The Democratic Party (

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: Partia Demokratike, Montenegrin: Democratska Partija, abbr. DP/PD) is a conservative Albanian minority interests

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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. Since 2012, he has been a member of the

Albanian Coalition The Albanian Coalition ( sq, Koalicioni Shqiptar; ') is the name of several Albanian minority pre-election coalitions in Montenegro. Originally established by Democratic Party president and former Mayor of Ulcinj, Fatmir Gjeka, it currently consist ...

, which he leads together with the LDMZ. It is currently represented with one seat in the Parliament of Montenegro, party leader and current MP is Fatmir Gjeka.

History

The party was founded in April 2010 in

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, its founder and current leader is Fatmir Gjeka, former deputy president of the

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 ...

(UDSH, prior party split in early 2010) and former Mayor of Ulcinj (2008-2011). The party was part of the

since its foundation in 2012. In 2020, the PD agreed to re-join Democratic Union of Albanians, by forming a pre-election coalition for

2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 30 August 2020. They were the fifth parliamentary in Montenegro since gaining its independence in 2006. Eighty-one members of the Montenegrin parliament were elected. Elections were organized ...

. The new Albanian Coalition (PD-LDMZ-UDSH) won 1.14% of the vote and gained a singular seat in the Parliament of Montenegro, which belonged to the Democratic Party leader Fatmir Gjeka.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

References

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