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Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 31 October 1907. [1]
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Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 31 October 1907. [1]
The elections were boycotted by the People's Party (The Club members), which had complained of intimidation and claimed that they had been portrayed as hostile to Prince Nicholas. [2] The offices of the People's Party's journal in Nikšić was wrecked on two occasions, whilst a café known to be a meeting place of People's Party members was also attacked. [2] The newly-formed royalist True People's Party (The Rightists) were supported by the royal court and the army. [2]
The newly elected National Assembly of Montenegro (parliament) met for the first time on 21 November 1907. [1] Following the elections, 150 members of the boycotting People's Party (NS) were arrested for alleged treason. [3]
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