General Information
At stake in this election:
- 81 seats in the Assembly (Skupstina)
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.***
*** 4-year terms, nation-wide lists
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Coalition: Coalition for a European Montenegro / Koalicija za Evropsku Crnu Goru*
- Leader: Milo DJUKANOVIC (DPS)
- Seats won in this election: 48
- Seats won in last election: 42
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 618,294 (2009)
- Registered voters: 498,305 (2009)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 313,557 (2009)
· 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: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 9 (following the 2009 elections)
· 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: 92,744 (est.)