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
Montenegro
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157 seats in local parliaments
Party Leader Vote % 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
CnB 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)[a] 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
DPSSD 1,626 49.02 15  6 No
NSD–SNP 1,381 41.63 13  3 Yes
DCG–Demos 310 9.35 3  3 Yes

Budva

Party / Coalition[4] Popular vote % of votes Seats ± Gov't
DFSNPPCGUCGDemos 5,786 41.40 14  5 Yes
DPSCGPSDLP 4,340 31.06 11  5 No
DCG 2,479 17.74 6  1 Yes
URA 532 3.81 1  0 No
SDP 429 3.07 1  1 No
Others 409 2.92 0 New

Gusinje

Party / Coalition[5] Popular vote % of vote Seats ± Gov't
DPS 776 36.24 12[b]  3 No
SD 499 23.31 7  3 supp.
AADSADUA 469 21.91 6  0 Yes
BSLP 242 11.30 3  2 Yes
SDP 80 3.74 1  2 Yes
SNP 75 3.50 1  0 Yes

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 Supp.
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 No
Croatian Civic Initiative 239 1.73 0  1

Tivat

Party / Coalition[7] Popular vote % of vote Seats ± Gov't
People Wins[c] 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. ^ "Konacni rezultati za izbor Odbornika u Skupstinu opstine Andrijevica". Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ Konachi rezultati
  5. ^ Rezultati
  6. ^ "Demokrate Crna Gora" (PDF). demokrate.me. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Opštinska izborna komisija - Tivat : KONAČNI REZULTATI LOKALNIH IZBORA ZA ODBORNIKE U SKUPŠTINI OPŠTINE TIVAT, ODRZANIH 30.08.2020. GODINE".