MEC: Turnout at the elections in Nikšić at the level since August

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From one of the polling stations, Photo: Luka Zeković
From one of the polling stations, Photo: Luka Zeković
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Ažurirano: 14.03.2021. 20:23h
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20: 19h

Polling stations in Nikšić were closed at 20 p.m. in accordance with the law, and the turnout, according to the latest statistics, is at the level of the previous parliamentary elections, the Municipal Election Commission (MEC) announced. MEC President Rade Perišić told the MINA agency that the electoral process in the local elections can be considered successful.

19: 27h

As a precaution, the police blocked the beginning of the Street of National Heroes, where the central headquarters of the Democratic Party of Socialists is located.

NK Police
photo: Jelena Jovanović
19: 14h

Rade Perišić, president of the Municipal Election Commission, told the News that the turnout by 19 pm was 80,5 percent, while in August last year the turnout was 80,24 percent.

According to him, there were no incidents, and they expect the first preliminary results in about 24 hours.

19: 08h

CeMI announced that 19 percent of voters had voted by 81.2 p.m.

18: 31h

Sympathizers and activists of the "For the Future of Nikšić" coalition, together with the list holder Marko Kovačević, gathered today in front of the headquarters of that political alliance.

As can be seen in the video published on Facebook, anti-epidemic measures were violated during the gathering - masks were not worn, physical distance was not respected...

17: 12h

CeMI reports that 17 percent of voters voted by 77.8 p.m.

MEC President Rade Perišić said that the turnout by 17 pm was 78 percent.

Change: 17:14 p.m
16: 35h

CeMI reported on Twitter that at polling station number 54 - Šipačno Elementary School - there was an argument between a group of citizens and members of the polling committee and that the police were informed about the incident.

The original post said there was a conflict, and that information was soon removed.

Change: 16:43 p.m
16: 29h

Cemi's observers determined at 78 polling stations that all members of the polling boards wear protective masks all the time in 88 percent of cases.

In 69 percent of cases, the head of the electoral commissions is a man.

15: 21h

Observers from Cemi reported that there was a disturbance at polling station number 118.

"After the members of the BO took the box for voting by letter and put it in the car in order to go to the people who should vote, it was taken away from the representative of the coalition 'For the future of Montenegro', in the presence of the holder of that list, and put in the car representative of the coalition. A large presence of unidentified persons belonging to different groups was also registered at the polling station, and a conflict almost broke out between them," it was announced on Twitter.

Voting at that polling station was temporarily suspended due to the aforementioned events. The police arrived at the scene of the incident.

"According to the information of our observers, the police did not intervene, but mediated between 2 opposing groups of unidentified persons. After the mediation of the police representative, the ballot box was returned to the members of the BO. The situation was normalized and the polling station was opened. After this incident, the presence of uniformed police on the streets was increased Nikšić", added from Cemi.

15: 13h

By 15 p.m., according to the claims of the MEC Nikšić, the turnout was 70 percent, while in August, by 16 p.m., the turnout in Nikšić was 71,05 percent.

According to the president of the MEC, Rad Perišić, only the incident occurred at polling station 118, while everything is fine at the other polling stations.

Change: 16:05 p.m
15: 08h

At polling station number 35, members of the polling committee, contrary to Article 71a of the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, use mobile phones and, contrary to Article 15 of the Law on Limiting the Use of Tobacco Products, smoke in public and work spaces, Cemi stated on Twitter.

15: 07h

At polling station 100 - Elektroprivreda - a member of the polling committee loudly pronounces the voter's name and surname, CeMI stated.

At polling station 44 - Poljica - the president of the polling committee loudly pronounces the name and surname of the voter, the NGO added on Twitter.

15: 06h

CeMI announced that between 10 and 15 persons dressed in T-shirts with Serbian national emblems were registered at the polling station, who, according to the information they currently have at that NGO, are not from Nikšić. They said that these people wanted to forcibly vote by letter. 

"After a member of the polling committee told them that they did not have the right to vote in Nikšić, they attacked her. The police intervened. The polling station was opened and representatives of the MEC were called," Cemi said.

14: 27h

The opposition demanded an interruption of the vote: They claim that the BO president greeted Damjanović with two fingers. More about that HERE>>>

14: 26h

DPS Nikšić: Voting materials were stolen, one person was beaten, if the police do not react by 15 pm - we will take matters into our own hands. More about that HERE>>>

14: 13h

The non-governmental organization (NGO) Monitoring Center (CEMI), which observes the elections, announced that at polling station 130 - KONI 2, one request to vote by letter was not accepted because the control coupon was lost due to a mistake by the board.

14: 09h

The non-governmental organization (NGO) Monitoring Center (CEMI), which observes the elections, announced that a voter took a photo of a ballot with control number 042077 in Rudo Polje.

14: 08h

The non-governmental organization (NGO) Monitoring Center (CEMI), which observes the elections, announced that there was an argument at polling station 34, which is why the police had to intervene.

13: 47h

Leader and founder of the People's Movement of Montenegro, Miodrag Daka Davidović, voted at polling station number 10, in the Sports Center building.

He appeared again after he did not exercise his right to vote this morning, because the electronic identification device could not read his identity card earlier today due to damage on it, so his driver had to go get his passport, as he said this morning.

Davidović votes
Davidović votesphoto: Svetlana Mandić
13: 40h

Sanja Damjanović, the holder of the list of the European team for Nikšić, voted at the polling station in the elementary school "Olga Golović".

Damjanovic
Damjanovicphoto: Biljana Matijašević

After voting, representatives of the opposition accused the president of the polling station, Marko Perišić, of giving Damjanović a two-finger salute.

Sanja Damjanovic
photo: Luka Zeković
Change: 16:39 p.m

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