Democratic Montenegro

Democratic Montenegro (Montenegrin: Demokratska Crna Gora / Демократска Црна Гора, DCG), also known as the Democrats, is a centrist political party in Montenegro. Its current leader, and the founder of Democratic Montenegro is Aleksa Bečić.

Democratic Montenegro Demokratska Crna Gora Демократска Црна Гора
Abbreviation	DCG
Leader	Aleksa Bečić
Founded	19 April 2015
Split from	Socialist People's Party
Headquarters	Podgorica
Ideology	Big tent Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Parliament	8 / 81
Local Parliaments	85 / 786
Website
www.demokrate.me
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History

The Democratic Montenegro was formed in 2015 when the faction of Socialist People's Party split and formed a new political party, represented by 2 MPs in the Parliament of Montenegro.

The Democrats increased their number of MPs from 2 to 8 in the October 2016 parliamentary election and after the local elections held the same year, the party gained mayoral positions in Budva and Kotor municipalities.

At the local elections held in Herceg Novi in May 2017 the party won 9 out of 34 seats, leading the opposition coalition which formed the local government.

In March 2018, Democrats decides to support the candidacy of independent candidate Mladen Bojanić to run for president of Montenegro at April 2018 presidential election, as did Democratic Front (DF), Socialist People's Party (SNP), United Reform Action (URA) and United Montenegro (UCG). At the election, Bojanić came second, behind Milo Đukanović, with 33.40% of the vote. In the 2018 local elections, Democrats formed an electoral coalition with the United Reform Action in a number of municipalities. After elections Democrats become part of the local government only in Berane, forming an post-election coalition with DF and SNP, remaining opposition in the rest of the municipalities.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Government
2015	Split from Socialist People's Party		2 / 81	2	opposition
2016	38,327	10.01%	8 / 81	6	opposition

Presidential elections

President of Montenegro

Year	Candidate		1st round votes	% of vote	2nd round votes	% of vote
2018	Mladen Bojanić	2nd	111,711	33.40%	—	—

^a Independent candidate, support

Local Parliaments

Municipality	Election	Popular vote		Local parliament	Local government
Podgorica	2018	26,032	25.7%	12 / 61	opposition
Nikšić	2017	did not participate		0 / 41	non-parliamentary
Bijelo Polje	2018	2,238	9.7%	3 / 38	opposition
Bar	2018	2,401	11.5%	3 / 37	opposition
Herceg Novi	2017	3,967	24.2%	9 / 34	coalition
Pljevlja	2018	3,743	19.8%	7 / 35	opposition
Berane	2018	1,822	10.6%	4 / 35	coalition
Rožaje	2018	106	0.8%	0 / 35	non-parliamentary
Kotor	2016	1,801	14.6%	5 / 33	coalition
Ulcinj	2018	346	2.8%	0 / 33	non-parliamentary
Budva	2016	2,263	19.4%	7 / 33	coalition
Danilovgrad	2018	1,533	18.1%	4 / 33	opposition
Cetinje	2017	1,375	13.8%	5 / 33	opposition
Tivat	2016	did not participate		0 / 31	non-parliamentary
Tuzi	2017	388	5.6%	2 / 31	opposition
Plav	2018	175	3.5%	1 / 31	opposition
Mojkovac	2017	1,003	17.1%	5 / 31	opposition
Kolašin	2018	916	18.0%	6 / 31	opposition
Petnjica	2017	98	3.3%	1 / 31	opposition
Andrijevica	2016	did not participate		0 / 31	non-parliamentary
Gusinje	2016	did not participate		0 / 31	non-parliamentary
Žabljak	2018	506	21.7%	6 / 31	opposition
Plužine	2018	270	12.6%	4 / 30	opposition
Šavnik	2018	152	10.9%	3 / 30	opposition