2022 Montenegrin municipal elections

2022 Montenegrin local elections

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23 October (14 municipalities) | 2023 ->

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458 seats in local parliaments
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| DPS | Milo Đukanović |  | 110  | −86
| DF | Collective leadership |  | 98  | +52
| PES! | Milojko Spajić |  | 41  | +41
| BS | Ervin Ibrahimović |  | 39  | +10
| SNP | Vladimir Joković |  | 37  | −2
| DCG | Aleksa Bečić |  | 36  | −16
| SD | Damir Šehović |  | 33  | −7
| URA | Dritan Abazović |  | 25  | +14
| SDP | Raško Konjević |  | 23  | +10
| KSH | Gëzim Hajdinaga |  | 11  | +4
| AO | Nazif Cungu |  | 10  | −2
| BB | Radomir Novaković  |  | 2  | −3

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayoral seats before | Mayoral seats after

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DPS (10)
SNP (2)
BS (1)
SD (1)
DF (1)
Independent (1) | DF (4)
PES! (2)
DPS (2)
URA (1)
SNP (1)
DCG (1)
SD (1)
Independent (1)
BS (1)
DI (1)

Local elections were held in Montenegro in March and October 2022 in 13 municipalities and early elections in 2 municipalities.

In June 2021, President of the Parliament of Montenegro Aleksa Bečić started the initiative for organizing local elections in 17 or 18 municipalities in the same day in 2022.[1]

President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, set elections for 26 January 2022 in Berane and for 27 March Ulcinj.[2] On 4 February Montenegro Parliament changed the law for elections in municipalities with the goal that all elections are going to be held on one day,[3] but president Milo Đukanović did not support this change.

President Đukanović set early elections in Tivat and Budva[4][5] as well as regular elections: in Žabljak and Plužine for 5 June;[6] elections in Bijelo Polje and Šavnik for 12 June;[7] and elections in Bar, Danilovgrad, Kolašin and Podgorica for 19 June.[8]

After the new governing majority (DPS, URA, BS, SD and SNP) was formed, they gave initiative to shift elections in 14 municipalities for 23 October.[9]

## Results

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### March elections

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#### Berane

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Party / Coalition[10][11] | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS-SD-BS-LP |

3,798

25.6%

| 8 | No
SNP |

2,821

19%

| 0 | No
DF |

2,559

17.2%

| 0 | Yes
DCG |

2,452

16.5%

| 2 | Yes
ES |

1,601

10.8%

| 4 | Yes
PCG |

820

5.5%

| 2 | Yes
UCG |

688

4.6%

| 0 | Yes
BIA |

115

0.8%

| 0 | —

#### Ulcinj

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Party / Coalition[12] | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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URA–SD–SDP–AA–PD |

4,962

42.7%

| 2 | Yes
DPS–BS |

2,108

18.2%

| 3 | No
DUA–DSCG |

2,037

17.5%

| 2 | No
Forca |

1,674

14.4%

| 3 | Yes
DCG |

829

7.1%

| 2 | No

### October elections

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#### Budva

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DF | 5,690 | 49.5% | 18 | 7 | Yes
DPS–SD–SDP–LP–GI 21 May | 3,077 | 26.8% | 9 | 3 | No
DCG–DEMOS | 1,500 | 13.0% | 4 | 2 | Yes
URA | 604 | 5.2% | 1 |  | Yes
SNP | 401 | 3.5% | 1 | 1 | Yes
PCG | 127 | 1.1% | 0 | 1 | —
GA | 99 | 0.9% | 0 |  | —

#### Tivat

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SD–SDP–LP | 2,604 | 34.1% | 12 | 2 | No
NP–ES–DCG–DSS | 2,196 | 28.7% | 10 | 1 | Yes
HGI | 657 | 8.6% | 3 | 1 | No
DF | 656 | 8.6% | 3 | 3 | Yes
KL | 537 | 7.0% | 2 | new | Yes
TA–GB | 333 | 4.4% | 1 | 0 | Yes
BF | 306 | 4.0% | 1 | 1 | Yes
URA–SNP | 185 | 2.4% | - | 0 | —
AZT | 170 | 2.2% | - | 1 | —

#### Plužine

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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SNP | 1,066 | 55.7% | 17 | 1 | Yes
NSD | 394 | 20.6% | 6 | 2 | No
DCG–DSS | 246 | 12.9% | 4 |  | No
DPS–SD | 144 | 7.5% | 2 | 4 | No
URA | 63 | 3.3% | 1 | new | No

#### Žabljak

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SD | 746 | 32.1% | 11 | 7 | No
DI | 489 | 21.0% | 6 | new | Yes
DF | 412 | 17.7% | 5 |  | Yes
DCG | 376 | 16.2% | 5 | 1 | Yes
SNP | 210 | 9.0% | 2 |  | No
PCG | 92 | 4.0% | 1 | new | Yes

