| Election Name: | 2021 Montenegrin local elections |
| Seats For Election: | 170 seats in local parliaments |
| Country: | Montenegro |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 14 March-9 May (Nikšić and H. Novi) 5 December (3 municipalities) |
| Previous Election: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2022 |
| Party1: | DPS-SD |
| Last Election1: | 115 |
| Seats1: | 72 |
| Percentage1: | 43.52 |
| Leader2: | Aleksa Bečić |
| Party2: | MNN |
| Color3: |
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| Last Election2: | 21 |
| Seats2: | 32 |
| Percentage2: | 18.82 |
| Party3: | DF-SNP |
| Colour3: |
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| Last Election3: | 12 |
| Seats3: | 28 |
| Percentage3: | 15.88 |
| Leader5: | Dritan Abazović |
| Party5: | CnB |
| Colour5: | purple |
| Last Election5: | 7 |
| Seats5: | 12 |
| Percentage5: | 7.05 |
| Party6: | SDP |
| Colour6: | red |
| Last Election6: | 5 |
| Seats6: | 9 |
| Percentage6: | 5.29 |
| Party7: | NL |
| Colour7: | cornflowerblue |
| Leader7: | Savo Marić |
| Last Election7: | 3 |
| Seats7: | 7 |
| Percentage7: | 4.11 |
| Party8: | Bosniak Party |
| Last Election8: | 5 |
| Seats8: | 6 |
| Percentage8: | 3.52 |
| Party9: | SG LSCG |
| Colour9: | green |
| Leader9: | Goran Vušurović |
| Last Election9: | 2 |
| Seats9: | 3 |
| Percentage9: | 1.76 |
| Mayoral seats | |
| Before Election: | DPS/SD (4) MNN (1) |
| After Election: | DF/SNP (2) MNN (1) SDP (1) DPS/SD (1) |
Local elections were held on 14 March 2021 in Nikšić Municipality, on 9 May 2021 in Herceg Novi Municipality, while the elections in the municipalities of Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica were held on 5 December 2021.[1]
Elections resulted in won for local-level opposition parties in 3 out of 5 municipalities. Large coalition consisting of the former ZBCG (led by DF), MNN (led by DCG) and CnB (led by URA) formed local government in Nikšić and Mojkovac municipalities, while SDP and the independent list "Old Guard of the LSCG" rise in Cetinje Old Royal Capital. The DPS keep governing in Petnjica, in coalition with SD and BS, while the DCG keep its mayoral post in Herceg Novi, in coalition with the local DF and URA.Novska Lista is a local pro-Serb Herceg Novi based political party that started from few former NSD and SNP members who left in 2012, few months after creation of DF.
| Party / Coalition | Seats | Local government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPS–SD–LPCG–PKS | ||||
| DF–SNP Coalition | ||||
| United Reform Action | ||||
| Popular Movement | ||||
| Party / Coalition[2] [3] [4] | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | ± | Gov't | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCG–Demos | 1 | |||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| "Novska lista" | 3 | |||||
| URA–CIVIS | 2 | |||||
| PCG | New |
| Party / Coalition | Seats | Local government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro | ||||
| United Reform Action | ||||
| Social Democratic Party of Montenegro | ||||
| LSCG - Old Guard | ||||
| SD-LP | ||||
| Party / Coalition[5] | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | ± | Gov't | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPS–SD–LP | 5 | |||||
| DF–SNP | 2 | |||||
| DCG | 1 | |||||
| NDM | New | |||||
| URA | 1 | |||||
| UCG | New |
| Party / Coalition[6] | Popular vote | % of vote | Seats | ± | Gov't | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPS | 4 | |||||
| BS | 1 | |||||
| SPP | 2 | |||||
| DCG | 1 | |||||
| SD | 1 | |||||
| SDP | 0 | |||||
| SNP | 1 |
| Municipality | Mayor before elections | Party | Current Mayor | Party | Local government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikšić | Veselin Grbović | DPS | Marko Kovačević | DF | DF-SNP-DCG-URA | |||
| Herceg Novi | Stevan Katić | DCG | Stevan Katić | DCG | DCG-DF-SNP-NL-URA-PCG | |||
| Cetinje | Aleksandar Kašćelan | DPS | Nikola Đurašković | SDP | SDP-SG LSCG-URA-DCG | |||
| Mojkovac | Ranko Mišnić | DPS | Vesko Delić | DF | DF-DCG-SNP-URA | |||
| Petnjica | Samir Agović | DPS | Erol Muratović | DPS | DPS-SD-BS | |||