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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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City Assembly elections were held in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, on 27 May 2018. [1] Parties and coalitions ran for 61 seats in the Assembly, with 3% election threshold required to win seats.
Voters in Podgorica determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 3% may enter the Assembly. The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle.
The following are the electoral lists proclaimed by the Capital City Electoral Commission: [2]
| No. | Ballot Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | For the sake of citizens of Podgorica. Winning Coalition – Milo Đukanović |
| 2 | Citizen Group – Saša Mijović |
| 3 | Civic Alliance for Changes (SDP – DEMOS – Free Citizens) |
| 4 | United Montenegro – Goran Danilović – Serious People for a Serious City |
| 5 | Democratic Front – Socialist People's Party – Everything for my City |
| 6 | Albanian Alternative [minority party] |
| 7 | Social Democrats – Ivan Brajović – Consistently for Podgorica |
| 8 | Marko Milačić – For Podgorica to be a Family – True Montenegro |
| 9 | Aleksa Bečić - Dritan Abazović – Podgorica for the 21st Century – Democrats – URA |
| 10 | Serb Coalition – Dobrilo Dedeić |
Democratic Montenegro (DCG) and United Reform Action (URA) decided to run together under the name the "Podgorica for 21st century", with DCG member Vladimir Čađenović as ballot carrier.
Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided to form a pre-election alliance with Democratic Alliance (DEMOS) under the name the "Civic Alliance for Changes", with SDP member Ivan Vujović as ballot carrier.
Bosniak Party (BS) decided to sign an agreement with ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Liberal Party (LP), as did the Montenegrin (CRN), Positive Montenegro (PCG) and Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA), with university professor Ivan Vuković as ballot carrier, while the current Mayor Migo Stijepović took second place on electoral list.
Social Democrats (SD) decided to run independently under the slogan "Consistently for Podgorica", with current president of Podgorica City Assembly Đorđe Suhih as ballot carrier.
Socialist People's Party (SNP) and Democratic Front (DF) agreed to form a pre-election local alliance under the slogan "Everything for my City", with DF member and MP Slaven Radunović as ballot carrier.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Socialists coalition | 48,043 | 47.6% | 32 |
| Democratic Montenegro-United Reform Action | 26,032 | 25.7% | 17 |
| Democratic Front-Socialist People's Party | 12,291 | 12.3% | 8 |
| Social Democrats | 5,122 | 5.1% | 3 |
| Social Democratic Party-Demos | 2,985 | 2.9% | - |
| True Montenegro | 2,399 | 2.3% | - |
| Albanian Alternative [minority party] | 1,478 | 1.8% | 1 |
| United Montenegro | 1,409 | 1.4% | - |
| Citizen Group – Saša Mijović | 746 | 0.7% | - |
| Serb Coalition | 199 | 0.3% | - |
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