At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Montenegro

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIC *
• Head of Government: Premier-Designate Milo DJUKANOVIC **
• Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Assembly (Skupstina) with 75 seats.

* On November 25, President Milo Djukanovic resigned and the President of the Assembly, Filip Vujanovic, assumed the powers of the President until a new president is elected.

** On November 26, Acting President Vujanovic handed the mandate of government to Milo Djukanovic who now has 60 days to form a government.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Assembly (Skupstina) 75 members are elected by direct vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Members are electioned on a single national proportional representation list.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Filip VUJANOVIC
  • Party: Democractic Party of Socialists
• Dragan HAJDUKOVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Alexandar VASILJEVIC
  • Party: Serbian Radical Party
• Milan RADULOVIC
  • Party: Natural Law Party
• Jovan PEJOVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Milan SPAROVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Obrad MARKOVIC
  • Party: Yugoslav Communists
• Milivoje BAKIC
  • Party: Independent
• Ilija DARMANOVIC
  • Party: Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro
• Mihailo MARKOVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Dordije MILIC
  • Party: Independent

Note: This election was declared invalid due to low voter turnout. It was rescheduled for May 11, 2003.

Last Presidential election:

• The last presidential election was held on October 5 and 19, 1997. The current presidential election was first held on December 22, 2002, but was declared invalid due to low voter turnout.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 612,267 (2003)
• Registered Voters: 458,339 (2003)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 311,034 (2003)

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Montenegro ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (23 October 2006)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: - 

·         Human Development Index Position: 49 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007)

·         Has Montenegro ratified CRPD: Yes (2 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 91,840 (est.)