Parliamentary elections were held in
Montenegro
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on 27 September 1911.
["News in Brief", ''The Times'', 29 September 1911, p3, issue 39703]
Background
These were the first parliamentary elections in
Montenegro
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after the state was declared the
Kingdom
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in 1910. Although the
True People's Party
The True People's Party ( sr, Права народна странка, Prava narodna stranka, abbr. ПНС/ PNS), also known as the Pravaši (''Rightists''), was a conservative and royalist political party in the Principality of Montenegro and the ...
was the only legal political organization in the country, a group of members of the banned opposition
People's Party ran as independent candidates.
Results
The elections resulted in the re-election of Prime Minister
Lazar Tomanović
Lazar Tomanović, PhD (; 3 September 1845 – 2 November 1932) was a Montenegrin and Dalmatian Serb writer, politician and diplomat, who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Montenegro, as well the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Montene ...
and True People's Party government, which was unconditionally loyal to
Nicholas I. Tomanović's government was returned to office with a large majority.
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Aftermath
Parliament of Montenegro
The Parliament of Montenegro ( cg, Скупштина Црне Горе, Skupština Crne Gore) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 ...
reconvened on 31 October.[ However, when the President of the Parliament was elected on 11 December, the government candidate was defeated, leading to the government resigning.]["News in Brief", ''The Times'', 12 December 1911, p5, issue 39766]
References
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Elections in Montenegro
1911 in Montenegro
September 1911 events