Montenegrin local elections, 2014

Podgorica City Assembly election, 2014
Podgorica
25 May 2014

Party Leader % Seats ±
DPS-LP Slavoljub Stijepović 47.2 29 +1
DF Miodrag Lekić 27.6 17 +7
SNP Aleksa Bečić 14.9 8 -6
PCG-SDP Dragan Bogojević 8.8 5 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayor of Podgorica before Mayor of Podgorica after
Miomir Mugoša
(DPS)		 Salavoljub Stijepović
(DPS)

Municipal elections were held in Capital City of Podgorica and eleven other municipalities of Montenegro on 25 May 2014.

Podgorica City Assembly election

Electoral system

Voters in Podgorica determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 3% may enter the Assembly. The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle.

Campaign

Socialist People's Party (SNP) decided to run independently under the slogan "youth, wisdom and courage", with Aleksa Bečić as ballot carrier.[1]

New Serb Democracy (NSD) and Movement for Changes (PzP) decided to run together within Democratic Front alliance, with coalition leader Miodrag Lekić, as ballot carrier.[2]

For this local elections ruling Coalition for European Montenegro is composed by Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Liberal Party (LP) as minor coalition member, with Slavoljub Stijepović as ballot carrier.

Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided to form a pre-election alliance with Positive Montenegro (PCG) under the name the "European Look of Podgorica", with Dragan Bogojević as ballot carrier.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats[4]
Coalition for European Podgorica49.14647.2%29
Democratic Front30.00227.6%17
Socialist People's Party14.77614.9%8
Social Democratic Party-Positive Montenegro9.4548.8%5
Albanian Coalition1.2420.8%0

Elected mayor: Slavoljub Stijepović (DPS)[5]

Results in rest of municipalities

In other eleven other municipalities ruling DPS stay in power in most municipalities. It held an absolute majority in Bar, Žabljak and Bijelo Polje, formed ruling coalitions with SDP in Danilovgrad, Pljevlja and Šavnik, and with Bosniak Party in Plav, Rožaje and Gusinje. The opposition won only in Plužine, where the local SNP won absolute power, and in Kolašin where SDP form an post-election coalition with opposotion to form local government.

References

  1. ↑ Aleksa Bečić nosilac liste SNP-a za lokalne izbore u Podgorici, Portal Analitika
  2. ↑ DF predao listu za izbore u Podgorici: Lekić nosilac, Portal Analitika
  3. ↑ Koalicija Evropsko lice Podgorice predala listu, Portal Analitika
  4. ↑ OIK: DPS 29 mandata, DF 17, SNP 8, a Evropsko lice Podgorice 5, Vijesti, 26 May 2014
  5. ↑ Stijepović gradonačelnik Podgorice, Vijesti, 6 October 2014
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