14 October 2012 2016 → 45.60 39 DF Miodrag Lekić Start date 2012 | ECG Milo Đukanović 39 -7 22.82 20 | |
Early parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 14 October 2012. The result was a victory for the ruling Coalition for a European Montenegro led by Milo Đukanović, which won 39 of the 81 seats.
Contents
Electoral system
Elections in Montenegro are free, with the right of secret ballot guaranteed. Because the country has a single national voting district, all votes cast at individual voting stations across the country went towards a single total. The electoral threshold was 3%, so electoral lists receiving under three percent of the total votes cast were crossed out, and the MPs within the assembly were split amongst the remaining lists. Seats were distributed by the D'Hondt method, which slightly favors leading lists above the smaller ones. The Parliament's mandate lasts four years.
Parties and coalitions
Several coalitions were formed or continued for the election:
A newly formed party, Positive Montenegro led by Darko Pajović, ran independently.