At stake in this election:

• 81 seats in the Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Milo DUKANOVIC
• Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Assembly with 81 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Assembly 81 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** The new parliament will consist of 81 members, 6 more than in the 2002 elections. The increase is due to the requirement that an MP must be elected by 6,000 voters.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) - Social Democratic Party (SDP)*
  • Leader: Milo DJUKANOVIC (DPS)
  • Seats won in this election: 41
  • Seats won in last election: 38
• Coalition: Socialist People's Party (SNP), People's Party (NS) and Democratic Serb Party (DSS)**
  • Leader: Predrag BULATOVIC (SNP)
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: 24
• Party: Movement for Change / (PzP)***
  • Leader: Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Coalition: Serbian List****
  • Leader: Andrija MANDIC (SNS)
  • Seats won in this election: 12
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Party: Liberal Party (LP) - Bosniak Party (BS)*****
  • Leader: Miodrag ZIVKOVIC (LP) and Rafet HUSOVIC (BS)
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Democratic Party of Montenegro (DS) - Northern League******
  • Leader: Predrag DRECUN (DS) and Smajo SABOTIC (Northern League)
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA)
  • Leader: Ferhat DINOSHA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Coalition: Civic List / (GP)********
  • Leader: Krsto PAVICEVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Coalition: Coalition of Democratic Alliance in Montenegro and Party of Democratic Prosperity
  • Leader: Mehmet BARDHI and Osman REDZA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Albanian Alternative (group of citizens)**********
  • Leader: Vaselj SINISTAJ
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Yugoslavian Communists of Montenegro
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: New Democratic Power - FORCA
  • Leader: Nazif CINGU
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0

* In the last election, DPS obtained 31 seats and SDP 7.
** In the last election, SNP obtained 19 seats and NS 5. DSS was formed after the 2002 elections. The leader of the People