Montenegro: President, 15 April 2018

At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Montenegro

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIC*
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Duško MARKOVIĆ
• Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Assembly (Skupstina) with 81 seats.

* Current President Milo ĐUKANOVIĆ was inaugarted in May 2018 following this election.

Description of electoral system:

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

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Milo ĐUKANOVIĆ
  • ​Party: Democratic Party of Socialists / Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore (DPS)
• Mladen BOJANIĆ
  • Party: Independent
• Marko MILAČIĆ
  • Party: True Montenegro / Prava Crna Gora (PCG)
• Draginja VUKSANOVIĆ
  • Party: Social Democratic Party / Socijaldemokratska partija Crne Gore (SDP)
• Hazbija KALAČ
  • Party: Justice and Reconciliation
• Vasilije MILIČKOVIĆ
  • Party: Independent
• Dobrilo DEDEIĆ
  • ​Party: Serb List / Srpska Lista

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 621,207 (2013)
• Registered Voters: 514,055 (April 2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 314,379 (2013)

·         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: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 12 (following the 2012 elections)

·         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: 93,181 (est.)