The voter list for the upcoming elections in Nikšić has 1.244 fewer voters than there were in that municipality for the previous local elections in 2021, or 123 more than in the 2023 national elections. On the other hand, the voter list for the elections in Herceg Novi has 95 more voters than there were two years ago, or 13 more than in the local elections four years ago.
Elections in Nikšić and Herceg Novi are scheduled for April 13th.
There are currently 57.589 voters in Nikšić, there were slightly fewer in the parliamentary elections - 57.466 voters, while the largest number was in the local elections held on March 14, 2021 - 58.833.
In Herceg Novi, 25.603 voters will be able to vote in the elections scheduled for next week, about a hundred fewer could vote in the state elections - 25.508, while there were slightly fewer voters on the list for the elections held on May 9, 2021 than today - 25.590.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) finalized the voter lists two days ago ahead of the local elections in these municipalities.
The Ministry of Interior did not respond to "Vijesti"'s questions about how many people have changed their place of residence in Nikšić and Herceg Novi in the last six months, from the announcement of the elections until the day the voter list was closed. They also did not answer the question of how many people did so in those two municipalities in the same period last year and the year before.
New-old coalitions
Ten lists will compete for mandates in the elections in Nikšić, and nine in Herceg Novi.
The performance models of parties/movements differ somewhat compared to previous local elections, and some have changed not only the party leaders, but also their coalition partners.
The coalition "For the Future of Nikšić", led by the parties of the former Democratic Front (DF), won 2021 seats in the local parliament in the 11 elections (12.348 votes).
In the alliance, which was then led by the previous first man of Nikšić Marko Kovacevic (New Serbian Democracy), were the then DF, the Socialist People's Party (SNP), the Workers' Party, United Montenegro, the Movement "For the Life of Nikšić", the Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro, the Serbian Radical Party, the Movement of Pensioners and Disabled Workers, and the Socialists of Montenegro.
Kovačević will also be the leader of the list in the April local elections, which will appear in a slightly different composition - it consists of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD), Democratic People's Party (DNP), SNP, United, Free Montenegro, True Montenegro, Yugoslav Communist Party, Movement for the Life of Nikšić and Radnička.
The Democrats, who appeared four years ago under the slogan "Peace is our nation," were led by Momo Koprivica, had ten mandates (11.150 votes). In coalition with them in 2021 were Demos, the “We Will Not Give Up Nikšić” Movement, the “Plenum 083” organization, and the Party of Pensioners, Disabled People and Restitution.
In the upcoming local elections, the Democrats are running with "Plenum 083" and will be led by the President of the Nikšić Municipal Assembly, Nemanja Vuković.
The "Black on White - Nikšić Can" coalition, led by the Civic Movement (GP) URA and Tatjana Đurišić Bečanović, four years ago she “earned” one mandate (2.140 votes). At that time, some non-party figures were also on the GP URA list. GP URA will lead in the elections next week Dušan Golović.
The coalition “European Team for Nikšić”, led by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) with the incumbent Sanja Damjanović, won 18 seats (19.294 votes) in the last local elections.
In addition to the DPS, the list also included the Social Democrats (SD), the Liberal Party (LP), and the Patriotic-Committee Alliance.
In the April elections, DPS is running independently and leading them Boris Muratovic.
The Europe Now Movement (PES) is going to the polls in Nikšić for the first time, and will lead Zoran Mrkic, as well as the Party of European Progress (SEP), whose leader is Nikola Cvorovic.
The citizens' group "Let's Wake Up Nikšić" will also try its hand at the election race, led by Dragoljub Dragan Radulovic, the list "Work for my city" led by Borislav Miša Đurišić, as well as the list "For a libertarian Nikšić with equal opportunities", led by Jelena Marković.
The European Alliance, a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), SD and LP, is performing for the first time in Nikšić, and their leader is Ivan Radojicic.
The government in Nikšić after the 2021 elections was formed by a coalition of the former DF, Democrats and GP URA.
In Herceg Novi, the coalition led by the Democrats won 10 seats (4.568 votes) four years ago. In the upcoming local elections, they will be led, as in the previous ones, by the current mayor of that municipality. Stevan Katic, and will perform under the slogan "Stevan Katić - we know each other by our deeds".
The coalition consisting of DPS and SD won eight seats in the Novi Sad parliament in the 2021 elections (3.680 votes).
In the upcoming elections, DPS will run independently and will lead it. Dejan Stojadinović, and SD within the European alliance with SDP, LP and Citizens, and at the head of their list is Rajko Komnenic.
The coalition "For the Future of Herceg Novi and Boka", led by the former DF, won seven mandates (3.246 votes) four years ago.
In the April elections, the coalition consisting of NSD, DNP, Prava and Ujedinjena will be led by the head of the local Municipal Assembly. Ivan OtovicHe was the leader of the list in the previous elections, when the Movement for Change (PzP), the SNP and the Workers' Party were also with the NSD and the DNP.
The biggest surprise in the local elections in Herceg Novi four years ago was the Novska Lista, which then "grew" by about 2.000 votes compared to the 2017 elections, so it had seven councilors in the local parliament, four more than in the previous convocation (in the 2021 elections, they had 3.195 votes).
In the upcoming elections, Novska will be supported by PES. The two political entities are also partners at the state level, and Novska has one MP (Jovan Subotic), which is part of the caucus of the strongest ruling party in the state parliament.
The “Black and White” coalition, which included GP URA, Bokeški Forum, Bokobran Initiative, CIVIS and non-party individuals, won two mandates (1.281 votes) in the previous elections. In the upcoming elections, they are running under the slogan “URA - Different - Dr. Dritan Abazović”, and the leader of the list is Nikola Radman.
The SNP will run independently in next week's elections, led by Milan JancicAt the previous ones, they performed as part of the coalition "For the Future of Herceg Novi and Boka".
The Bokek Forum, whose leader is Milovan Bazdar, but also the Civic Movement for Herceg Novi "Idemooo", headed by the former executive director of the local Water and Sewerage Company Olivera Doklestić.
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