Re-voting at the Cetinje polling station, CDT: 67,57 percent of voters voted

672 voters were registered at the polling station "Lovcen Partisan Detachment" II, and 11 of them, i.e. 363 percent, voted in the elections on June 54.

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From the polling station, Photo: Mediabiro
From the polling station, Photo: Mediabiro
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Ažurirano: 08.07.2023. 21:03h

In Cetinje, a re-voting was held today at the polling station "Lovcen Partisan Detachment" II.

The Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) announced on Twitter that out of 672 registered voters, 454, or 67,57 percent, voted.

The State Election Commission (SEC) announced that SEC President Nikola Mugoša and permanent and extended members Damir Suljević, Nataša Pešić, Janko Odović and Jadranka Milošević visited this polling station in Cetinje in order to verify the correctness of the voting procedure.

SEC
photo: DIK

"With this visit, they wanted to follow all the steps of the voting procedure in order to ensure that the election process is carried out in accordance with the law. After the implementation of the voting procedure, the SEC president and members will go to the Election Commission of the Capital Cetinje, where they will attend the handover of election materials , which is a key step in the further election process," says the SEC announcement.

The President of the Municipal Election Commission, Marko Brnović, told the MINA agency that the first unofficial voting results can be expected around 21:30 p.m.

He said that the election day is proceeding in the best order and that no irregularities have been recorded.

Voting at the polling station Lovcen partisan detachment II was repeated after the Constitutional Court accepted the appeal of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against the decision of the State Election Commission and ordered the Election Commission of the Capital to repeat the elections at that polling station.

The SDP filed a complaint because, as they said, the number of control slips did not match the number of voters who were identified in the extract from the voter list as having voted.

Turnout during the day

By 19:431 p.m., 64,1 voters, or XNUMX percent, had voted, President of the Municipal Election Commission Marko Brnović told Television of Montenegro earlier.

Brnović previously told the MINA agency that the election day was proceeding in the best order and that there were no recorded irregularities.

By 18 p.m., 382 voters, or 56,85 percent, had voted, Brnović said earlier.

Brnović then told the MINA agency that the voting was proceeding in the best order and that no irregularities had been recorded.

The Europe Now Movement (PES) announced that 18 voters, or 382 percent, had also voted by 56,85 p.m.

"Until 13:13 p.m., 12 requests for voting by letter were submitted to the electoral committee, with the fact that XNUMX envelopes with ballots were returned to the electoral committee, which was recorded in the minutes," PES said.

Brnović said earlier that 15 voters, or 300 percent, had voted by 44,64 p.m.

Brnović then told the MINA agency that the voting is proceeding in the best order and that there are no irregularities so far.

According to him, the first unofficial voting results can be expected tonight around 21:30 p.m.

By 13 p.m., 252 voters, or 37,5 percent, had voted, the Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) announced.

The NGO said that 13 requests for voting by letter were submitted and that as many requests were approved.

The President of the Electoral Commission of the Capital of Cetinje, Marko Brnović, previously said that 217 voters, or 32,29 percent, had voted by noon.

He indicated that the turnout by noon, compared to the June 11 extraordinary elections, was higher by about ten percent, that is, that about 80 more voters voted than then, Mediabiro reported.

Brnović said that the voting is proceeding in the best order and that there are no irregularities so far.

Brnović
Brnovićphoto: Mediabiro

Voting was repeated after the Constitutional Court accepted the appeal of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against the decision of the State Election Commission and ordered the Election Commission of the Capital to repeat the elections at that polling station.

672 voters were registered at the polling station "Lovcen Partisan Detachment" II, and 11 of them, or 363 percent, voted in the elections on June 54.

The SDP filed a complaint because, as they said, the number of control slips did not match the number of voters who were identified in the extract from the voter list as having voted.

In the elections on June 11, at the aforementioned polling station, the Zajedno coalition won 125 votes, the SDP 122, and the Europe Movement now 49 votes.

SDP needs an additional 295 votes for parliamentary status.

The Hrabra se Broji coalition, which consists of the Democrats and the Civic Movement URA, won 40 votes, the Croatian Civic Initiative eight, and the Turn Movement and the coalition For the Future of Montenegro four each.

The Socialist People's Party and the Albanian Alliance each won two votes, the We Can list won one, while there were six invalid ballots.

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