parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 29 March 2009. In addition to elections for the unicameral Parliament of Montenegro, concurrent local elections were held in Nikšić and Budva, as well as municipal presidential elections in Herceg Novi and Tivat.[1] The parliamentary elections were the eighth since the reintroduction of multi-party system in 1990, and the second since regaining full independence in 2006.

Background

President Filip Vujanović the parliamentary elections on 27 January 2009, after the Parliament of Montenegro decided the previous day to shorten its term, although this decision was controversial. The Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new constitution of 2007 stipulated that elections had to be held by the end of 2009.[2]

Application of electoral lists occurred from 16 February to 4 March 2009, and election silence began on 27 March 2009.[3] The number of MPs being elected was uncertain, because the matter was never solved before the election was scheduled. Based on a count of one MP per six thousand eligible voters, the number of MPs should have been 82. However, the Constitution stipulated 81, as there were in the present outgoing session, and this was the number of MPs actually elected.

The pre-electoral process had been marked by several major incidents, such as the revocation of citizenship of Predrag Popović, president of the People's Party,[4] the violation of the human right to work during the formation of the coalition treaty of Prime Minister Milo Đukanović's ruling coalition, which would make party affiliation a criterion for employment, and repeated protests by discontented workers pushed into poverty.[5][6] Additionally, representative groups of Montenegro's minority communities unanimously declared the forthcoming elections illegal and contrary to constitutional protections granted to ethnic communities.

Electoral system

Elections in Montenegro are free, with the right of secret ballot guaranteed. Because the country has a single national voting district, all votes cast at individual voting stations across the country went towards a single total. The electoral threshold was 3%, so electoral lists receiving under three percent of the total votes cast were crossed out, and the MPs within the assembly were split amongst the remaining lists. Seats were distributed by the D'Hondt method, which slightly favors leading lists above the smaller ones. The Parliament's mandate lasts four years.

Campaign

Several alliances were created prior to the elections; the Coalition for a European Montenegro led by Milo Đukanović included the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, the Croatian Civic Initiative and the Bosniak Party. The People's Coalition was formed by the People's Party and the Democratic Serb Party, whilst For a Different Montenegro, led by Goran Batričević, consisted of the Democratic Centre and the Liberal Party of Montenegro.

Results

The Coalition for a European Montenegro won an absolute majority of seats, with approximately 65 percent voter turnout, securing Milo Đukanović a sixth term as Prime Minister.[7][8]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Main Albanian Total
Coalition for a European Montenegro168,29051.947148+5
Socialist People's Party of Montenegro54,54716.816016+8
New Serb Democracy29,8839.2808New
Movement for Changes19,5466.0505–6
People's Coalition (NSDSS)9,4482.9000–3
For a Different Montenegro (LP–DC)8,7592.7000–1
Party of Pensioners and Invalids of Montenegro7,6912.4000New
Democratic Union of Albanians4,7471.50110
Serb National List4,2911.3000New
Bosniaks and Muslims Together as One3,4891.1000New
New Democratic Power – FORCA2,9390.9011+1
Albanian List (DSCGAA)2,8980.90110
Albanian Coalition "Perspective"2,6190.8011New
Serb Fatherland Party2,4460.8000New
Montenegrin Communists1,5940.50000
Party of Democratic Prosperity8050.2000
Invalid/blank votes5,827
Total329,819100765810
Registered voters/turnout498,30566.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[9]
Vote share
ECG
 
51.9%
SNP
 
16.8%
NOVA
 
9.2%
PZP
 
6.0%
Others
 
16.1%

References

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