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2006 Montenegrin parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Montenegro
turnout	71.37% (6.10pp)
election_date	10 September 2006
previous_election	2002
next_election	2009
party1	European Montenegro	leader1 = Milo Đukanović	last_election1 = 39	seats1 = 41	percentage1 = 48.62
party2	Serb List	colour2 = #0067A5	leader2 = Andrija Mandić	last_election2 = 6	seats2 = 12	percentage2 = 14.68
party3	SNP–NS–DSS	leader3 = Predrag Bulatović	last_election3 = 24	seats3 = 11	percentage3 = 14.07
party4	Movement for Changes	leader4 = Nebojša Medojević	last_election4 =new	seats4 = 11	percentage4 = 13.13
party5	LP–BS	leader5 = Miodrag Živković	last_election5 = new	seats5=3	percentage5 = 3.76
party6	DSCG–PDP	leader6 = Osman Rexha	last_election6 =1	seats6=1	percentage6 = 1.29
party7	Democratic Union of Albanians	leader7 = Gëzim Hajdinaga	last_election7 = 1	seats7=1	percentage7 = 1.09
party8	Albanian Alternative	leader8 = Vasilj Siništaj	last_election8 =new	seats8=1	percentage8 = 0.78
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Milo Đukanović
before_party	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
after_election	Željko Šturanović
after_party	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."

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. 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. 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.

Results

References

[http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=35959&NrIssue=136&NrSection=20 Djukanovic's coalition claims absolute victory Podgorica] Makfax, 11 September 2006
[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1370 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1367
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5328428.stm Q&A: Montenegro votes] BBC News, 11 September 2006

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