Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 20 October 2002.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1372. The result was a victory for the For a European Montenegro alliance formed by the

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 ...

(DPS) and the

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(SDP), which won 39 of the 75 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1375. It was the last parliamentary election held in Montenegro prior to independence referendum in 2006.

Electoral system

Of the 75 seats in Parliament, 73 were elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and two were elected in a special constituency for the Albanian minority.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1370. The

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was set at 3% and seats allocated using the

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s were used with a single list for both constituencies, although parties only had to award half their seats according to the order of the list, with the remaining half free for them to allocate.

Contesting parties

Results

References

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