2008–2010 Montenegrin municipal elections explained

Country:Montenegro
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2004-06 Montenegrin municipal elections
Previous Year:2004-06
Next Election:2012-14 Montenegrin municipal elections
Next Year:2012-14
Seats For Election:Municipal/city mayors and members of municipal/city councils
2Blank:Mayors
3Blank:Mayors +/-
Party1:DPS
Color1:F6931D
3Data1: 3
Party2:SNP
Color2:6495ed
3Data2: 3
Party3:DUA
Color3:0000FF
Map Size:220px

Montenegrin municipal elections were held in all 21 municipalities, between April 2004 and October 2006. It resulted in the decisive victory of the ruling Coalition for European Montenegro in 18 out of 21 municipalities, where he has secured a majority, on its own or in a coalition with national minority parties.

Results

Podgorica

Party Votes Seats[1]
43.372 28
38.279 24
8.758 5
The local government was formed after an agreement between ruling Coalition for European Podgorica (composed by Democratic Party of Socialists, the Liberal Party and Bosniak Party), which was a relative winner of the election and Social Democratic Party which ran independently. Current mayor Miomir Mugoša (DPS) has been voted a new four-year mandate.

Herceg Novi

17,039 or 68.4% of eligible voters voted. 16,649 of the votes are valid and 390 invalid.

Party Votes % Seats
5,151 30.94% 12
4,540 27.27% 11
2,425 14.56% 5
1,526 9.17% 3
Social Democratic Party997 5.99% 2
692 4.16% 1
620 3.72% 1
374 2.25% 1
3241.95% 0

Tivat

The turnout was 65.2% or 7,062. There were 6,938 valid and 124 invalid votes.

Party Votes % Seats
2,209 31.84% 12
Coalition Serb List (SNS-NSS-SSR-DSJ) 1,025 14.77% 5
773 11.14% 4
690 9.94% 3
676 9.74% 3
518 7.47% 2
324 4.67% 1
303 4.37% 1
297 4.28% 1
Montenegrin Democratic Movement 123 1.77% 0

Kotor

Party Votes % Seats[2]
4,607 40.81% 14
2,159 19.12% 7
Coalition Serb List (SNS-SSR-NSS-DSJ-DCB-DSS) 1,305 11.56% 4
1,083 9.59% 3
787 6.97% 2
533 4.72% 1
439 3.89% 1
Croatian Civic Initiative375 3.32% 1

Results in rest of municipalities

In seventeen other municipalities ruling Coalition for European Montenegro (DPS, SDP, LP and BS) stay in power in most municipalities. It held an absolute majority in Bar, Budva, Žabljak, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Šavnik, Mojkovac, Kolašin, Plav, Rožaje, Nikšić, Cetinje, Andrijevica and Berane. The opposition won only in Plužine, where the local SNP won absolute power, and in Pljevlja where local government was formed by joint opposition list.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.old.cdtmn.org/index.php/izbori-tekstovi/455-lokalni-izbori-pg-rezultati-u-posljednjih-14-godina Lokalni izbori PG: Rezultati u posljednjih 14 godina
  2. http://cdtmn.org/dokumenti/cdt-kotor-raspored-mandata.pdf{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  3. http://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/crna_gora_izbori_dps_podgorica/2050628.html DPS-u 12 opština, bez većine u Podgorici