2018 Montenegrin municipal elections

2018 Montenegrin local elections

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4 February (Berane and Ulcinj)
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458 seats in local parliaments

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
DPS	Milo Đukanović	42.79	196	+11
DCG	Aleksa Bečić	11.35	52	New
DF	Andrija Mandić	10.04	46	−37
SD	Ivan Brajović	8.73	40	New
SNP	Vladimir Joković	8.51	39	−46
BS	Rafet Husović	6.33	29	+1
SDP	Ranko Krivokapić	2.83	13	−28
AO	Nazif Cungu	2.62	12	+1
URA	Dritan Abazović	2.40	11	New
AK	Gëzim Hajdinaga	1.74	7	0
BB	Radomir Novaković	1.09	5	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayoral seats before	Mayoral seats after
DPS (7) SNP (2) BS (2) FORCA (1) SDP (1)	DPS (9) SNP (2) BS (1) SD (1)

Local elections were held in Montenegro on 4 February 2018 for the municipalities of Berane and Ulcinj,^[1] and on 20 and 27 May in 11 municipalities, including the capital city Podgorica.^[2]

Results

February elections (Berane and Ulcinj)

Berane

Summary of the 4 February 2018 Berane local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Berane Wins (DPS-SD-BS)¹	7,871	45.7	+0.2	17	±0
Healthy Berane (DF-SNP-UCG)²	6,473	37.6	-8.8	14	-4
Democrats	1,822	10.6	new	4	+4
SDP-Demos³	291	1.7	-1.2	-	±0
Civic list "Word"	270	1.6	new	-	±0
United Reform Action (URA)	251	1.5	new	-	±0
Civic list "Voice of the People for Berane"	153	0.9	new	-	±0
Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP)	55	0.3	new	-	±0
Civic list "Progressive Berane"	25	0.1	new	-	±0
Other parties (2014)			-5.2	-	±0

Total	17211			35	±0

Valid votes	17,211	98.6
Invalid votes	244	1.4
Votes cast / turnout	17,455	73.7
Abstentions	6,226	26.3
Registered voters	23,681

Source^[3]^[4]
Footnotes: ¹Berane wins coalition results are compared with the combined 2014 results of the DPS and BS lists. ²Healthy Berane coalition results are compared with the 2014 result of the DF-SNP coalition. ³SDP-Demos coalition results are compared with the 2014 result of the SDP list.

Ulcinj

Summary of the 4 February 2018 Ulcinj local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	2,918	23.7	-2.5	8	-1
New Democratic Power – FORCA	2,859	23.2	-0.9	8	+0
Wake up, Ulcinj! (DP/PD, Perspektiva, DS/LDMZ)¹	2,383	19.3	-	7	±0
Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA/UDSH)	1,159	9.4	+0.6	3	±0
Social Democrats (SD)	1,001	8.1	New	3	+3
United Reform Action (URA)	686	5.6	New	2	+2
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	363	2.9	–3.8	1	–1
Democrats	346	2.8	New	-	±0
Bosniak Party (BS)	339	2.8	+0.6	1	±1
Socialist People's Party and Democratic Front ²	269	2.2	–5.0	-	–2
other parties (2014)			–5.6	-	–2

Total	12323			33	±0

Valid votes	12,323	98.8
Invalid votes	147	1.2
Votes cast / turnout	12,470	62.8
Abstentions	7,399	37.2
Registered voters	19,869

Sources^[5]^[6]
Footnotes: ¹ Totals for Wake up, Ulcinj! are compared to DS in the 2014 election. ² SNP-DF – For Healthy Ulcinj results are compared to the combined SNP and DF results in the 2014 election.

