March 19 () –
The first official results of the first round of the presidential elections in Montenegro have revealed the outgoing president, the pro-European Milo Djukanovic, as the candidate with the most votes, with 35.3 percent of the votes, followed by the leader of the Europe Now Movement, Jakov Milatovic. , which has achieved 28.9 percent of the vote.
The second round will thus be the one that decides the next president of Montenegro and will be held on April 2. Then it will be decided if Djukanovic will have a third term or if Milatovic will be his successor.
The candidate of the Democratic Front, Andrija Mandic, has been the third option, with 19 percent of the votes, while Aleksa Becic has obtained 11.3 percent of support. The Social Democratic Party has achieved 3.2 percent of the vote with Draginja Vuksanovic Stankovic, ahead of Goran Danilovic of United Montenegro with 1.5 percent.
Participation was 63.6 percent, that is, 344,700 citizens with the right to vote. Participation has been higher in the center and north of the country and lower in the south.
From the beginning it was assumed that Djukanovic would go to the second round on April 2 and will finally be accompanied by Milatovic, who has developed a campaign with promises to fight corruption.
