2023 Montenegrin presidential election

2023 Montenegrin presidential election
Registered	542,154
Turnout	64.07% (first round) 0.15pp; 70.14% (second round) 6.07pp
	; Đukanović Milatović Mandić ; Milatović Đukanović
President before election; Milo Đukanović; DPS	Elected President ; Jakov Milatović; PES!

Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 19 March 2023. Long-ruling incumbent president Milo Đukanović was eligible for re-election.^[1] Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round vote was held on 2 April. In the first round, Đukanović, leader of the populist DPS, received 35%, coming first. Jakov Milatović, candidate of the newly formed centrist Europe Now! movement, running on an anti-corruption platform, outperformed the polls, gaining 29% of the votes and faced Đukanović in the second round. Andrija Mandić, one of the leaders of the right-wing populist DF secured 19% of the votes, finishing third in the first round.^[2]^[3] The second round runoff resulted in Milatović defeating Milo Đukanović in a landslide, becoming the first elected president not being a member of the Đukanović's DPS since introduction of the multi-party system in 1990, winning roughly 60% of the popular vote. It was the first time a runoff vote was held since the 1997 election, making it first presidential runoff since Montenegro gained independence in 2006, also the first election since 1997 where an incumbent president actively seeking reelection was denied a second term.^[4]^[5]

The presidential election was followed by the 2023 Montenegrin parliamentary election, held on 11 June 2023.^[6]^[7]^[8] The Europe Now! movement won a plurality of seats while the DPS led Together! coalition came in second after losing seats.^[9]

^ Đurović raspisala: Predsjednički izbori 19. marta Archived 16 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine, RTCG, 16 January 2023
^ Po preliminarnim rezultatima Đukanović i Milatović u drugom krugu, RTCG, 19 March 2023
^ Đukanović i Milatović idu u drugi krug, Vijesti, 19 March 2023
^ Jakov Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio: Dobio 60,1 odsto glasova, Đukanović 39,9 %, RTCG, 2 April 2023
^ Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio Đukanovića, Vijesti, 2 April 2023
^ President Of Montenegro Dissolves Parliament, Clearing Way For Early Elections, Radio Free Europe, 16 March 2023
^ Montenegro's president dissolves parliament as election nears, Al Jazeera, 16 March 2023
^ Montenegro: President Milo Đukanović decided to dissolve the parliament, Europe Elects, 17 March 2023
^ Vasovic, Aleksandar; Filipovic, Branko; Vasovic, Aleksandar (11 June 2023). "Montenegro's pro-EU Europe Now Movement claims victory in snap vote". Reuters. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

[1] Đurović raspisala: Predsjednički izbori 19. marta Archived 16 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine, RTCG, 16 January 2023

[2] Po preliminarnim rezultatima Đukanović i Milatović u drugom krugu, RTCG, 19 March 2023

[3] Đukanović i Milatović idu u drugi krug, Vijesti, 19 March 2023

[4] Jakov Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio: Dobio 60,1 odsto glasova, Đukanović 39,9 %, RTCG, 2 April 2023

[5] Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio Đukanovića, Vijesti, 2 April 2023

[6] President Of Montenegro Dissolves Parliament, Clearing Way For Early Elections, Radio Free Europe, 16 March 2023

[7] Montenegro's president dissolves parliament as election nears, Al Jazeera, 16 March 2023

[8] Montenegro: President Milo Đukanović decided to dissolve the parliament, Europe Elects, 17 March 2023

[9] Vasovic, Aleksandar; Filipovic, Branko; Vasovic, Aleksandar (11 June 2023). "Montenegro's pro-EU Europe Now Movement claims victory in snap vote". Reuters. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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