2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 14 October 2012.[1] The result was a victory for the ruling European Montenegro led by Milo Đukanović, which won 39 of the 81 MPs.

2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election

14 October 2012
Turnout	70.56% 4.3pp
Party Leader % Seats ± ECG Milo Đukanović 45.60 39 -7 DF Miodrag Lekić 22.82 20 +7 SNP Srđan Milić 11.06 9 -7 PCG Darko Pajović 8.24 7 New BS Rafet Husović 4.17 3 +2 ZJ Nazif Cungu 1.45 1 -1 AK Fatmir Gjeka 1.05 1 0 HGI Marija Vučinović 0.40 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Igor Lukšić DPS Milo Đukanović DPS

Electoral system

Elections in Montenegro are free, with the right of secret ballot guaranteed. Because the country has a single national voting district, all votes cast at individual voting stations across the country went towards a single total. Parliament has 81 members, 41 is needed for a majority, its term lasts four years.

The electoral threshold was 3%, so electoral lists receiving under three percent of the total votes cast were crossed out, and the MPs within the assembly were split amongst the remaining lists.

Seats were distributed by the D'Hondt method, which slightly favors leading lists above the smaller ones.

Electoral lists

Several coalitions were formed or continued for the election:[2]

Coalition		Party	Main ideology	Leader
	European Montenegro	DPS-SDP-LP	Social democracy	Milo Đukanović
	Democratic Front	NOVA-PzP	Big tent, populism	Miodrag Lekić
	Socialist People's Party		Social conservatism	Srđan Milić
	Positive Montenegro		Social liberalism	Darko Pajović
	Bosniak Party		Minority politics	Rafet Husović
	Serb Unity	NS-SL-DCB	Conservatism	Jovan Markuš
	For Unity	FORCA-AKP	Minority politics	Nazif Cungu
	Albanian Coalition	DS-DP-AA	Minority politics	Fatmir Gjeka
	Serb National Alliance	DSS-SSR	Conservatism	Ranko Kadić
	Democratic Union of Albanians		Minority politics	Ferhat Dinosha
	Croatian Civic Initiative		Minority politics	Marija Vučinović
	Together	JKP-PUPI	Left-wing populism	Zoran Radošević

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty. The threshold for a party to elect members is 3%.

Date	Polling Firm/ Source	ECG	BS	SNP	DF		PCG	Others	Lead
					Nova	PzP
Oct 2012	CeDem	47.2	2.3	14.9	18.5		10.2	6.9	28.7
Oct 2012	Ipsos	47	2.5	11	24		8	7.5	23
July 2012	DeFacto	50.7	2.9	18.2	9.4	7.1	8.3	3.4	32.5
Dec 2011	CeDem	54.4	ECG	17.2	9.1	6.8	—	15.5	37.2
Sep 2011	CeDem	54.1	ECG	17.9	8.2	7.7	—	12.2	28.2
Dec 2010	CeDem	56.4	ECG	19.7	6.1	6.9	—	10.7	28.2
Oct 2010	CeDem	56.9	ECG	17.8	9.2	4.7	—	11.3	30.3
July 2010	CeDem	53.2	ECG	18.6	8.1	4.9	—	15.2	30.3
Oct 2009	Election	51.9		16.8	9.2	6.0	—	16.1	35.1

Results

Results of election by municipality;
*Red - DPS-SDP list absolute majority (left photo)
*Pink - DPS-SDP list relative majority (left photo)
*Blue - SNP list absolute majority (left photo)
*Green and light blue - ethnic minority parties (both)
*Maroon - government (DPS-SDP) majority (right)
*Cyan - opposition united (DF-SNP-PCG) majority (right)

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
European Montenegro (DPS-SDP-LP)	165,380	45.60	39	–7
Democratic Front (NOVA-PzP)	82,773	22.82	20	+7
Socialist People's Party	40,131	11.06	9	–7
Positive Montenegro	29,881	8.24	7	New
Bosniak Party of Montenegro	15,124	4.17	3	+2
Serb Unity (NS-SL-DCB)	5,275	1.45	0	New
For Unity (FORCA-AKP)	5,244	1.45	1	–1
Albanian Coalition (DS-DP-AA)	3,824	1.05	1	0
Serb National Alliance (DSS-SSR)	3,085	0.85	0	New
Democratic Union of Albanians	2,848	0.79	0	–1
Croatian Civic Initiative	1,470	0.40	1	0
Together (JKP-PUPI)	1,384	0.38	0	New
Albanian Youth League	531	0.15	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	5,764	1.59	–	–
Total	362,714	100	81	–
Registered voters/turnout	514,055	70.56	–	–
Source: State Electoral Commission of Montenegro

Vote share ECG   45.60% DF   22.82% SNP   11.06% PCG   8.24% BS   4.17% Others   8.11%

Seats ECG (39)   48.14% DF (20)   24.69% SNP (9)   11.11% PCG (7)   8.64% Minorities (6)   7.40%

References

1. "Montenegro to hold October election as EU talks begin".
2. Election Profile IFES