May elections (11 municipalities)

Plužine

Summary of the 20 May 2018 Plužine local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Socialist People's Party (SNP)	1,143	53.4	+0.6	16	-1
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	337	15.7	-3.4	5	-1
Democratic Front (DF)	293	13.7	-4.2	4	-1
Democrats	270	12.6	New	4	+4
Social Democrats (SD)	98	4.6	New	1	+1
other parties (2014)			–10.2	-	–2

Total	2,141			30	±0

Valid votes	2,141	98.7
Invalid votes	29	1.3
Votes cast / turnout	2,170	85.3
Abstentions	374	14.7
Registered voters	2,544

Source^[7]

Bar

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Bar local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	7,218	34.6	+2.0	15	+1
Social Democrats (SD)	3,824	18.3	New	7	+7
Independent List "I Choose Bar" - Radomir Novaković-Cakan	2,580	12.4	New	5	+5
Democrats and United Reform Action (URA)	2,401	11.5	New	4	+4
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	1,432	6.9	-14.0	2	-5
Democratic Front (DF) and Socialist People's Party (SNP)	1,333	6.4	-23.5	2	-11
Bosniak Party (BS)	814	3.9	-2.5	1	-1
True Montenegro (PCG)	662	3.2	New	1	+1
Democratic Alliance (DEMOS)	246	1.2	New	-	±0
Reform for Bar	194	0.9	New	-	±0
Democratic League (DS/LD) and Democratic Party (DP/PD)	163	0.8	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			–10.3	-	–2

Total	20,867			37	-1

Valid votes	20,867	98.6
Invalid votes	295	1.4
Votes cast / turnout	21,162	55.3
Abstentions	17,073	44.7
Registered voters	38,235

Source:^[8]

Bijelo Polje

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Bijelo Polje local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) – Bosniak Party (BS) – Social Democrats (SD)	13811	59,9	+6,8	25	+4
Democrats and United Reform Action (URA)	2238	9,7	New	4	+4
Democratic Front (DF)	2220	9,6	-2,2	4	-1
Socialist People's Party (SNP)	1557	6,8	-9,7	2	-5
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	1525	6,6	-6,2	2	-3
United Montenegro (UCG)	940	4,1	New	1	+1
Serb Coalition	515	2,2	+0,7	-	±0
Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP) and Montenegrin (CG)	254	1,1	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			–4,2	-	±0

Total	23060			38	±0

Valid votes	23060	98,5
Invalid votes	356	1,5
Votes cast / turnout	23416	57,3
Abstentions	17175	42,7
Registered voters	40235

Source^[9]

Danilovgrad

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Danilovgrad local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	4422	52,3	+4,2	19	+2
Democrats and United Reform Action (URA)	1533	18,1	New	6	+6
Social Democrats (SD)	788	9,3	New	3	+3
Socialist People's Party (SNP) – Democratic People's Party (DNP) – Yugoslav Communist Party (JKP)	635	7,5	-6,3	2	-2
New Serb Democracy (NSD)	514	6,1	-19,5	2	-7
True Montenegro (PCG)	319	3,8	New	1	+1
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	238	2,8	-11,0	-	-3
other parties (2014)			–1,7	-	±0

Total	8449			33	±0

Valid votes	8449	98,5
Invalid votes	129	1,5
Votes cast / turnout	8578	67,3
Abstentions	4174	32,7
Registered voters	12752

Source^[10]

Kolašin

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Kolašin local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	1983	39,0	+6,7	13	+3
Democrats	916	18,0	New	6	+6
Democratic Front (DF) – Socialist People's Party (SNP)	798	15,7	-31,2	5	-11
Groups of voters "Šule and Mikan with Citizens for Kolašin"	490	9,6	New	3	+3
Social Democrats (SD)	435	8,6	New	2	+2
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	343	6,7	-2,1	2	-1
United Montenegro (UCG)	120	2,4	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			–12,0	-	-3

Total	5085			31	-1

Valid votes	5085	98,5
Invalid votes	75	1,5
Votes cast / turnout	5160	79,2
Abstentions	1358	20,8
Registered voters	6518

Plav

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Plav local election results^[11]
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Social Democrats (SD)	1485	29,6	New	10	+10
Bosniak Party (BS)	1022	20,4	-2,6	7	-1
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	962	19,2	-13,3	6	-5
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	528	10,5	-10,7	3	-4
Democratic Front (DF) and Socialist People's Party (SNP)	336	6,7	-11,0	2	-3
Albanian Alternative (AA)	247	4,9	New	1	+1
Group of Voters – I vote for Plav	230	4,6	New	1	+1
Democrats	175	3,5	New	1	+1
Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP)	27	0,5	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			-3,6	-	-1

