Presidential election in Montenegro 2008

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Election winner Filip Vujanović

The 2008 presidential elections in Montenegro took place on April 6, 2008 . Around 490,000 Montenegrins were called to elect a new President of Montenegro , for the first time since the separation from Serbia two years ago.

Although it was unclear at the beginning, the incumbent President Filip Vujanović of the Democratic Socialist Party of Montenegro ran again for election. However, the opposition could not agree on a common opponent against him. The candidates were the head of the Serbian List (SL), Andrija Mandić , the chairman of the Movement for Change (PzP), Nebojša Medojević and the presidential candidate of the Socialist People's Party (SNP), Srđan Milić . Vujanović's victory in the first ballot, however, was uncertain: some Albanian and Bosniak parties that had supported his party in the independence referendum voted for a different candidate this time. The ecology professor and environmental activist Dragan Hajdukovic and the law professor Blagot Mitric also announced their candidacy . However, the two non-party members had already withdrawn their candidacy in advance because they could not bring together enough supporter signatures.

With 51.89% of the vote, Filip Vujanović was able to win the election with an absolute majority in the first ballot, a runoff would have taken place two weeks after the first ballot. In this case, the opposition had also announced that it would stand behind one of its applicants.

Conditions for the admission of candidacies

Each presidential candidate had to collect supporter signatures from 1.5% of those eligible to vote (7,266 signatures) in order to be allowed to vote. This quota was increased compared to the last election and the signatures had to be given in the local election office in the presence of two members of the local election commission. A lawsuit brought by Medojević, who believed that this provision had violated voting secrecy, was dismissed by the Constitutional Court of Montenegro on February 28.

The candidates

Filip Vujanović

Filip Vujanović

The dominant force in Montenegro since 1990, the Democratic Socialist Party of Montenegro , had actually nominated the former Prime Minister and Milo Djukanovic, who is considered the father of the nation, as the new president on December 27, 2007 as the successor to the incumbent president . Since this refused the offer, however, the incumbent incumbent Filip Vujanović rose for another term in the race. He was supported by his also social democratic coalition partners from the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP). Djukanovic later took over the post of Prime Minister after incumbent Prime Minister Zeljko Struanovic resigned on January 31 due to illness. The previous President Vujanović is known as an EU supporter and promised, among other things, the elimination of unemployment by the end of his term in office, although the office of President in Montenegro is a rather representative office. He was the only one who advocated joining NATO during the election campaign. His re-election campaign ran under the slogan "Without Dilemma".

Andrija Mandic

Andrija Mandic

Andrija Mandić was nominated for the Serbian List by the Serbian People's Party (SNS). He put his election campaign under the motto "Only the best can". Mandić voted for a closer connection with Belgrade and ruled out recognition of Kosovo and thus wooed the approximately 25 to 30% Serbs living in Montenegro, but could not tap the full potential there either. While he is fundamentally also pro-European, he is the only one of the four candidates to firmly reject joining NATO. Mandić does not recognize the result of the independence referendum either.

Nebojša Medojević

Nebojša Medojević was nominated by the opposition Movement for Change , or PzP for short. He speaks out primarily against the rampant corruption in his country and sees himself as an alternative to it. Medojević denounces that, in his opinion, the Montenegrin state is under the control of a few, wealthy families led by Prime Minister Djukanovic. He also accuses the government of having sold the riches of Montenegro to the Russians. According to a survey conducted in January 2007, 50% of Montenegrins believe that corruption is widespread in their government - but this is a good figure when compared to the other Balkan countries, whose approval rate for the same question is between 70 and 85%. He put his campaign under the motto "He should serve us in honor". He has no clear opinion about a possible membership in NATO.

Srđan Milić

The fourth candidate was Srđan Milić from the People's Socialist Party . He is the newest face of the four candidates in Montenegrin politics and only became known when he took over the leadership of the SNP. Like Mandić, his regular constituency among the Serbian minority. With his election slogan "It is time for justice" his focus on social issues. He is also strongly committed to a European-friendly policy, but has no clear stance on joining NATO. Like Mandić, he was against the recognition of Kosovo in the election campaign.

