Presidential elections were held in the

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on 22 December 2002.Republic of Montenegro Presidential Election of 2002-2003
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Background

The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling

Democratic Party of Socialists The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( cnr, Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ...

of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović. The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution.Montenegro vote ruled invalid
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Results

Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the

Greens of Montenegro The Greens of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=yes, Zeleni Crne Gore, ''Зелени Црне Горе'' (Montenegrin Cyrillic)) was a short-lived green politics party in Montenegro. It was officially registered in the government as a non-governmental organ ...

, he ran as an independent.

Aftermath

Although

Filip Vujanović Filip Vujanović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Филип Вујановић, ; born 1 September 1954) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the President of Montenegro from 2003 to 2018. Early life and career Born and raised in Belgrade, Vujanov ...

won the election with 86% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid. Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in

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when the turnout rule was abolished.

References

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