#### Bijelo Polje

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SD–SDP–BPP-LP | 9,607 | 38.6% | 15 | 10 | Yes
DF | 3,510 | 14.1% | 5 | 1 | No
DCG–UCG | 3,176 | 12.7% | 5 | 2 | No
BS | 2,859 | 11.5% | 4 | 2 | Yes
ES | 2,504 | 10.0% | 4 | new | No
SNP | 1,500 | 6.0% | 2 |  | No
URA | 1,255 | 5.0% | 2 |  | No
PCG | 229 | 0.9% | - |  | —
SPP | 125 | 0.5% | - |  | —
SSL | 107 | 0.4% | - | new | —
NGZ | 45 | 0.2% | - | new | —

#### Šavnik

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Šavnik elections were particularly noteworthy due to a high amount of incidents and so called "Election Tourists" on the election day which prompted them to organize repeat elections the following Sunday. However, that one was also rendered invalid due to a large amount of incidents. This continued on for several more weeks before the municipal electoral body gave up and didn't organize any further repeat elections.[13][14][15][16][17] As of December 2023, no outcome has been reached, and the pre-election government remains in power.

Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DCG–ES–UCG |  |  |  |  |
DF–SNP |  |  |  |  |
DPS–SD |  |  |  |  |

#### Bar

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SDP–LP | 8,267 | 37.6% | 15 | 2 | Yes
DCG–ES–UCG | 4,014 | 18.2% | 7 | 4 | No
DF | 2,698 | 12.3% | 5 | 4 | No
SD | 2,290 | 10.4% | 4 | 3 | Yes
URA–Civis–AA | 1,815 | 8.2% | 3 | 2 | No
BB | 1,141 | 5.2% | 2 | 3 | No
BS | 859 | 3.9% | 1 |  | No
SNP | 425 | 1.9% | - | 1 | —
PCG | 375 | 1.7% | - | 1 | —
SPP | 123 | 0.6% | - | new | —

#### Danilovgrad

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SD–LP | 2,495 | 27.1% | 10 | 12 | No
ES | 2,110 | 22.9% | 8 | new | Yes
DF | 1,361 | 14.8% | 5 | 2 | Yes
DCG | 1,154 | 12.5% | 4 | 1 | Yes
URA | 484 | 5.2% | 2 | 1 | Yes
SDP | 364 | 3.9% | 1 | 1 | No
SNP | 323 | 3.5% | 1 |  | Yes
Preokret | 296 | 3.2% | 1 | new | No
UCG-PCG | 288 | 3.1% | 1 |  | Yes
21 May | 207 | 2.2% | - | new | —
DNS | 135 | 1.5% | - | new | —

#### Kolašin

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SDP–SD | 1,334 | 29.5% | 9 | 8 | No
DCG–UCG | 1,209 | 26.7% | 9 | 3 | Yes
DF | 619 | 13.7% | 4 | 1 | Yes
ES | 525 | 11.6% | 3 | new | Yes
SNP | 404 | 8.9% | 3 | 1 | Yes
ZNK | 269 | 5.9% | 2 | new | No
URA | 161 | 3.6% | 1 | new | Yes

#### Podgorica

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DPS–SDP–SD–LP–GI21M–BS–DUA | 37,518 | 38.1% | 24 | 11 | No
ES | 21,388 | 21.7% | 13 | new | Yes
DF–PCG–SCG | 17,953 | 18.2% | 11 | 5 | Yes
DCG–UCG–Demos | 10,628 | 10.8% | 6 | 7 | Yes
URA–Civis–AA | 6,265 | 6.4% | 4 | 1 | Yes
SNP | 2,719 | 2.8% | - | 2 | —
PP | 1,807 | 1.8% | - | new | —
SSL | 220 | 0.2% | - | new | —

#### Plav

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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SD–SDP–DPS | 2281 | 46.7% | 16 | 3 | Yes
BS | 1046 | 21.4% | 7 |  | Yes
DF–PCG | 648 | 13.3% | 4 | 3 | No
URA–AA | 549 | 11.2% | 3 | 2 | No
SNP | 219 | 4.5% | 1 |  | No
ES | 140 | 2.9% | - | new | —

#### Pljevlja

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DF–SCG | 5,620 | 32.7% | 12 | 8 | Yes
DPS–BS–SD–SDP | 4,584 | 26.7% | 9 | 11 | No
DCG–UCG–PP | 3,545 | 20.6% | 7 | 2 | Yes
ES | 2,136 | 12.4% | 4 | new | Yes
SNP–URA | 1,176 | 6.8% | 2 |  | Yes
SPP | 128 | 0.7% | 0 |  | —

