Presidential elections in Montenegro will be held on Sunday, April 15, and 532.599 citizens will vote for the head of their country for the third time since Montenegro became an independent country.
Seven candidates are in the game: Marko Milačić , Mladen Bojanić, Hazbija Kalač, Vasilije Miličković, Dobrilo Dedeić, Draginja Vuksanović and Milo Đukanović.
Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. More than 1000 observers have been accredited so far.
In accordance with the article 16 of the Law on Election of the President of Montenegro, head of the state will be the candidate who wins more than one half of votes in the first round of elections. If none of the candidates has the necessary number of votes, there is the second round of elections. Here, the choice is made between the two candidates who had the highest number of votes in the first round. The candidate who has more votes in the second round is the winner. According to the article 17 of the Law, there’s also the third round, if the candidates have the same number of votes in the second round.
According to the forecast, if the turnout is over 63 % and supposing that there are around 10 thousand invalid ballots, a candidate needs at least 160.000 votes to win.
