May 2003 Montenegrin presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 11 May 2003.[1] 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%.[2] For the May election, the turnout rule was abolished. The result was a victory for Filip Vujanović, who was nominated by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro and Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, 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 coalition.

May 2003 Montenegrin presidential election
11 May 2003
 
Candidate Filip Vujanović Miodrag Živković
Party DPS LSCG
Popular vote 139,574 68,169
Percentage 64.2% 31.4%
President before election

Filip Vujanović (acting)
DPS

 Elected President

Filip Vujanović
DPS

Results

Although Dragan Hajduković was a member of the Greens of Montenegro, he ran as an independent.

Candidate Party Votes %
Filip VujanovićDemocratic Party of Socialists139,57464.2
Miodrag ŽivkovićLiberal Alliance of Montenegro68,16931.4
Dragan HajdukovićIndependent candidate9,5014.4
Invalid/blank votes4,508–
Total221,752100
Registered voters/turnout458,88848.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1370 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Montenegro poll fails BBC News, 9 February 2003
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