Presidential elections were held in

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on 11 May 2003.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1370 They were the third such elections in six months, as those held in December 2002 and February 2003 had been declared invalid due to voter turnouts of less than 50%.Montenegro poll fails
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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 ...

, who was nominated by the

Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro 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 ...

and

Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Social Democratic Party of Montenegro ( cnr, Социјалдемократска партија Црне Горе, Socijaldemokratska partija Crne Gore), or just the Social Democratic Party, abbr. SDP is a nationalist and social democratic polit ...

, who received 64.2% of the vote. Vujanović had also won both previous votes by a large margin. The elections were boycotted by the opposition

Together for Change Together for Change ( sr, Заједно за Промјене, ЗЗП, Zajedno za Promjene, ZZP) was a populist political alliance in Montenegro that existed from 2001 to 2006, originally known as Together for Yugoslavia (ЗЗЈ, ''ZZJ''). It b ...

coalition.

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.

References

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