Country: | Montenegro |
Flag Year: | 1993 |
Type: | Presidential |
Registered: | 456,981 |
Turnout: | 45.87% (election invalid) |
Previous Election: | 1997 Montenegrin presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1997 |
Election Date: | 22 December 2002 |
Next Election: | February 2003 Montenegrin presidential election |
Image1: | FilipVujanovic.jpg |
Nominee1: | Filip Vujanović |
Party1: | DPS |
Color1: | f39c12 |
Popular Vote1: | 175,328 |
Percentage1: | 85.73% |
Nominee2: | Dragan Hajduković |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 12,319 |
Percentage2: | 6.02% |
Before Election: | Filip Vujanović (acting) |
Before Party: | Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro |
After Election: | Filip Vujanović (acting) |
After Party: | Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro |
President | |
Posttitle: | Elected President |
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002.[1]
The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović. The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution.[2]
Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the Greens of Montenegro, he ran as an independent.
Although Filip Vujanović won the election with 86% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid.[1] Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in May when the turnout rule was abolished.