Vujanović's third candidacy was viewed controversial by many; the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the minor coalition partner of the DPS, threatened to end their coalition if Vujanovic "illegally" ran again and lodged an appeal to the Constitutional Court; SDP's leader Ranko Krivokapić and the Montenegrin president are long-time rivals, mainly due to Vujanović's moderate approaches to the country's national question, while Krivokapić maintains a more hardline nationalist approach.[1]
The opposition shared the ruling Social Democrats' viewpoint that Vujanović running for a third term was unconstitutional, adding that it was one of the representative elements of the DPS' authoritarian reign over Montenegro. Experts expressed opinion that he would perhaps endure the fate of Serbia's former president Boris Tadić, who lost the election running for his third term in 2012. It has also been pointed out that while the 2006 Serbian law enables Tadić to run for the second time because his first mandate, elected while Serbia was not a country but a federal unit, the 2007 Montenegrin law makes no distinction, meaning this would legally be Vujanović's third term, the Montenegrin constitution allows for only two terms in a lifetime.[2]
In February 2013, the Constitutional Court officially approved Vujanović's candidacy, noting that for his 2003–2008 term he was elected as President of Montenegro as a constituent entity within its state union with Serbia and served as de facto independent head of state only in 2006–2008, meaning that his 2008–2013 term is legally his first term.[3]
Campaign
The opposition had decided to unite under a common candidate which would best represent individual differences; the leader of the Democratic Front (DF) opposition alliance that was formed under the basis of Miodrag Lekic as president and ran at the 2012 national elections based on that idea, ran as an independent candidate. He had received strong support immediately from the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (SNP); the last remaining main opposition party, Positive Montenegro (PCG), originally had planned to present its party leader Darko Pajović as candidate but fell into deep financial problems and decided to endorse Lekic instead, as a common candidate of the opposition.
Results
Prior to the official announcement of the results, both Filip Vujanović and Miodrag Lekić claimed to have won the election. Based on the vote count of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, Vujanović claimed to have received 51.3% of the vote, to 48.7% for Lekić. However, the opposition Democratic Front stated that Lekić was the rightful winner of the election with 50.5% of the vote to Vujanović's 49.5%. They likened Vujanovic's victory claim to a "coup d'etat".[4]
On 8 April 2013, Electoral Commission chairman Ivan Kalezić announced that Vujanović had won the election with 51.2% of the vote.[5] Representatives for Lekić's campaign stated that they would not recognise the results and filed a request for a recount in all municipalities.[6]
^. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^Both sides claim victory in Montenegro vote Al Jazeera. 7 April 2013. Accessed 7 April 2013
^Montenegro's Vujanovic re-elected: official Agence-France Presse, 8 April 2013
^Incumbent declared winner in Montenegro election Associated Press, 8 April 2013
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2013, montenegrin, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, montenegro, april, 2013, incumbent, president, filip, vujanović, democratic, party, socialists, challenged, independent, candidate, miodrag, lekić, common, candidate, endorsed, opp. Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 7 April 2013 Incumbent President Filip Vujanovic of the Democratic Party of Socialists DPS was challenged by independent candidate Miodrag Lekic who was a common candidate endorsed by the opposition 2013 Montenegrin presidential election 2008 7 April 2013 2018 Registered511 405Turnout63 90 4 30pp Candidate Filip Vujanovic Miodrag LekicParty DPS IndependentPopular vote 161 940 154 289Percentage 51 21 48 79 Results by municipality Vujanovic LekicPresident before electionFilip VujanovicDPS President after election Filip VujanovicDPS Contents 1 Background 2 Campaign 3 Results 4 ReferencesBackground EditVujanovic s third candidacy was viewed controversial by many the Social Democratic Party SDP the minor coalition partner of the DPS threatened to end their coalition if Vujanovic illegally ran again and lodged an appeal to the Constitutional Court SDP s leader Ranko Krivokapic and the Montenegrin president are long time rivals mainly due to Vujanovic s moderate approaches to the country s national question while Krivokapic maintains a more hardline nationalist approach 1 The opposition shared the ruling Social Democrats viewpoint that Vujanovic running for a third term was unconstitutional adding that it was one of the representative elements of the DPS authoritarian reign over Montenegro Experts expressed opinion that he would perhaps endure the fate of Serbia s former president Boris Tadic who lost the election running for his third term in 2012 It has also been pointed out that while the 2006 Serbian law enables Tadic to run for the second time because his first mandate elected while Serbia was not a country but a federal unit the 2007 Montenegrin law makes no distinction meaning this would legally be Vujanovic s third term the Montenegrin constitution allows for only two terms in a lifetime 2 In February 2013 the Constitutional Court officially approved Vujanovic s candidacy noting that for his 2003 2008 term he was elected as President of Montenegro as a constituent entity within its state union with Serbia and served as de facto independent head of state only in 2006 2008 meaning that his 2008 2013 term is legally his first term 3 Campaign EditThe opposition had decided to unite under a common candidate which would best represent individual differences the leader of the Democratic Front DF opposition alliance that was formed under the basis of Miodrag Lekic as president and ran at the 2012 national elections based on that idea ran as an independent candidate He had received strong support immediately from the Socialist People s Party of Montenegro SNP the last remaining main opposition party Positive Montenegro PCG originally had planned to present its party leader Darko Pajovic as candidate but fell into deep financial problems and decided to endorse Lekic instead as a common candidate of the opposition Results EditPrior to the official announcement of the results both Filip Vujanovic and Miodrag Lekic claimed to have won the election Based on the vote count of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Vujanovic claimed to have received 51 3 of the vote to 48 7 for Lekic However the opposition Democratic Front stated that Lekic was the rightful winner of the election with 50 5 of the vote to Vujanovic s 49 5 They likened Vujanovic s victory claim to a coup d etat 4 On 8 April 2013 Electoral Commission chairman Ivan Kalezic announced that Vujanovic had won the election with 51 2 of the vote 5 Representatives for Lekic s campaign stated that they would not recognise the results and filed a request for a recount in all municipalities 6 CandidatePartyVotes Filip VujanovicDemocratic Party of Socialists161 94051 21Miodrag LekicIndependent154 28948 79Total316 229100 00Valid votes316 22996 76Invalid blank votes10 5743 24Total votes326 803100 00Registered voters turnout511 40563 90Source Electoral CommissionReferences Edit Krivokapic Vujanovic gubi izbore Zasto Vujanovic ne moze tri puta kao Tadic Ustavni sud odbio zalbu SDP a Vujanoviceva kandidatura ustavna Vijesti online Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 15 February 2013 Both sides claim victory in Montenegro vote Al Jazeera 7 April 2013 Accessed 7 April 2013 Montenegro s Vujanovic re elected official Agence France Presse 8 April 2013 Incumbent declared winner in Montenegro election Associated Press 8 April 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2013 Montenegrin presidential election amp oldid 1140447507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
