1996 Montenegrin parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro, at the time a constituent republic of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on November 3, 1996, the same day as the first round of the 1996 Serbian local elections.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists which won 45 of the 71 seats.

Electoral system

Of the 71 seats in Parliament, 64 were elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and seven were elected in a special constituency for minority lists. The electoral threshold was set at 6% and seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. Closed lists were used with a single list for both constituencies, although parties only had to award half their seats according to the order of the list, with the remaining half free for them to allocate.

Contesting parties

		Abbreviation	Main ideology	Leader
Democratic Party of Socialists Demokratska partija socijalista Демократска партија социјалиста		DPS	Social democracy Serbian–Montenegrin unionism	Momir Bulatović
Popular Unity Narodna Sloga Народна Слога	People's Party Narodna stranka Народна странка	NS	Conservatism Serbian–Montenegrin unionism	Novak Kilibarda
Popular Unity Narodna Sloga Народна Слога	Liberal Alliance of Montenegro Liberalni savez Crne Gore Либерални савез Црне Горе	LSCG	Liberalism Montenegrin nationalism	Slavko Perović
Party of Democratic Action of Montenegro Stranka Demokratske Akcije Странка демократске акције		SDA CG	Bosniak nationalism Social conservatism	Harun Hadžić
Democratic League in Montenegro Demokratski savez u Crnoj Gori Lidhja Demokratike në Mal të Zi		DS	Albanian minority interests Liberal conservatism	Mehmet Bardhi
Democratic Union of Albanians Demokratska unija Albanaca Unioni Demokratik i Shqipëtarëve		DUA	Albanian minority interests Social conservatism	Fuad Nimani

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	150,237	51.24	45	–1
	Popular Unity (NS–LSCG)	74,963	25.57	19	–8
	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	16,608	5.66	0	–4
	Serbian Radical Party	12,963	4.42	0	–8
	Party of Democratic Action of Montenegro	10,167	3.47	3	New
	Serb Union (SSS–SSJ)	5,848	1.99	0	New
	Democratic League in Montenegro	5,289	1.80	2	+2
	Communists of Montenegro (SKPJ–SKCG–DKP–NKPJ)	5,176	1.77	0	0
	Democratic Union of Albanians	3,849	1.31	2	New
	Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Montenegro	1,728	0.59	0	0
	Yugoslav United Left	1,668	0.57	0	New
	Serbian Democratic Party of Montenegro	1,603	0.55	0	New
	Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro	861	0.29	0	New
	Ecological Movement of Montenegro	711	0.24	0	0
	Natural Law Party of Montenegro	452	0.15	0	New
	Demo-Christian (Orthodox) Party	446	0.15	0	0
	Party for Protection of Savings of Montenegro	380	0.13	0	New
	Party of National Equality	214	0.07	0	New
	Seventh Force	16	0.01	0	New
	Union of Social Justice	5	0.00	0	New
Total		293,184	100.00	71	–14

Valid votes		293,184	97.43
Invalid/blank votes		7,742	2.57
Total votes		300,926	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		449,835	66.90
Source: Slavic-Eurasian Research Centre

References

^ Europa World Year, Book 2, 2004, p. 3696.

External links

[1] Europa World Year, Book 2, 2004, p. 3696.

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