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Montenegrin municipal elections were held in all 21 municipalities, between April 2004 and October 2006. It resulted in the decisive victory of the ruling Coalition for European Montenegro in 18 out of 21 municipalities, where he has secured a majority, on its own or in a coalition with national minority parties.
| Party | Votes | Seats [1] |
|---|---|---|
| Coalition for European Podgorica | 43.372 | 28 |
| A Better Podgorica | 38.279 | 24 |
| Social Democratic Party | 8.758 | 5 |
The local government was formed after an agreement between ruling Coalition for European Podgorica (composed by Democratic Party of Socialists, the Liberal Party and Bosniak Party), which was a relative winner of the election and Social Democratic Party which ran independently. Current mayor Miomir Mugoša (DPS) has been voted a new four-year mandate.
Liberal Party of Montenegro is a liberal political party in Montenegro, an associate member of ALDE and a full member of the Liberal International. The party advocates liberalism and the bringing down of Milo Đukanović's rule, seeing it as authoritarian and undemocratic. It had continued the fight against what it saw as the DPS' authoritarianism that the Liberal Alliance of Montenegro pursued since its foundation in 1990. However, the party changed its discourse and became a junior coalition partner of DPS both on local and national level.
The Bosniak Party is a Bosniak minority political party in Montenegro.
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, or just the Social Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in Montenegro. It is the only party in Montenegro to have full membership in the Socialist International.
17,039 or 68.4% of eligible voters voted. 16,649 of the votes are valid and 390 invalid.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist People's Party | 5,151 | 30.94% | 12 |
| Democratic Party of Socialists | 4,540 | 27.27% | 11 |
| Serb List | 2,425 | 14.56% | 5 |
| Movement for Changes | 1,526 | 9.17% | 3 |
| Social Democratic Party | 997 | 5.99% | 2 |
| People's Party | 692 | 4.16% | 1 |
| Democratic Centre of Boka | 620 | 3.72% | 1 |
| Democratic Serb Party | 374 | 2.25% | 1 |
| Coalition Liberal Party-Civic Party | 324 | 1.95% | 0 |
The turnout was 65.2% or 7,062. There were 6,938 valid and 124 invalid votes.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Socialists | 2,209 | 31.84% | 12 |
| Coalition Serb List (SNS-NSS-SSR-DSJ) | 1,025 | 14.77% | 5 |
| Social Democratic Party | 773 | 11.14% | 4 |
| Movement for Changes | 690 | 9.94% | 3 |
| Croatian Civic Initiative | 676 | 9.74% | 3 |
| Socialist People's Party | 518 | 7.47% | 2 |
| Liberal Party | 324 | 4.67% | 1 |
| People's Party | 303 | 4.37% | 1 |
| Democratic Serb Party | 297 | 4.28% | 1 |
| Montenegrin Democratic Movement | 123 | 1.77% | 0 |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Socialists | 4,607 | 40.81% | 14 |
| Socialist People's Party | 2,159 | 19.12% | 7 |
| Coalition Serb List (SNS-SSR-NSS-DSJ-DCB-DSS) | 1,305 | 11.56% | 4 |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,083 | 9.59% | 3 |
| Liberal Party | 787 | 6.97% | 2 |
| Movement for Changes | 533 | 4.72% | 1 |
| People's Party | 439 | 3.89% | 1 |
| Croatian Civic Initiative | 375 | 3.32% | 1 |
In seventeen other municipalities ruling Coalition for European Montenegro (DPS, SDP, LP and BS) stay in power in most municipalities. It held an absolute majority in Bar, Budva, Žabljak, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Šavnik, Mojkovac, Kolašin, Plav, Rožaje, Nikšić, Cetinje, Andrijevica and Berane. The opposition won only in Plužine, where the local SNP won absolute power, and in Pljevlja where local government was formed by joint opposition list. [3]
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