The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ruling party sitting at the opposition for the first time as of 2020, it was formed on 22 June 1991 as the successor of the League of Communists of Montenegro, which had governed Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since World War II, and has remained a major force in the country ever since. A member of the Socialist International and the Progressive Alliance, and an associate of the Party of European Socialists, the DPS was the major centre-left, social-democratic party, broadly embracing democratic socialism and Serbian-Montenegrin unionism but has since shifted to the right and has become a catch-all party embracing Atlanticism, Montenegrin nationalism, neoliberalism, and pro-Europeanism.
The Socialist People's Party of Montenegro is a political party in Montenegro. It is a social-democratic and socially conservative party, that is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum with regard to economic matters. It is supportive of accession of Montenegro to the European Union, and was historically supportive of Serbian–Montenegrin unionism.
Movement for Changes is a right-wing populist, sovereignist and conservative political party in Montenegro. Its current leader is Nebojša Medojević, the party's founder.
Liberal Party of Montenegro is a liberal political party in Montenegro.
Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro is a minor communist political party in Montenegro. The party mostly gathers pensioners, mainly with Titoistic and nostalgic feelings towards life in the former Communist Yugoslavia (SFRJ).
The Democratic Front is a right-wing populist and social conservative political alliance in Montenegro. It is currently composed of the New Serb Democracy, Movement for Changes and Democratic People's Party, with Yugoslav Communist Party, Serb Radical Party and some other minor parties as the alliance's partners at the local level, while United Montenegro and Workers' Party are external members of the Democratic Front parliamentary group. The main goal of the DF is to overthrow the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, which was in power in country since introduction of the multi-party system in 1990, until 2020 parliamentary election.
Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 30 August 2020. They were the fifth parliamentary in Montenegro since gaining its independence in 2006. Eighty-one members of the Montenegrin parliament were elected. Elections were organized in special conditions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro. The parliamentary election was also held simultaneously with the local elections in five municipalities.
Democratic Montenegro, also known as the Democrats, is a conservative liberal, centrist, populist and pro-European political party in Montenegro. Democrats currently has nine MPs in the Parliament of Montenegro, elected in 2020, from the big tent Peace is Our Nation (MNN) electoral list. Its founder and current leader is Aleksa Bečić, former President of the Parliament. It is also the second largest political party in the parliament.
The Democratic People's Party is a populist and social conservative political party in Montenegro.
Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 15 April 2018. Former Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, leader of the ruling DPS was elected as new President of Montenegro in the first round.
Marko Milačić is a Montenegrin politician. He is the founder and current president of minor right-wing populist political party True Montenegro. He ran for president of Montenegro in the 2018 election, and received 2.8% of the popular vote.
In February 2019, protests began in Montenegro against President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Duško Marković, and the government led by the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which has been in power since the introduction of multi-party system in 1990.
The Peace is Our Nation, initially announced as the Citizens' Bloc is a big tent, moderate and pro-European political coalition in Montenegro, formed for the August 2020 parliamentary election.
The Popular Movement of Montenegro, commonly known as simply Popular Movement, is a conservative regionalist political party in Montenegro, formed in February 2021 from the political alliance of the same name. The alliance, which was formed back in May 2020 prior to the August parliamentary election, ran within the common opposition "For the Future of Montenegro" list. The party also seeks to represent Serb ethnic interests. Party founder and current leader is Montenegrin-Serbian businessman Miodrag "Daka" Davidović, who is known as a great benefactor of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a longtime financier of the Montenegrin opposition during the a thirty-year long DPS-led regime in Montenegro. NP has no seats in the national parliament and is yet to contest the elections, its currently operating regionally within the country's second-largest municipality of Nikšić and its surronding areas.
For the Future of Montenegro was a catch-all, mainly cultural conservative and populist pre-election opposition political coalition in Montenegro, formed for the August 2020 parliamentary election. The coalition common list for 2020 election is led by a Montenegrin university professor, Zdravko Krivokapić.
Zdravko Krivokapić is a Montenegrin professor and politician who served as Prime minister of Montenegro from 2020 to 2022.
Vladislav Dajković is a Montenegrin-Serb politician. He was one of the founders and former secretary general of the True Montenegro, a right-wing populist pro-Serbian political party in Montenegro, which he left in 2019, after which he founded another right-wing party, Free Montenegro.
Miodrag "Daka" Davidović is a Montenegrin businessman, economist and politician, prominent representative of Serbs from Montenegro, benefactor of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a longtime financier of the Montenegrin opposition during the a thirty-year long DPS rule in Montenegro. Davidović is founder and the current leader of the Popular Movement, conservative political party in Montenegro.
The Patriotic Komitas Union of Montenegro is an ethnic nationalist, right-wing populist and anti-Serbian political party in Montenegro which was founded in late 2020, shortly after the 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election. The party has no seats in the national parliament, and is yet to contest the parliamentary election.
Ne damo Crnu Goru, lit. 'We won't give up Montenegro', is a moderate right, pro-EU, as well as pro-Serbian Orthodox Church, political organization in Montenegro, which became an influential civil and political movement during the 2020 religion law prostests, founded by Montenegrin professors and intellectuals in support of the Serbian Orthodox Church-led protests after a controversial religion law targeted the legal status and the property of the Church. Its founder and first chairman was university professor Zdravko Krivokapić, who led major opposition list, For the Future of Montenegro at the 2020 parliamentary election, which resulted in a victory for the opposition and the fall from power of the ruling DPS, which had ruled the country since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990. Krivokapić was eventually selected new prime minister-designate by the new parliamentary majority, taking office of PM in December 2020, with many members and founders have found themselves in leading positions in the new government.
