Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 11 May 2003.[1] They were the third such elections in six months, as those held in December 2002 and February 2003 had been declared invalid due to voter turnouts of less than 50%.[2] For the May election, the turnout rule was abolished. The result was a victory for Filip Vujanović, who was nominated by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro and Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, who received 64.2% of the vote. Vujanović had also won both previous votes by a large margin. The elections were boycotted by the opposition Together for Change coalition.
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| Registered | 458,888 | |||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 48.32% | |||||||||||||||
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Results
editAlthough 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 | 139,574 | 64.25 | |
| Miodrag Živković | Liberal Alliance of Montenegro | 68,169 | 31.38 | |
| Dragan Hajduković | Independent | 9,501 | 4.37 | |
| Total | 217,244 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 217,244 | 97.97 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,508 | 2.03 | ||
| Total votes | 221,752 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 458,888 | 48.32 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1370 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Montenegro poll fails BBC News, 9 February 2003