The vote was the first in the former Yugoslav republic of just over 620,000 people since Milo Djukanovic, former leader of the DPS, lost the presidential election in April and stepped down after 30 years in power.Īccording to CEMI, voter turnout by the time polls closed at 8 p.m.
Montenegrins hope the new administration will improve the country's economy and infrastructure, and take the NATO member state closer to EU membership. "There will be no government without (our) movement," he said. The conservative alliance For the Future of Montenegro, led by the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian Democratic Front, garnered 14.7%.Īnother pro-EU grouping comprising the Democratic Party and the URA movement of outgoing Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic came in fourth with 12.2%, CEMI said.Īleksa Becic, the leader of the Democratic Party said the alliance with URA would be a kingmaker in coalition talks. The state election commission is expected to announce the final results in the coming days. Out of 15 parties and alliances that took part in the vote, nine are seen to enter the parliament, the CEMI poll suggested. The pro-European Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and a group of small allied parties, which ruled Montenegro between 19, came in second with 23.7% of support, CEMI said on the basis of 98.7% of ballots counted in a representative sample of 400 polling stations across the country.Īccording to their own vote count, the DPS and its acting leader Danijel Zivkovic said they should have one deputy more than the PES. we will speak with everybody who shares our values," Milojko Spajic, the PES leader told reporters in his party headquarters. The PES, which has pro- European Union policies and also wants closer ties with neighbouring Serbia, failed to secure enough votes to rule alone and it will have to seek partners in the 81-seat parliament to form the government.
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