2014 Podgorica City Assembly election

Municipal elections were held in Capital City of Podgorica and eleven other municipalities of Montenegro on 25 May 2014.

Main article: 2012-14 Montenegrin municipal elections
2014 Podgorica City Assembly election
Podgorica
25 May 2014
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
DPS-LP Migo Stijepović 47.2 29 +1
DF Miodrag Lekić 27.6 17 +7
SNP Aleksa Bečić 14.9 8 -6
PCG-SDP Dragan Bogojević 8.8 5 0
Mayor of Podgorica before Mayor of Podgorica after
Miomir Mugoša
DPS		 Migo Stijepović
DPS

Electoral system

Voters in Podgorica determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the Mayor. This means that the Mayor is only indirectly elected by the voters. Only parties which reach an electoral threshold of 3% may enter the Assembly.

The Mayor may or may not be a councilor of the Assembly. Assembly's composition is subject to a 4-year election cycle.

Campaign

Socialist People's Party (SNP) decided to run independently under the slogan "youth, wisdom and courage", with Aleksa Bečić as ballot carrier.[1]

New Serb Democracy (NSD) and Movement for Changes (PzP) decided to run together within Democratic Front alliance, with coalition leader Miodrag Lekić, as ballot carrier.[2]

For this local elections ruling Coalition for European Montenegro is composed by Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and Liberal Party (LP) as minor coalition member, with Slavoljub Stijepović as ballot carrier.

Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided to form a pre-election alliance with Positive Montenegro (PCG) under the name the "European Look of Podgorica", with Dragan Bogojević as ballot carrier.[3]

Results
PartyVotes %Seats[4]
Coalition for European Podgorica49.14647.2%29
Democratic Front30.00227.6%17
Socialist People's Party14.77614.9%8
Social Democratic Party-Positive Montenegro9.4548.8%5
Albanian Coalition1.2420.8%0

Elected mayor: Slavoljub Stijepović (DPS)[5]

References
  1. Aleksa Bečić nosilac liste SNP-a za lokalne izbore u Podgorici, Portal Analitika
  2. DF predao listu za izbore u Podgorici: Lekić nosilac, Portal Analitika
  3. Koalicija Evropsko lice Podgorice predala listu, Portal Analitika
  4. OIK: DPS 29 mandata, DF 17, SNP 8, a Evropsko lice Podgorice 5 Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Vijesti, 26 May 2014
  5. Stijepović gradonačelnik Podgorice Archived 2017-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Vijesti, 6 October 2014


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