At stake in this election:

• 78 seats in the Assembly (Skupstina)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Milo DJUKANOVIC
• Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Assembly (Skupstina) with 78 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Assembly (Skupstina) 78 members are elected by direct vote to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), People's Party of Montenegro (PPM), and Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP)
  • Leader: Milica PEJANOVIC-DJURISIC (DPS), Novak KILIBARDA (PPM), Zarko RAKCEVIC (SDP)
  • Seats won in this election: 42
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Socialist People's Party
  • Leader: Momir BULATOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 29
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Liberal Alliance of Montenegro
  • Leader: Slavko PEROVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 5
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Democratic League of Albanians
  • Leader: Ferhat DINOSA
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Democratic Union in Montenegro
  • Leader: Mehmet BARDHI
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Serbian Radical Party
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Legislative elections were last held on November 3, 1996, when 71 seats to the National Assembly were decided.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 607,662 (1998)
• Registered Voters: 457,633 (1998)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 306,823 (1998)

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Montenegro ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (23 October 2006)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: -

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: - 

·         Human Development Index Position: 49 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007)

·         Has Montenegro ratified CRPD: Yes (2 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 91,149 (est.)