Total	5012			31	-1

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Pljevlja

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Pljevlja local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) – Social Democrats (SD) – Bosniak Party (BS)	10138	53,7	+8,0	20	+3
Democrats	3743	19,8	New	7	+7
New Serb Democracy (NSD) – Socialist People's Party (SNP) – Movement for Changes (PzP)	2467	13,1	-34,7	4	-13
Democratic People's Party (DNP) – Movement for Pljevlja – True Montenegro	2207	11,7	New	4	+4
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	337	1,7	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			-6,5	-	-1

Total	18892			35	±0

Valid votes	18892	98,9
Invalid votes	216	1,1
Votes cast / turnout	19108	76,1
Abstentions	6929	23,9
Registered voters	26037

Podgorica

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Podgorica local election results^[12]
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
DPS Coalition (DPS – BS – DUA – LP – CRN – PCG)	48047	47,7	+0,7	32	+3
Democrats and United Reform Action (URA)	26032	25,8	New	17	+17
Democratic Front (DF) and Socialist People's Party (SNP)	12291	12,2	-30,3	8	-17
Social Democrats (SD)	5122	5,1	New	3	+3
Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Demos	2985	2,9	-5,9	-	-8
True Montenegro (PCG)	2399	2,4	New	-	±0
Albanian Alternative (АА)	1492	1,5	New	1	+1
United Montenegro (UCG)	1409	1,4	New	-	±0
Citizen Group – Saša Mijović	746	0,7	New	-	±0
Serb Coalition	199	0,2	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			-1,4	-	±0

Total	100722			61	±0

Valid votes	100722	98,5
Invalid votes	1491	1,5
Votes cast / turnout	102213	64,4
Abstentions	56434	35,6
Registered voters	158647

Golubovci, Podgorica

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Golubovci local election results^[13]
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	4169	47,9		16
Democrats	2071	23,8		8
Democratic Front (DF) and Socialist People's Party (SNP)	1748	20,1		7
Social Democrats (SD)	455	5,2		1
Social Democratic Party (SDP) – Demos – Free Citizens	165	1,8		-
United Montenegro (UCG)	93	1,1		-
other parties (2014)				-

Total	8701			32

Valid votes	8701	98,6
Invalid votes	122	1,4
Votes cast / turnout	8823	73,8
Abstentions	3125	26,2
Registered voters	11948

Rožaje

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Rožaje local election results^[11]
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Bosniak Party (BS)	6825	50,9	+3,5	19	+2
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)	3724	27,8	-6,8	10	-2
Social Democrats (SD)	1559	11,6	New	4	+4
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	610	4,6	-9,2	1	-3
Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP)	378	2,8	-0,7	-	-1
Democrats	106	0,8	New	-	±0
United Reform Action (URA)	100	0,7	New	-	±0
Compliant to Rožaje - fraternal and frank forward	70	0,5	New	-	±0
Changes for a Better Rožaje - Aida Nina Kurpejović	30	0,2	New	-	±0
other parties (2014)			-0,7	-	±0

Total	13402			34	±0

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Šavnik

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Šavnik local election results
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Social Democrats (SD)	862	61,8	+7,6	19	+2
Socialist People's Party (SNP) and Democratic Front (DF)	381	27,3	-18,5	8	-5
Democrats	152	10,9	New	3	+3
other parties (2014)			±0	-	±0

Total	1395			30	±0

Valid votes	1395	98,8
Invalid votes	17	1,2
Votes cast / turnout	1412	82,0
Abstentions	311	18,0
Registered voters	1723

Žabljak

Summary of the 27 May 2018 Žabljak local election results^[14]
Parties and coalitions	Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Social Democrats (SD)	1303	55,8	+6,8	18	+1
Democratic Front (DF) and Socialist People's Party (SNP)	525	22,5	-18,6	7	-6
Democrats	506	21,7	New	6	+6
other parties (2014)			-9,9	-	-1

Total	2334			31	±0

Valid votes	2234	98,1
Invalid votes	46	1,9
Votes cast / turnout	2380	76,7
Abstentions	721	23,3
Registered voters	3101

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