Montenegro
Parliamentary Elections
Electoral system
- Unicameral parliament.
- Chamber name: Parliament (Skupstina)
- Members (lower house): 81
- Term: 4 years
- Constituencies: one nationwide constituency of 76 seats; one special constituency of five seats for the Albanian community
- Voting system: Proportional, party list systems: political parties submit a single election list (closed list), which is valid in both the nationwide and special constituencies. Seats are attributed according to the highest average system, using the d'Hondt method. A threshold of 3 per cent of the total votes is required to win a seat. If a list does not reach the threshold in one constituency, but does in the other, the votes received in the first constituency will be added to those in the other constituency.
- Voter requirements:18 years of age; citizenship of Montenegro (including naturalized citizens); residence in the country at least 24 months prior to election.
- Voting is not compulsory.
Latest elections
Parliamentary election 2009
Sources
Inter-Parliamentary Union: PARLINE database on national parliaments - Electoral system for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: Final Report, early parliamentary elections 2009
