2006 Montenegrin parliamentary election

none Montenegro 71.37% (6.10pp) 10 September 2006 2002 2009 European Montenegro Milo Đukanović 39 41 48.62 Serb List #0067A5 Andrija Mandić 6 12 14.68 SNP–NS–DSS Predrag Bulatović 24 11 14.07 Movement for Changes Nebojša Medojević new 11 13.13 LP–BS Miodrag Živković new 3 3.76 DSCG–PDP Osman Rexha 1 1 1.29 Democratic Union of Albanians Gëzim Hajdinaga 1 1 1.09 Albanian Alternative Vasilj Siništaj new 1 0.78 Prime Minister Milo Đukanović Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Željko Šturanović Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the newly-independent Republic of Montenegro on 10 September 2006. Prime Minister Milo Đukanović's Coalition for a European Montenegro (based around the Democratic Party of Socialists) won a majority in Parliament, winning 41 of the 81 seats. The opposition blocs together won 34 seats; 12 for the Serb List (SL) and 11 each for the Socialist People's Party (SNP)-led list and the Movement for Changes (PzP). Other seats were won by parties representing national minorities. As the opposition conceded defeat, DPS leader Đukanović stated "These elections showed that Montenegro is stable and firm on its European path."Djukanovic's coalition claims absolute victory Podgorica Makfax, 11 September 2006 Electoral system Of the 81 seats in Parliament, 76 were elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and five were elected in a special constituency for the Albanian minority.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1370 978-3-8329-5609-7 The electoral threshold was set at 3% and seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. Closed lists were used with a single list for both constituencies, although parties only had to award half their seats according to the order of the list, with the remaining half free for them to allocate. Campaign The main campaign issues were the economy, unemployment, the environment and European integration.Nohlen & Stöver, p1367 The government campaigned on the recent successful independence referendum and international recognition of the country. Opposition parties criticised the performance of state institutions, as well as criticising their politicisation, but suffered from internal divisions and the formation of new parties. Although the Đukanović government made a decision not to pay for parties' election campaigns using state funds, it eventually relented and funding was distributed equally between all parties. Opinion polls One opinion poll leading up to the elections suggested Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) could win as much as 30%-45% of the vote, but that would still leave him needing a coalition partner. According to the same poll, the three pro-Serb opposition alliances could each win between 10% and 20% of the vote - potentially enough to unseat the Prime Minister if they succeed in uniting against him. All three claimed their main priority was to replace Đukanović. However, the Prime Minister himself did not rule out joining forces with the main opposition bloc, led by the Socialist People's Party.Q&A: Montenegro votes BBC News, 11 September 2006 Results General Albanian Total +/– European Montenegro 164737 39 2 41 +2 Serb List 49730 12 0 12 +6 #0067A5 SNP–NS–DSS 47683 11 0 11 –13 Movement for Changes 44483 11 0 11 New Liberals and Bosniak Party 12748 3 0 3 New DSCG–PDP Coalition 4373 0 1 1 0 Democratic Union of Albanians 3693 0 1 1 0 Civic List 2906 0 0 0 New Albanian Alternative 2656 0 1 1 New Communists of Montenegro 2343 0 0 0 New New Democratic Force 2197 0 0 0 New Democratic Party of Montenegro 1286 0 0 0 New 6922 +6 484430 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:Parliamentary elections in Montenegro Montenegro Parliamentary election Montenegro Category:December 2006 elections