Montenegrin presidential election, February 2003

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Early presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 9 February 2003, after the December 2002 elections had been declared invalid due to insufficient voter turnout.[1] Although Filip Vujanović won the election with 85% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid.[1] Fresh elections were called for May 2003, when the turnout rule was abolished.

The low turnout was caused by an opposition boycott, voters being disillusioned with politics, and poor weather conditions on polling day which resulted in 80 polling stations in mountainous areas being closed due to snow.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Filip VujanovićDPS–SDP174,53684.82
Dragan HajdukovićIndependent14,5567.07
Aleksandar VasiljevićSerbian Radical Party8,7344.24
Milan RadulovićNatural Law Party3,2181.56
Jovan PejovićIndependent1,0760.52
Milan ŠparovićIndependent1,0370.50
Obrad MarkovićYugoslav Communists8940.43
Milivoje BakićIndependent9420.46
Ilija DarmanovićSerbian Radical Party of Montenegro7800.38
Mihailo MarkovićIndependent4560.22
Đorđije MilićIndependent3120.15
Invalid/blank votes7,001–
Total212,781100
Registered voters/turnout456,98146.56
Source: IFES

References

  1. 1 2 Republic of Montenegro Presidential Election of 2002-2003 Adam Carr
  2. ↑ Montenegro poll fails BBC News, 9 February 2003
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