#### Rožaje

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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BS | 7,138 | 57.9 | 22 | 3 | Yes
DPS–SD–SDP–LP | 2,830 | 23.0 | 8 | 7 | No
URA | 865 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | No
SPP | 764 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | No
ES | 277 | 2.3 | 0 |  | —
NSD–SNP | 236 | 1.9 | 0 |  | —
DCG | 216 | 1.7 | 0 |  | —

#### Zeta

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Party / Coalition  | Popular vote  | % of vote  | Seats  | ±  | Gov't

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DF–PCG–SCG | 4.502 | 49.2% | 16 | new municipality | Yes
DPS–SD–SDP | 2.335 | 25.5% | 8 | new municipality | No
DCG | 1.933 | 21.1% | 7 | new municipality | Yes
SNP | 384 | 4.2% | 1 | new municipality | Yes

## List of mayors and local governments

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Municipality  | Mayor before elections  | Party  | Mayor after elections  | Party  | Local government

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Podgorica | Ivan Vuković |  | DPS | Olivera Injac |  | ES |

ES-DF-DCG-URA

Bijelo Polje | Petar Smolović  |  | DPS | Petar Smolović  |  | DPS  |

DPS-SD-BS-SDP

Bar | Dušan Raičević  |  | DPS | Dušan Raičević  |  | DPS  |

DPS-SD-SDP

Pljevlja | Rajko Kovačević  |  | DPS | Dario Vraneš  |  | DF |

DF-DCG–UCG–PP-ES

Berane | Tihomir Bogavac  |  | SNP | Vuko Todorović  |  | DF |

DF-DCG-ES-UCG-PCG

Rožaje | Rahman Husović  |  | BS | Rahman Husović  |  | BS |

Ulcinj | Aleksandar Dabović  |  | DPS | Omer Bajraktari  |  | URA |

URA-DP-SD-SDP-FORCA

Danilovgrad | Zorica Kovačević  |  | DPS | Aleksandar Grgurović  |  | ES |

ES-DF-DCG-URA-SNP-UCG-PCG

Plav | Nihad Canović  |  | SD | Nihad Canović  |  | SD  |

SD-BS-SDP-DPS

Kolašin | Milosav Bulatović  |  | DPS | Vladimir Martinović  |  | DCG |

DCG-UCG-DF-ES-SNP-URA

Žabljak | Veselin Vukićević  |  | DPS | Radoš Žugić  |  | DI |

DI-DF-DCG-PCG

Plužine | Mijuško Bajagić  |  | SNP | Slobodan Delić  |  | SNP |

SNP–URA

Šavnik | Velimir Perišić  |  | DPS | TBA  |  | TBA  |

DPS-SD

Budva | Marko Carević |  | DF | Milo Božović  |  | DF |

DF-DCG-URA-SNP

Tivat | Željko Komnenović  |  | Ind. | Željko Komnenović  |  | Ind. |

NP–ES–DCG–DSS-DF-KL-TA–GB-BF

Zeta  | Tanja Stajović  |  | DPS | Mihailo Asanović  |  | DF  |

DF-DCG-SNP

## References

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1. ^ İzbori da budu istog dana u 18 opstina RTCG, 13 July 2021
2. ^ Izbori u beranama i ulcinju 27 Marta RTCG, 26 January 2022
3. ^ Lokalni izbori u 14 opština u jednom danu; Koprivica: Motiv je da se pobjegne od suda građana Vijesti, 4 February 2022
4. ^ Đukanović raspisao izbore u Tivtu za 5. jun CdM, 12 March 2022
5. ^ Đukanović raspisao prevremene izbore u Budvi za 5. jun N1, 2 April 2022
6. ^ Lokalni izbori na Žabljaku i u Plužinama 5. juna RTCG, 6 April 2022
7. ^ U Bijelom Polju 358 glasača manje, a u Šavniku 21 Vijesti, 15 April 2022
8. ^ Izbori u Baru, Danilovgradu, Kolašinu i Podgorici 19. juna RTCG, 20 April 2022
9. ^ Lokalni izbori biće održani 23. oktobra Vijesti 10 May 2022
10. ^ "DPS-u devet mandata, SNP-u sedam, ZBB i Demokratama po šest..." RTCG (in Montenegrin). Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
11. ^ "Zapisnik o radu OIK Berane" (PDF).
12. ^ "Raspored mandata - Ulcinj" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
13. ^ "Opozicija u prednosti pred "treću ofanzivu"".
14. ^ "Šavnik: Poništeni izbori na dva biračka mjesta". www.cdm.me. 13 November 2022.
15. ^ "Prekinuto glasanje na oba biračka mjesta u Šavniku, na izbore i narednog vikenda". www.cdm.me. 20 November 2022.
16. ^ "Propao šesti pokušaj: Preknuto glasanje u Šavniku, naredne nedjelje novi krug". www.cdm.me. 27 November 2022.
17. ^ "Propao i sedmi izborni krug u Šavniku, glasaće se ponovo sljedeće nedjelje". www.cdm.me. 4 December 2022.

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