2018 Montenegrin presidential election
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Presidential election will be held in Montenegro on 15 April 2018.[1]
Electoral system
The President of Montenegro is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off is held two weeks later.[2] In order to submit their candidacy to the State Electoral Commission, potential candidates needed to collect 7,993 signatures.[3]
Campaign
Incumbent president Filip Vujanović is ineligible for re-election, having already served two terms as President. President of the ruling DPS, Milo Đukanović, who was touted by the media as the election favourite, initially rejected the possibility of running for President,[4] In March 2018, he confirmed that he would run for president,[5] supported by DPS' coalition partner, the Liberal Party (LP), as well as other subjects in the government; Social Democrats (SD), Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI), the New Democratic Power (FORCA), Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) and the Bosniak Party (BS).
After a series of unsuccessful attempts by the entire opposition to nominate a common candidate, it was clear that the opposition would have more candidates. On 9 March 2018, the presidency of Democratic Front (DF) alliance decides to support the candidacy of independent candidate Mladen Bojanić, which was previously proposed by Democratic Montenegro (DCG) and United Reform Action (URA). Presidency of United Montenegro (UCG) has decided to support the previously-announced candidacy of the party leader Goran Danilović, later Presidency of Social Democratic Party (SDP) has consistently supported candidacy of MP Draginja Vuksanović, as first ever female presidential candidate. From the rest of the opposition have unsuccessfully called upon the UCG and the SDP to withdraw their candidacies and support Bojanić's candidature as an independent candidate, for opposition unity, which they have refused. From SDP replied that Bojanić was not a completely independent candidate, alluding to his support for the Democratic Front for the 2016 parliamentary election. On 21 March Danilović withdrew his candidacy and support Bojanić's candidature.
Candidates
Montenegrin State Electoral Commission (DIK) confirmed seven candidates. Candidate numbers were decided using a random draw on 28 March.[6]
| No. | Candidate | Party | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marko Milačić | Prava | Journalist, president of the extra-parliamentary party True Montenegro[7] | |||
| Mladen Bojanić | style="background: Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Ind. | Independent, former MP. Supported by DF, DCG, SNP, URA and UCG[8] | ||
| Hazbija Kalač | SPP | President of the extra-parliamentary Justice and Reconciliation Party[9] | |||
| Vasilije Miličković | style="background: Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Ind. | Businessman, independent, supported by the extra-parliamentary PUPI[10] | ||
| Dobrilo Dedeić | SL | President of the extra-parliamentary Serb List, leader of Serb Coalition.[11] | |||
| Draginja Vuksanović | SDP | Professor of law, MP of the Social Democratic Party, supported by DEMOS[12] | |||
| Milo Đukanović | DPS | Former President and seven-times PM. Leader of DPS, Government candidate.[13] | |||
Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two candidates with the highest figures.
| Date | Polling source |
Đukanović | Bojanić | Vuksanović | Milačić | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2018 | CeDem[14] | 50.6 | 35.5 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 15.1 |
References
- ^ Montenegro Presidential Election Set for April 15 New York Times, 19 January 2018
- ^ Montenegro: Presidential Elections European Elections Database
- ^ Miličković ozvaničio kandidaturu RTCG, 6 December 2017
- ^ Đukanović ne želi na predsjedničke izbore: DPS ima više dobrih kandidata Vijesti, 20 October 2017
- ^ Milo Đukanović kandidat na predsedničkim izborima, RTS
- ^ Ovo je redosljed kandidata na listiću, RTCG
- ^ Milačić predao potpise, Vijesti
- ^ Bojanić predao potpise za kandidaturu, Vijesti
- ^ Kalač predao kandidaturu za predsjednika Crne Gore, Cdm
- ^ Miličković predao kandidaturu, RTCG
- ^ Potvrđena kandidatura Dobrila Dedeića, Vijesti
- ^ Vuksanović poručila da neće odustati od kandidature, Vijesti
- ^ Izbori plebiscit o strateškom pravcu, RTCG
- ^ CEDEM: Za Đukanovića bi glasalo 50,6 odsto, Vijesti
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