City Assembly elections were held in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, on 27 May 2018.Vujanović raspisao lokalne izbore u 12 opština
/ref> Parties and coalitions ran for 61 seats in the Assembly, with 3% election threshold required to win seats.

Electoral system

Voters in Podgorica determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 3% may enter the Assembly. The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle.

Electoral lists

The following are the electoral lists proclaimed by the Capital City Electoral Commission:

Campaign

Democratic Montenegro Democratic Montenegro ( Serbian and Montenegrin: Демократска Црна Гора / ''Demokratska Crna Gora''), also known as the Democrats (Демократе / ''Demokrate''), is a conservative liberal, centrist, populist and pro-Europe ...

(DCG) and United Reform Action (URA) decided to run together under the name the ''"Podgorica for 21st century"'', with DCG member ''Vladimir Čađenović'' as ballot carrier.

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SDP) decided to form a pre-election alliance with Democratic Alliance (DEMOS) under the name the ''"Civic Alliance for Changes"'', with SDP member ''Ivan Vujović'' as ballot carrier.

Bosniak Party The Bosniak Party ( bs, Bošnjačka stranka, Cyrillic: Бошњачка странка, abbr. BS) is a conservative and pro-European political party of the Bosniak minority in Montenegro. Its founder and first leader was Rafet Husović, while the ...

(BS) decided to sign an agreement with ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Liberal Party (LP), as did the Montenegrin (CRN),

Positive Montenegro Positive Montenegro ( cnr, italic=no, Pozitivna Crna Gora; Позитивна Црна Гора) was a centrist, social-liberal political party in Montenegro. The party was founded in May 2012 by former environmental activist Darko Pajović. His ...

(PCG) and

Democratic Union of Albanians The Democratic Union of Albanians ( cnr, Demokratska unija Albanaca, sq, Unioni Demokratik i Shqiptarëve) is a conservative political party of the Albanian minority in Montenegro. History The party took part in the campaign prior to Montenegr ...

(DUA), with university professor ''

Ivan Vuković Ivan Vuković (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Иван Вуковић, born 9 February 1987) is a retired Montenegrin football forward who was last played for FK Iskra Danilovgrad. He is best known for his abilities as a striker but can also play as a su ...

'' as ballot carrier, while the current Mayor

Migo Stijepović Slavoljub "Migo" Stijepović ( sr-cyrl, Славољуб "Миго" Стијепови; born 2 May 1959 in Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia, now Podgorica, Montenegro) is a Montenegrin politician who was the Minister of Science and Education in Gov ...

took second place on electoral list. Social Democrats (SD) decided to run independently under the slogan ''"Consistently for Podgorica"'', with current president of Podgorica City Assembly ''Đorđe Suhih'' as ballot carrier. Socialist People's Party (SNP) and

Democratic Front Democratic Front is a name used by political parties and alliances in several countries, such as: *Democratic Front (Albania) *Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola *Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) *Democratic Front (Cyprus) * Demo ...

(DF) agreed to form a pre-election local alliance under the slogan ''"Everything for my City"'', with DF member and MP ''Slaven Radunović'' as ballot carrier.

Results

Vote share

Seats

References

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