1990 Montenegrin general election

General elections were held in Montenegro on 9 December 1990,[1] with a second round of the presidential election held on 23 December. Momir Bulatović of the League of Communists of Montenegro won the presidential election, whilst his party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 83 of the 125 seats.[1]

1990 Montenegrin general election

Presidential election
9 December 1990 (first round) 23 December 1990 (second round)
Turnout	75.6% (first round), 65.2% (second round)
Candidate Momir Bulatović Ljubiša Stanković Party SKCG SRSJ Popular vote 203,616 56,990 Percentage 76.1% 21.3%
President before election Momir Bulatović SKCG Elected President Momir Bulatović SKCG
Parliamentary election
9 December 1990
Party Leader % Seats SKCG Momir Bulatović 56.29 83 SRSJ Ljubiša Stanković 14.07 17 NS Novak Kilibarda 13.31 13 SDA–DS Hajrudin Hadžić 10.47 12 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Radoje Kontić SKCG Milo Đukanović SKCG

Results

President

In order to be elected in the first round, a candidate had to cross a threshold of 50% of the registered voters. Although incumbent President of the Presidency Momir Bulatović received 62% of the valid votes, this was only 42.2% of the registered voters. However, he went on to win the second round convincingly against Ljubiša Stanković of the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia, becoming the first elected President of Montenegro.

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Momir Bulatović	170,092	62.62	203,616	78.13
Ljubiša Stanković	65,998	24.30	56,990	21.87
Novak Kilibarda	35,531	13.08
Invalid votes	33,326	–	2,128	–
Total	304,947	100	262,734	100
Registered voters/turnout	402,905	75.69	402,905	65.21
Source: B92

First round Bulatović   42.22% Stanković   16.4% Kilibarda   8.3%

Second round Bulatović   76.1% Stanković   21.3%

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats
League of Communists of Montenegro	171,316	56.29	83
Union of Reform Forces for Montenegro	41,364	14.07	17
People's Party	39,107	13.31	13
Democratic Coalition (SDA-DS-SR)	30,760	10.47	12
Democratic Party	3,442	1.17	0
Demo-Christian (Orthodox) Party	1,753	0.60	0
Socialist Alliance of Montenegro	1,638	0.56	0
Yugoslav People's Party	1,224	0.42	0
Democratic Alliance of Independent Entrepreneurs of Montenegro	844	0.29	0
Independents	2,435	0.83	0
Invalid/blank votes	11,358	–	–
Total	305,241	100	125
Registered voters/turnout	402,905	75.76	–
Source: Slavic-Eurasian Research Centre

Vote share SKCG   56.18% SRSJ   14.05% NS   12.84% DK   10.09% Others   6.84%

Parliamentary seats SKCG   66.40% SRSJ   13.60% NS   10.40% DK   9.60%

References

1. Montenegrin politics since the disintegration of Yugoslavia Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Florian Bieber