The Montenegrin Party (, CP) is a

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, representing the Montenegrin minority. It is based in the city of

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. The party was founded by

Nenad Stevović Nenad Stevović (; born 1962) is a Serbian politician, publicist, political scientist and a researcher. He is a prominent figure in the Montenegrin community in Serbia and is the founder and the president of the Montenegrin Party. Biography He ...

, who was its leader from 2008 to 2014, when he resigned.

History

The Montenegrin Party was founded on 18 February 2008 and was registered as a political party in the Serbian Ministry of Justice on 22 February 2008, becoming the first political party that represents the Montenegrin minority in Serbia. Montenegrin Party ran as a minority list in the 2008 parliamentary election. However, the party won only 0.07% of votes, failing to obtain a seat in the

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. The party also ran independently in the

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and

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, winning 0.1% and 0.18% votes respectively. In the 2014 election the Montenegrin Party electoral list was headed by

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, president of the

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and grandson of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The party did not run in the 2016 parliamentary election, and supported the candidacy of Saša Janković in the 2017 presidential election.

Elections

Parliamentary elections

References

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