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10 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE - INSIGHT VIEW
Presidential elections 2008
The first presidential elections after the recovery of independence
were held on April 6, 2008. A total of 334,455
voters voted. Four candidates participated in the elections,
and Filip Vujanovic won with more than half of the valid
votes. Consequently, he was elected as the President of
Montenegro in the first election round.
OSCE / ODIHR and PACE claimed that almost all aspects of
the elections were in line with the commitments undertaken
by the OSCE and Council of Europe standards for democratic
Nebojša Medojević
Srđan Milić
54,874
39,316
elections. It was pointed out that the continued evidence of a vague distinction between state
and party structures were still in conflict with the Copenhagen Document. In addition, CDT pointed
out the contradictions and shortcomings in the electoral laws, and the delay in the harmonization of
electoral legislation with the Constitution of Montenegro.
Parliamentary elections 2009
Candidate
Number of
votes
Filip Vujanović 171,118
Andrija Mandić 64,473
Sixteen electoral lists participated in the parliamentary elections held on March 29, 2009, eight of
which won MP mandates. A total of 329,819 voters voted.
Electoral list
Number
of votes
Number of
mandates
EUROPEAN MONTENEGRO – MILO ĐUKANOVIĆ 168,290 48
SNP-SOCIALISTS PEOPLE’S PARTY – SRĐAN MILIĆ 54,547 16
NEW SERBIAN DEMOCRACY - ANDRIJA MANDIĆ 29,883 8
MOVEMENT FOR CHANGES – WE CAN – NEBOJŠA MEDOJEVIĆ 19,546 5
UDSH – DUA FERHAT DINOSHA 4,747 1
FORCA – NAZIF CUNGU 2,939 1
ALBANIAN LIST – LISTA SHQIPTARE: DEMOCRATIC UNION IN MONTENEGRO –
LIDHJA DEMOKRATIKE N Ë MAL TË ZI – MEHMET BARDHI & ALBANIAN
ALTERNATIVE – ALTERNATIVA SHQIPTARE – GJERGJ CAMAJ
„ALBANIAN COALITION – PERSPECTIVE” „KOALICIONI SHQIPTAR –
PERSPEKTIVA”
2,898 1
2,619 1
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