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| Registered | 456,981 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 45.87% (election invalid) | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002. [1]
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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002. [1]
The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović. [2] The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution. [2]
Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the Greens of Montenegro, he ran as an independent.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Filip Vujanović | Democratic Party of Socialists | 175,328 | 85.73 | |
| Dragan Hajduković | Independent | 12,319 | 6.02 | |
| Aleksandar Vasiljević | Serbian Radical Party | 6,448 | 3.15 | |
| Milo Radulović | Natural Law Party | 3,115 | 1.52 | |
| Obrad Marković | Yugoslav Communists | 1,747 | 0.85 | |
| Jovan Pejović | Independent | 1,704 | 0.83 | |
| Milan Šparović | Independent | 1,229 | 0.60 | |
| Ilija Darmanović | Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro | 971 | 0.47 | |
| Milivoje Bakić | Independent | 717 | 0.35 | |
| Đorđije Milić | Independent | 489 | 0.24 | |
| Mihailo Marković | Independent | 437 | 0.21 | |
| Total | 204,504 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 204,504 | 97.57 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,094 | 2.43 | ||
| Total votes | 209,598 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 456,981 | 45.87 | ||
| Source: IFES | ||||
Although Filip Vujanović won the election with 86% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid. [1] Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in May when the turnout rule was abolished.
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