2021 Montenegrin municipal elections

Local elections were held on 14 March 2021 in Nikšić Municipality, on 9 May 2021 in Herceg Novi Municipality, while the elections in the municipalities of Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica were held on 5 December 2021.[1]

2021 Montenegrin local elections
Montenegro
← 2020 14 March-9 May (Nikšić and H. Novi)
5 December (3 municipalities)
2022 →

170 seats in local parliaments
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
DPS-SD[a] Milo Đukanović 43.52 72 −43
MNN[b] Aleksa Bečić 18.82 32 +11
DF-SNP[c] Andrija Mandić 15.88 28 +16
CnB[d] Dritan Abazović 7.05 12 +5
SDP Raško Konjević 5.29 9 +4
NL[e] Savo Marić 4.11 7 +4
BS Ervin Ibrahimović 3.52 6 +1
SG LSCG[f] Goran Vušurović 1.76 3 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayoral seats before Mayoral seats after
DPS/SD (4)
MNN (1)
DF/SNP (2)
MNN (1)
SDP (1)
DPS/SD (1)

Elections resulted in won for local-level opposition parties in 3 out of 5 municipalities. Large coalition consisting of the former ZBCG (led by DF), MNN (led by DCG) and CnB (led by URA) formed local government in Nikšić and Mojkovac municipalities, while SDP and the independent list "Old Guard of the LSCG" rise in Cetinje Old Royal Capital. The DPS keep governing in Petnjica, in coalition with SD and BS, while the DCG keep its mayoral post in Herceg Novi, in coalition with the local DF and URA. Novska Lista is a local pro-Serb Herceg Novi based political party that started from few former NSD and SNP members who left in 2012, few months after creation of DF.

Results

March elections

Nikšić

Party / Coalition Seats Local government
DPSSDLPCG–PKS
18 / 41
Opposition
DFSNP Coalition
11 / 41
Government
Peace is Our Nation
10 / 41
Government
United Reform Action
1 / 41
Government
Popular Movement
1 / 41
Opposition

May elections

Herceg Novi

Party / Coalition[2][3][4] Popular vote % of votes Seats ± Gov't
DCG–Demos
4,568
27.29%
10
 1 Yes
DPSSD
3,680
21.99%
8
 5 No
DFSNP
3,246
19.39%
7
 1 Yes
"Novska lista"
3,195
19.09%
7
 3 Yes
URA–CIVIS
1,281
7.65%
2
 2[g] Yes
PCG
768
4.59%
1
New Yes

December elections

Cetinje

Party / Coalition Seats Local government
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
14 / 33
Opposition
United Reform Action
4 / 33
Support
Democratic Montenegro
3 / 33
Support
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
8 / 33
Government
LSCG - Old Guard
3 / 33
Government
SD-LP
1 / 33
Opposition

Mojkovac

Party / Coalition[6] Popular vote % of votes Seats ± Gov't
DPSSDLP
2,395
43.9%
14
 5 No
DFSNP
1,320
24.2%
8
 2 Yes
DCG
735
13.4%
4
 1 Yes
NDM
348
6.4%
2
New Yes
URA
334
6.1%
2
 1 Supp.
UCG
328
6.0%
1
New Supp.

Petnjica

Party / Coalition[7] Popular vote % of vote Seats ± Gov't
DPS
1,390
48.7%
16
 4 Yes
BS
519
18.2%
6
 1 Yes
SPP
334
11.7%
3
 2 No
DCG
203
7.1%
2
 1 No
SD
202
7.1%
2
 1 Yes
SDP
115
4.0%
1
 0 No
SNP
89
3.1%
1
 1 No

List of mayors and local governments

Municipality Mayor before elections Party Current Mayor Party Local government
Nikšić Veselin Grbović DPS Marko Kovačević DF DF-SNP-DCG-URA
Herceg Novi Stevan Katić DCG Stevan Katić DCG DCG-DF-SNP-NL-URA-PCG
Cetinje Aleksandar Kašćelan DPS Nikola Đurašković SDP SDP-SG LSCG-URA-DCG
Mojkovac Ranko Mišnić DPS Vesko Delić DF DF-DCG-SNP-URA
Petnjica Samir Agović DPS Erol Muratović DPS DPS-SD-BS

Notes

  1. ^ Include other minor coalition partners, such as LP and PKS. SD run separately in Cetinje and Petnjica.
  2. ^ Including 4 seats won by the NDCG members in Nikšić, Herceg Novi and Mojkovac. The NDCG run as an independent list at the Mojkovac election.
  3. ^ Include various other minor coalition partners, such as SRS, SCG and JKP. SNP run independently at the elections in Cetinje and Petnjica, winning one seat.
  4. ^ Including 3 seats won by the Bosniak ethnic minority SPP at the Petnjica local election.
  5. ^ Independent local list run only in Herceg Novi.
  6. ^ Independent local list run only in Cetinje.
  7. ^ At the previous local election in Herceg Novi, United Reform Action participated in a coalition with the Social Democratic Party and together they won one seat, that seat being won by a member of SDP, effectively making URA an extra-parliamentary party on the local level in Herceg Novi.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Izbori u Nikšiću 14. marta - Svet - Dnevni list Danas". www.danas.rs (in Serbian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. ^ Herceg Novi: Uzlet Demokrata i pad Đukanovićeve DPS, Radio Slobodna Evropa, 10 May 2021
  3. ^ Demokrate osvojile 10 mandata, DPS-SD osam, ZBHN i Novska lista po 7, URA dva mandata, Vijesti, 9 May 2021
  4. ^ "Konačni rezultati za izbor odbornika u Skupštinu Opštine Herceg Novi" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-07.
  5. ^ Konačni rezultati izbora za odbornike SO Herceg Novi, 2017, OIK Herceg Novi (May 2017)
  6. ^ Evo kako su glasali Mojkovac i Petnjica, RTCG, 5 December 2021
  7. ^ OIK Petnjica: DPS 17 mandata, BS 6, SPP 3, SD i Demokrate po 2, SDP 1, Vijesti, 5 December 2021