2012–2014 Montenegrin municipal elections

2012-14 Montenegrin municipal elections

March 2012 - May 2014

Party DPS SNP BS Mayors 17 / 23 2 / 23 2 / 23 Mayors +/- 1 2   Party SDP Forca Mayors 1 / 23 1 / 23 Mayors +/- 1 1

Mayoral seats

Montenegrin municipal elections were held in all 23 municipalities, between March 2012 and May 2014.

Results

Podgorica

Main article: 2014 Podgorica City Assembly election

Party	Votes	%	Seats[1]
Coalition for European Podgorica	49.146	47.2%	29
Democratic Front	30.002	27.6%	17
Socialist People's Party	14.776	14.9%	8
SDP-Positive Montenegro	9.454	8.8%	5
Albanian Coalition	1.242	0.8%	0

Elected mayor: Slavoljub Stijepović (DPS)[2]

Nikšić

Party	Percentage	Seats[3]
Coalition for European Montenegro	51.7%	23
Democratic Front	31.2%	13
Socialist People's Party	8.5%	3
Positive Montenegro	6.6%	2

Elected mayor - Veselin Grbović (European Montenegro - Positive)

Herceg Novi

Party	Percentage	Seats[4]
Democratic Party of Socialists	35.6%	13
The Choice - Local Group of Citizens	24.9%	9
Let's Save Herceg Novi - SNP, DF	23.3%	8
Novi List	5.3%	2
Social Democratic Party	5.2%	2
Liberal Party	0.95%	0

Turnout - 68.2% Elected mayor - Nikša Gojković (The Choice - DPS coalition)

Results in rest of municipalities

At elections in the rest of municipalities ruling DPS stay in power in most municipalities. It held an absolute majority in Bar, Žabljak, Budva and Bijelo Polje, formed ruling coalitions with SDP in Danilovgrad, Pljevlja, Andrijevica, Šavnik, Tivat, Cetinje, Kotor and Mojkovac and with Bosniak Party in Plav, Rožaje, Petnjica and Gusinje, and in Herceg Novi, where DPS-SDP coalition formed majority with local parties.[5] The opposition won only in Plužine, where the local SNP won absolute power, in Berane, where the opposition formed a joint coalition at the local level and in Kolašin where SDP form an post-election coalition with opposition to form local government. While in Ulcinj, the local government formed the Albanian minority parties.

References

1. OIK: DPS 29 mandata, DF 17, SNP 8, a Evropsko lice Podgorice 5 Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Vijesti (May 2014)
2. Zvanično na čelu glavnog grada: Migo Stijepović gradonačelnik Podgorice Archived 2017-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Vijesti, 6 October 2014
3. Lokalni izbori u Nikšiću, Onogost, 4 January 2017
4. [1], Radio Jadran, 18 December 2014
5. DPS-u apsolutna vlast u Cetinju i Mojkovcu, pobjeda i u Petnjici, RSE, 17 November 2013