2020 Montenegrin municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Montenegro on 30 August 2020 in Andrijevica, Budva, Gusinje, Kotor and Tivat.

2020 Montenegrin local elections

30 August 2020 (5 municipalities)
157 seats in local parliaments
Party Leader % Seats ± DPS Milo Đukanović 36.94 58 -20 ZBCG Zdravko Krivokapić 28.66 45 +13 MNN Aleksa Bečić 14.01 22 +10 SD Ivan Brajović 8.91 14 +1 AK Fatmir Gjeka 3.82 6 +1 SDP Draginja Vuksanović 3.18 5 -5 BS Rafet Husović 1.91 3 +2 URA Dritan Abazović 1.91 3 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayoral seats before Mayoral seats after DPS (5)[lower-alpha 1] DF (1) Democrats (1) SNP (1) DPS (1) Independent (1)

Elections for the Tivat local parliament were scheduled for 24 April, but were postponed to August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro, so that elections in all five municipalities were held on 30 August, the same date as the national-level parliamentary elections.[1]

Since parliamentary election resulted in a victory for the opposition parties and the fall from power of the ruling DPS, which had ruled the country since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990. Opposition success at the national level was accompanied by its success at local level elections, opposition lists won majority in four out of five municipalities where elections were held, including Andrijevica, Budva, Kotor and Tivat while in Gusinje, the ruling DPS retained power, in coalition with SD and the national minority parties.[2]

Results

Andrijevica

Party / Coalition[3]	Popular vote	% of votes	Seats	±	Gov't
DPS–SD Coalition	1,626	49.02	15	6	No
For the Future of Andrijevica	1,381	41.63	13	3	Yes
Andrijevica is Our Nation	310	9.35	3	3	Yes

Budva

Party / Coalition[4]	Popular vote	% of votes	Seats	±	Gov't
For the Future of Budva	5,786	41.40	14	5	Yes
DPS–CG–SD–LP Coalition	4,340	31.06	11	5	No
Budva is Our Nation	2,479	17.74	6	1	Yes
United Reform Action	532	3.81	1	0	Yes
Social Democratic Party	429	3.07	1	1	No
Others	409	2.92	0	New	N/A

Gusinje

Party / Coalition[5]	Popular vote	% of vote	Seats	±	Gov't
Democratic Party of Socialists	776	36.24	12[lower-alpha 2]	3	Yes
Social Democrats	499	23.31	7	3	No
AA−DSA−DUA Coalition	469	21.91	6	0	Yes
BS–LP Coalition	242	11.30	3	2	Yes
Social Democratic Party	80	3.74	1	2	No
Socialist People's Party	75	3.50	1	0	No

Kotor

Party / Coalition[6]	Popular vote	% of vote	Seats	±	Gov't
Democratic Party of Socialists	4,437	32.14	12	0	No
Kotor is Our Nation	3,313	24.00	9	4	Yes
For the Future of Kotor	2,937	21.27	7	1	Yes
United Reform Action	692	5.01	1	0	Yes
Social Democratic Party	603	4.37	1	2	No
Social Democrats	568	4.11	1	1	No
Liberal Party	566	4.10	1	0	No
Socialists of Montenegro	450	3.26	1	New	Yes
Croatian Civic Initiative	239	1.73	0	1	N/A

Tivat

Party / Coalition[7]	Popular vote	% of vote	Seats	±	Gov't
People Wins[lower-alpha 3]	3,519	38.25	13	10	Yes
Democratic Party of Socialists	3,014	32.76	11	6	No
Social Democrats	701	7.62	2	2	No
Boka Forum	612	6.65	2	1	Yes
Croatian Civic Initiative	520	5.65	2		No
Social Democratic Party	379	4.12	1	1	Supp.
Goran Božović List	311	3.38	1	New	Yes

Notes

1. At the 2016 local elections in Budva and Kotor, the opposition originally won a majority, but during 2019 and 2020, the ruling DPS regained power in both municipalities, after a couple of councilors changed sides and formed a majority with DPS, which many saw as an act of political corruption of ruling party. In both cases, DPS return to power was accompanied by arrests, police brutality and violence against removed local government officials and its supporters.
2. The "Party for Gusinje", which won 6 seats at the 2016 local elections in Gusinje, merged into Democratic Party of Socialists in 2019.
3. Members of local DF, SNP and DCG, as well of some Tivat localist parties, such as the Tivat Action and Arsenal for Tivat, which decided to run independently, due to opposition boycott of 2020 Tivat local elections.

References

1. Lokalni izbori u Crnoj Gori, B92, 31 August 2020
2. "Results". mondo.rs. 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
3. https://andrijevica.dik.co.me/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2020/09/Konacni-rezultati-za-izbor-odbornika-u-Skupstinu-opstine-Andrijevica
4. https://budva.dik.co.me/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/09/2020-09-03-konacni-rezultati.pdf
5. https://gusinje.dik.co.me/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2020/09/Kona%C4%8Dni-rezultati-lokalnih-izbora.pdf
6. http://demokrate.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LOKALNI-IZBORI-2020.pdf
7. https://tivat.dik.co.me/konacni-rezultati-lokalnih-izbora-za-odbornike-u-skupstini-opstine-tivat-odrzanih-30-08-2020-godine/