At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Montenegro

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Milo DJUKANOVIC
• Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Assembly (Skupstina) with 81 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Assembly (Skupstina) 81 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Filip VUJANOVIC
  • Party: Social-Democratic Party (bloc) (SDP)
• Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC
  • Party: Movement for Change (PZP)
• Andrija MANDIC
  • Party: Serbian List (bloc)
• Srdjan MILIC
  • Party: Socialistic People's Party (SNP)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 616,969 (2008)
• Registered Voters: 490,412 (April 2008)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 313,203 (2008)

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Montenegro ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (23 October 2006)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: - 

·         Human Development Index Position: 49 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007)

·         Has Montenegro ratified CRPD: Yes (2 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 92,545 (est.)