Course of the election campaign

The OSCE also described the course of the election campaign as calm in its report. The topics of the election campaign were the economy, European integration, investment, development and social welfare. The political differences are mainly based on ethnic and social group affiliations. This opposition consists for the most part of parties that are close to Serbia and still oppose Montenegro's independence. The election campaign was civilized and there was only limited use of nationalist rhetoric. Although Kosovo's declaration of independence was a regional issue for the Bosnians and Serbs, it was hardly discussed during the election campaign.

Survey

Institute date Vujanović Mandic Medojević Milic Other
CEDEM 15-20 February 2008 49.5% 14.8% 21.2% 9.9% 4.6%
CEDEM 14.-20. March 2008 52.8% 19.1% 18.3% 9.8%

Result

Overall result

space candidate Political party be right %
1 Filip Vujanović DPS 171.118 51.89%
2 Andrija Mandic SL 64,473 19.55%
3 Nebojša Medojević PzP 54.874 16.64%
4th Srđan Milić SNP 39,316 11.92%
be right %
Valid votes 329.781 98.6%
voter turnout 336,900 68.2%
Source: OSCE

Result by municipalities

Community results
_ Vujanović has an absolute majority
_ Relative majority for Vujanović
_ Relative majority for Milić
region Filip Vujanović Andrija Mandic Nebojša Medojević Srđan Milić voter turnout
Voters percent Voters percent Voters percent Voters percent
Andrijevica 1350 42.31% 764 23.94% 127 3.98% 950 29.77% 74.70%
bar 11064 55.92% 3100 15.67% 4072 20.58% 1548 7.82% 60.99%
Berane 10248 52.48% 4037 20.67% 2162 11.07% 3081 15.78% 69.41%
Bijelo Polje 16773 59.12% 5289 18.64% 2938 10.36% 3372 11.88% 71.39%
Budva 6137 66.02% 1228 13.21% 1195 12.85% 736 7.92% 70.92%
Danilovgrad 4622 52.04% 1680 18.91% 1294 14.57% 1286 14.48% 74.50%
Žabljak 1072 44.50% 519 21.54% 182 7.56% 636 26.40% 72.34%
Kolašin 2643 47.44% 1428 25.63% 720 12.92% 780 14.00% 78.03%
Kotor 5190 49.14% 2074 19.64% 2081 19.70% 1216 11.51% 60.61%
Mojkovac 2631 44.85% 1002 17.08% 747 12.73% 1486 25.33% 78.57%
Nikšić 20636 51.73% 8705 21.82% 5218 13.08% 5335 13.37% 71.49%
Plav 4695 69.99% 509 7.59% 893 13.31% 611 9.11% 53.05%
Plužine 606 26.64% 740 32.53% 170 7.47% 759 33.36% 70.67%
Pljevlja 7772 37.13% 6331 30.25% 3580 17.10% 3249 15.52% 76.25%
Podgorica 43855 48.60% 19108 21.18% 17683 19.60% 9592 10.63% 69.33%
Rožaje 9163 77.81% 152 1.29% 2314 19.65% 147 1.25% 59.00%
Tivat 3647 51.69% 1415 20.06% 1457 20.65% 536 7.60% 65.50%
Ulcinj 6513 66.75% 415 4.25% 2447 25.08% 382 3.92% 56.01%
Herceg Novi 5721 34.16% 5048 30.14% 3180 18.99% 2798 16.71% 68.14%
Cetinje 5479 63.81% 399 4.65% 2292 26.69% 417 4.86% 59.96%
Šavnik 883 50.63% 413 23.68% 64 3.67% 384 22.02% 78.91%
Prisons 418 68.75% 117 19.24% 58 9.54% 15th 2.47% -
Source: OSCE

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Euronews : Clear victory: Filip Vujanovic remains President of Montenegro . dated April 7, 2008.
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