Montenegrin presidential election, 2002

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 22 December 2002.^[1] Although Filip Vujanović won the election with 86% of the vote, turnout was less than the required 50%, so the election was declared invalid.^[1] Fresh elections were held in February 2003, which were also invalidated, and then again in May when the turnout rule was abolished.

The elections were boycotted by the opposition Socialist People's Party, who accused the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of pressurising civil servants to vote for Vujanović.^[2] The elections were also overshadowed by the arrest of Deputy State Attorney Zoran Piperović for connections with human trafficking and forced prostitution.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Filip Vujanović	DPS–SDP	175,328	85.73
Dragan Hajduković	Independent	12,319	6.02
Aleksandar Vasiljević	Serbian Radical Party	6,448	3.15
Milan Radulović	Natural Law Party	3,115	1.52
Obrad Marković	Yugoslav Communists	1,747	0.85
Jovan Pejović	Independent	1,704	0.83
Milan Šparović	Independent	1,229	0.60
Ilija Darmanović	Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro	971	0.47
Milivoje Bakić	Independent	717	0.35
Đorđije Milić	Independent	489	0.24
Mihailo Marković	Independent	437	0.21
Invalid/blank votes		5,094	–
Total		209,598	100
Registered voters/turnout		456,981	45.87
Source: IFES

References

1. Republic of Montenegro Presidential Election of 2002-2003 Adam Carr
2. Montenegro vote ruled invalid BBC News, 23 December 2003