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, 2002 Acting President Vujanovic handed the mandate of government to former President Milo Djukanovic.

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.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Filip VUJANOVIC
  • Party: Democractic Party of Socialists and Social Democratic Party
• Dragan HAJDUKOVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Aleksandar VASILJEVIC
  • Party: Serbian Radical Party
• Milan-Milo RADULOVIC
  • Party: Natural Law Party
• Obrad MARKOVIC
  • Party: Yugoslav Communists
• Jovan PEJOVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Milan SPAROVIC
  • Party: Independent
• Ilija DARMANOVIC
  • Party: Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro
• Milivoje BAKIC
  • Party: Independent
• Djoridjije MILIC
  • Party: Independent
• Mihailo Milo MARKOVIC
  • Party: Independent

Note: Due to insufficient turnout, the results were declared invalid and fresh elections were held on February 9, 2003.

Last Presidential election:

• The last presidential election was held on October 5 and 19, 1997.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 615,035 ( 1991 (according to the 1991 Population Census))
• Registered Voters: 456,981 (December 2002)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 609,828 (2002)
• Registered Voters: 456,981 ( 2002 Republican Election Commission)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 309,424 (2002)

·         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: 91,149 (est.)