Democratic Montenegro, which ran in the elections with the Citizens' Association "Open Boka", declared victory in the local elections in Herceg Novi.
List headed by the current mayor Stevan Katic, won, according to their projections, 12 mandates.
According to the same projections, with 90 percent of votes counted, the Novi List - "Our City, Our Ship", supported by the Europe Now Movement and with which they are partners at the state level, won 10 mandates, the Democratic Party of Socialists "DPS - Herceg Novi - The City We Need" - 5 mandates, and the list "For the Future of Herceg Novi and Boka (New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, True Montenegro and United Montenegro)" - 5 mandates.
One mandate each was taken by the "European Alliance - The Best You Can - SD, SDP, LP and Citizens", the Civic Movement URA and the Civic Movement for Herceg Novi "Idemooo", led by Olivera Doklestic.
The Socialist People's Party (SNP), which ran independently under the slogan "Herceg Novi in the first place - SNP Herceg Novi" and the Bokeški Forum did not pass the threshold.
For the new convocation of the Municipal Assembly, citizens are electing 35 councilors, which means that 18 mandates are needed for a majority.
In the previous convocation in Herceg Novi, out of 35 councilors, 27 formed the government, namely the Democrats, For the Future of Herceg Novi, the Novska Lista, the Socialist People's Party (SNP) and the Civic Movement URA. The DPS was the only opposition.
25.603 residents of Novi Sad were eligible to vote in yesterday's elections. According to the Municipal Election Commission, 20 citizens, or 13.142 percent, had voted by 51,33 p.m. In the previous local elections in 2021, the turnout was slightly more than 66 percent, when 16.984 citizens voted.
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URI mandate less, SNP did not pass the census
Despite winning fewer votes, the Democrats increased their political influence because they proportionally won a larger share of the total votes. Thanks to lower turnout and better relative results, they won two more seats.
The coalition, led by the Democrats, won 2021 seats (10 votes or 4.568 percent) in the 27 local elections. At that time, they competed with Demos and the Party of Pensioners, Disabled and Restitution. In yesterday's elections, the Democrats won 29 votes or 3.737 percent.
In the 2023 parliamentary elections, when they ran with the GP URA, they won 2.421 votes.
Stevan Katić said that they achieved the most convincing victory so far in Herceg Novi.
"Citizens have recognized what we have done - all the great works, all the great projects. I am glad that the citizens have recognized and that we have triumphed so convincingly. This is our most convincing result in Herceg Novi and we will continue to work in the interests of the citizens," said Katić.
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He pointed out that they are not interested in anything other than serving the people, and said that "Herceg Novi remains in safe hands."
Suffering from DCG Aleksa Becic He said that the victory in Herceg Novi was "one of the most cherished in his political career."
"We have one of the most convincing victories in Montenegro. It is a proud city that has Stevan Katić at its helm. After 25 percent in 2017, after 27 percent in 2021, after eight years in power, we have won over 32 percent. Herceg Novi has shown that it is the stronghold of our government," said Bečić.
He also said that "nice authorities have arrived from Nikšić as well":
"Thank you for giving us an additional incentive with the historic results in Herceg Novi and Nikšić to continue the excellent fight, to continue cleaning the security sector from corrupt individuals. Montenegro needs a strong system and strong institutions."
Konjević: Historic success of a local party
The Nova List, which was the biggest surprise in the local elections four years ago, retained that title in yesterday's elections. From the seven councilors (3.195 votes or 19,09 percent) it won in 2021, it increased that number to 10 after yesterday's elections, winning 3.024 votes (25,71 percent). The Nova List won three more seats, although it had 171 fewer votes than in the previous local elections, which can be attributed to lower turnout.
In the parliamentary elections, Novska won 4.109 votes as part of PES.
The Novska Lista and PES are partners at the state level, and Novska has a representative. Jovan Subotica at the PES club.
Leader of the New List Miloš Konjević last night he said he was pleased with the “historic success of the local party”.
"I want to thank the citizens of Herceg Novi who came out to vote, and especially those who supported the Novi List. We have a growing tendency, this time we won 10 seats," said Konjević.
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He congratulated Katić on the achieved result, and also praised Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.
""We continue together with the projects that are the most important. I am satisfied, the historic success of the local party. Thanks to Spajić, we have a mandate in the state parliament. Let's move on," said Konjević.
Spajic je He said that the Novska Lista achieved a huge result.
"I am honored to be in such an authentic and local story. A huge result, a growth of 40 or so percent. A phenomenal result. I think people will only realize the magnitude of the result tomorrow. The Novska Lista stands for the same thing as we do. We did many things before the campaign. I look forward to cooperating with the municipality of Herceg Novi and I hope that we will continue the good cooperation," said Spajić.
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ZBHN two fewer seats than in the last elections
The coalition "For the Future of Herceg Novi and Boka (New Serbian Democracy, Democratic People's Party, True Montenegro and United Montenegro)" won five seats in yesterday's elections, two fewer than in the previous local elections. Of the five seats won, three belong to the NSD, and one each to the DNP and True Montenegro.
They were led by the former president of the local parliament. Ivan Otovic.
The coalition "For the Future of Herceg Novi and Boka" (NSD, DNP, PzP, SNP and the Workers' Party) won seven mandates (2021 votes or 3.246 percent) in the 19 local elections, and 39 (1.485 percent) votes in yesterday's elections, which means that they won 12,62 fewer votes than in the previous local elections.
They won 2.193 votes in the parliamentary elections.
DPS "short" by 1.911 votes
DPS, which ran independently yesterday, won two fewer seats than in the local elections four years ago. The party ran in coalition with the Social Democrats four years ago, when it won eight seats in the Novi Sad parliament (3.680 votes or 21,99 percent), and yesterday they won 1769 votes (15,04 percent) independently. That is 1.911 fewer votes than in the previous local elections. In yesterday's elections, they were led by Dejan Stojadinovic.
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In the 2023 parliamentary elections, they won 2.172 votes.
The European Alliance, which includes the SD, the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, and which he led Rajko Komnenic it won one mandate, or 395 votes (3,36 percent).
"We have shown that we are still an important political factor and we will try to achieve an even better result by the next elections," said the candidate for councilor from the ES list. Tanja Vujicic, reports the RTHN portal.
The URA civil movement, led by Nikola Radman, won one less mandate than in the previous local elections.
Four years ago, the "Black and White" coalition, which included GP URA, Bokeški Forum, Bokobran Initiative, CIVIS and non-party individuals, won two mandates (1.281 votes or 7 percent). In yesterday's elections, they had 65 votes (420 percent).
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The leader of the SNP list, which ran independently and in the previous elections as part of the "ZBHN and Boka" coalition Milan Jancic said is that they are not satisfied with the result and that they will "certainly request a recount of the votes," reports the RTHN portal.
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Election day passed peacefully, without incident.
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