New Democratic Force (Montenegro)

Montenegrin political party

New Democratic Force

Nova demokratska snaga
Forca e Re Demokratike

Leader| Genci Nimanbegu
Founder| Nazif Cungu
Founded| 22 October 2005
Headquarters| Ulcinj
Ideology|

* Albanian minority interests
* Conservatism
* Pro-Europeanism

Political position| Centre-right
National affiliation| Albanian Alliance
(2023–present)
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"Forca" redirects here. For the Nelly Furtado song, see Força.

New Democratic Force (Montenegrin: Nova demokratska snaga, Albanian: Forca e Re Demokratike) is a political party of the Albanian minority in Montenegro.[1]

The party was founded on 22 October 2005 as a local minority party representing the Albanian population in Ulcinj. Nazif Cungu was elected as its president at the founding assembly. In April 2008, FORCA opened a branch of its party in Tuzi. On the 4th Congress of the party held on October 30, 2021, Genci Nimanbegu was elected as the new leader of the party.

## Electoral performance

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On last parliamentary elections, on 29 March 2009, Forca has one seat, becoming for the first time a parliamentary party.

In the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, it supported the opposition candidate, Nebojša Medojević.[2]

In the Municipal Parliament of Ulcinj, FORCA has 11 out of 33 seats.

In September 2016, FORCA agreed to form a pre-election alliance with Albanian Alternative (AA) and Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) for 2016 elections. The coalition won one seat in the election, which was allocated to a member of FORCA.

Prior of the 2020 elections, FORCA continuing close cooperation with the right-wing Albanian Alternative, forming a new coalition under the name Albanian List, coalition was also joined by other minor Albanian parties and movements.

### Parliamentary elections

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Election | Party leader  | Performance  | Alliance  | Government

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Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–
2006 | Nazif Cungu | 2,197  | 0.65%  |

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| New  | — | Extra-parliamentary
2009 | 2,939  | 0.89%  |

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|  1  | — | Opposition
2012 | 5,244  | 1.47%  |

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|  0  | ZJ | Support
2016 | 4,854  | 1.27%  |

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|  0  | AO | Support
2020 | 6,488  | 1.58%  |

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|  0  | AL | Opposition 2020–22
Coalition 2022–23
2023 | Genci Nimanbegu  | 4,512  | 1.49%  |

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|  0  | AA | Coalition

## References

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1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Montenegro". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020.
2. ^ Two parties announce support for Medojevic in Montenegrin presidential election (SETimes.com)

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