1992–93 Montenegrin general election

General elections were held in Montenegro, at the time a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, on 20 December 1992. A second round of the presidential election was held on 10 January 1993. The elections were seen as a referendum on independence for Montenegro, and were won by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro who favoured greater autonomy within Yugoslavia. The presidential elections were won by Momir Bulatović, who received 63.4% of the vote in the second round.[1] The result of the parliamentary elections was a victory for the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) who succeed ruling League of Communists of Montenegro. DPS won 46 of the 85 seats.

1992–93 Montenegrin general election

Presidential election

20 December 1992 (first round) 10 January 1993 (second round)

Candidate Momir Bulatović Branko Kostić Party DPS Independent Popular vote 158,722 92,045 Percentage 63.3% 36.7%

President before election Momir Bulatović DPS Elected President Momir Bulatović DPS

Parliamentary election

20 December 1992

Party Leader % Seats ± DPS Momir Bulatović 42.66 46 -37 NS Novak Kilibarda 12.71 14 -1 LSCG Slavko Perović 12.04 13 New SRS Duško Sekulić 7.56 8 New SDPR Miodrag Marović 4.01 4 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Milo Đukanović DPS Milo Đukanović DPS

Background

See also: Breakup of Yugoslavia and 1992 Montenegrin independence referendum

The breakup of Yugoslavia drew new boundaries in the Montenegrin political scene. The League of Communists of Montenegro formally changed their identity, renaming themselves the Democratic Party of Socialists. After the president of DPS, Momir Bulatović, initially showed support for Carrington's 1991 peace plan, he was summoned to Belgrade by Borisav Jović and Slobodan Milošević, who persuaded him to reverse his commitment to Carrington.[2] As a result, Bulatović no longer pursued Montenegrin independence under the Carrington model and agreed to holding an independence referendum in 1992. Although there was a boycott among those who wanted independence, Montenegrin voters chose to remain within Yugoslavia. Even so, Bulatović's brief support for the Carrington plan deeply shook Milošević's confidence in him as a political ally. Milošević ultimately supported Branko Kostić, also from DPS, ahead of the presidential election in 1993.[3]

Results

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	126,083	42.66	46	–37
People's Party of Montenegro	37,549	12.71	14	+1
Liberal Alliance of Montenegro	35,596	12.04	13	New
Serbian Radical Party	22,329	7.56	8	New
Social Democratic Party of Reformists	13,002	4.1	4	New
Democratic Alliance in Montenegro	11,393	3.85	0	New
Socialist Party of Montenegro	8,433	2.85	0	New
Democratic Opposition[lower-alpha 1]	7,847	2.65	0	–
League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia	6,249	2.11	0	New
Civic Group - Association of Fighters '91-'92	4,230	1.43	0	New
Serbian National Renewal for Montenegro and Herzegovina	3,905	1.32	0	New
Demo-Christian (Orthodox) Party	2,484	0.84	0	0
Civic Group-Ecological Movement of Montenegro	2,078	0.7	0	New
Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Montenegro	1,932	0.65	0	0
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	1,199	0.41	0	New
New Communist Movement of Yugoslavia	1,092	0.37	0	New
Serbian Fatherland Movement	962	0.32	0	New
Civic Group-Democratic Left–Humanism and Technical Progress	705	0.24	0	New
Montenegrin Federalist Movement-Cetinje	561	0.19	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,685	–	–	–
Total	295,519	100	85	–40
Registered voters/turnout		67.31	–	–

1. The Democratic Opposition consisted of the Democratic Party, the People's Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance of Independent Businessmen and the Serbian Democratic Party

Vote share DPS   42.66% NS   12.71% LSCG   12.04% SRS   7.56% SDPR   6.95% Others   15.3%

Parliamentary seats DPS (46)   54.12% NS (14)   16.47% LSCG (13)   15.29% SRS (8)   9.41% SDPR (4)   4.71%

President

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Momir Bulatović	123,183	42.8	158,722	63.3
Branko Kostić	68,296	23.7	92,045	36.7
Slavko Perović	52,736	18.3
Novak Kilibarda	25,979	9.0
Dragan Hajduković	10,270	3.6
Slobodan Vujošević	2,770	1.0
Veselin Kaluđerović	1,606	0.6
Predrag Popović	1,419	0.5
Živojin Kiro Radović	1,399	0.5
Invalid/blank votes	8,150	–	2,863	–
Total	295,808	100	253,630	100
Registered voters/turnout	429,047	68.9	429,047	59.1
Source: Slavic-Eurasian Research Centre

First round Bulatović   42.8% Kostić   23.7% Perović   18.3% Kilibarda   9.0% Others   6.2%

Second round Bulatović   63.3% Kostić   36.7%

Aftermath

Shortly after the elections, the Social Democratic Party of Reformists (SDPR) merged with the Socialist Party of Montenegro to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The four SDPR MPs formed the newly-formed SDP parliamentary group.

References

1. Montenegro. Presidential Election 1992 Electoral Geography
2. Morrison 2009, p. 99-101.
3. Novak Adžić (4 May 2019). "Predsjednički izbori u Crnoj Gori 1992/93. godine: Prve pukotine u vlasti i biranje "manjeg zla"". Vijesti (in Serbian).

Bibliography

Morrison, Kenneth (2009). Nationalism, Identity and Statehood in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84511-710-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)