Parliament of Montenegro

Parliament of Montenegro

*Skupština Crne Gore*
*Скупштина Црне Горе*
*Kuvendi i Malit të Zi*
Parliament of Montenegro ; Skupština Crne Gore; Скупштина Црне Горе; Kuvendi i Malit të Zi
12th Parliament
	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Andrija Mandić, NSD ; since 30 October 2023
First Vice President	Boris Pejović, PES ; since 30 October 2023
Second Vice President	Zdenka Popović, DCG ; since 30 October 2023
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (49) PES (20) ZBCG (13) NSD (9); DNP (4); DCG (7) BS (6) SNP (2) Albanian Forum (1) ASh (1); Government support (3) UCG (1) Civis (1) Albanian Forum (1) LDSh (1); Opposition (29) DPS (17) URA (4) Independents (2) SD (3) HGI (1) UDSh (1) Albanian Alliance (1) FORCA (1);
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation under the D'Hondt method
Last election	11 June 2023
Next election	On or before 30 June 2027
Meeting place
	House of the Assembly,; Boulevard of Saint Peter of Cetinje,; Podgorica
Website
	www.skupstina.me

The Parliament of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Skupština Crne Gore / Скупштина Црне Горе) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 independence referendum, the Parliament declared and ratified the independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006. Members of the Parliament are elected using proportional representation.

History

The Parliament of Montenegro was initially established by the Constitution of the

SFR Yugoslavia. The current parliament is the 23rd since the foundation of the Parliament.^[2]

Powers

The Parliament appoints the

vote of no-confidence

in the Government with a majority of the members.

Deputies

A deputy has a four-year term. One deputy is elected per 6,000 voters, which in turn results in a change of total number of deputies in the parliament. Current assembly convening comprises 81 deputies.

Elections

The Parliament has 81 members (deputies) elected by a D'Hondt method system of proportional representation for a four-year term.

The 81 seats of the Parliament of Montenegro are elected in a single nationwide constituency by

ethnic Croats, if no list representing the population passes the 0.7 percent threshold, the list with the most votes will win one seat if it receives more than 0.35 percent of the vote.^[3]

2023 parliamentary election


SCG–DSS–PZPV)						3,630	1.20	0	−1
	Croatian Civic Initiative	2,226	0.74	1	+1
	Movement for Changes	1,993	0.66	0	−5
	Yes, We Can!	1,444	0.48	0	New
Total		302,416	100.00	81	0

Valid votes		302,416	99.05
Invalid/blank votes		2,890	0.95
Total votes		305,306	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		542,468	56.28
Source: RTC

Current parliamentary parties list

References

^ History Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, skupstina.me
^ "Državna izborna komisija - Crna Gora". dik.co.me. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
^ Electoral system IPU

External links

Official website

[1] History Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, skupstina.me

[2] "Državna izborna komisija - Crna Gora". dik.co.me. Retrieved 2022-11-17.

[3] Electoral system IPU

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