# 2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election

Snap parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 14 October 2012. The parliamentary elections were the ninth since the reintroduction of multi-party system in 1990, and the third since regaining full independence in 2006. The result was a victory for the ruling European Montenegro alliance (based around the Democratic Party of Socialists) led by Milo Đukanović, which won 39 of the 81 seats, remaining without the majority by itself for the first time since the 2001 election, and subsequently forming a majority coalition government with the ethnic minority Bosniak Party (BS) and Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI) parties.

## Electoral system

The 81 members of Parliament were elected by proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 3%, although the threshold was reduced to 0.7% for ethnic minority parties in districts where ethnic minorities accounted for at least 15% of the population. For ethnic Croats, the electoral list wins one seat if it receives more than 0.35% of the popular vote. Seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method, which slightly favors larger lists.

## Electoral lists

Several coalitions were formed or continued for the election:
| Coalition | Party | Main ideology | Leader |
| European Montenegro | DPS-SDP-LP | Social democracy | Milo Đukanović |
| Democratic Front | NOVA-PzP | Big tent, populism | Miodrag Lekić |
| Socialist People's Party | Socialist People's Party | Social conservatism | Srđan Milić |
| Positive Montenegro | Positive Montenegro | Social liberalism | Darko Pajović |
| Bosniak Party | Bosniak Party | Minority politics | Rafet Husović |
| Serb Unity | NS-SL-DCB | Conservatism | Jovan Markuš |
| For Unity | FORCA-AKP | Minority politics | Nazif Cungu |
| Albanian Coalition | DS-DP-AA | Minority politics | Fatmir Gjeka |
| Serb National Alliance | DSS-SSR | Conservatism | Ranko Kadić |
| Democratic Union of Albanians | Democratic Union of Albanians | Minority politics | Ferhat Dinosha |
| Croatian Civic Initiative | Croatian Civic Initiative | Minority politics | Marija Vučinović |
| Together | JKP-PUPI | Left-wing populism | Zoran Radošević |

## Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty. The threshold for a party to elect members is 3%.
| Date | Polling Firm/ Source | ECG | BS | SNP | DF | DF | PCG | Others | Lead |
| Date | Polling Firm/ Source | ECG | BS | SNP | Nova | PzP | PCG | Others | Lead |
| Oct 2012 | CeDem | 47.2 | 2.3 | 14.9 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 28.7 |
| Oct 2012 | Ipsos | 47 | 2.5 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 7.5 | 23 |
| July 2012 | DeFacto | 50.7 | 2.9 | 18.2 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 32.5 |
| Dec 2011 | CeDem | 54.4 | ECG | 17.2 | 9.1 | 6.8 | — | 15.5 | 37.2 |
| Sep 2011 | CeDem | 54.1 | ECG | 17.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | — | 12.2 | 28.2 |
| Dec 2010 | CeDem | 56.4 | ECG | 19.7 | 6.1 | 6.9 | — | 10.7 | 28.2 |
| Oct 2010 | CeDem | 56.9 | ECG | 17.8 | 9.2 | 4.7 | — | 11.3 | 30.3 |
| July 2010 | CeDem | 53.2 | ECG | 18.6 | 8.1 | 4.9 | — | 15.2 | 30.3 |
| Oct 2009 | Election | 51.9 | 51.9 | 16.8 | 9.2 | 6.0 | — | 16.1 | 35.1 |

## Results

| | European Montenegro | 165,380 | 46.33 | 39 | –7 |
| | Democratic Front | 82,773 | 23.19 | 20 | +7 |
| | Socialist People's Party of Montenegro | 40,131 | 11.24 | 9 | –7 |
| | Positive Montenegro | 29,881 | 8.37 | 7 | New |
| | Bosniak Party | 15,124 | 4.24 | 3 | +2 |
| | Serb Unity (NS–SL–DCB) | 5,275 | 1.48 | 0 | New |
| | For Unity | 5,244 | 1.47 | 1 | –1 |
| | Albanian Coalition | 3,824 | 1.07 | 1 | 0 |
| | Serb National Alliance (DSS–SSR) | 3,085 | 0.86 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Union of Albanians | 2,848 | 0.80 | 0 | –1 |
| | Croatian Civic Initiative | 1,470 | 0.41 | 1 | 0 |
| | Together (JKP–PUPI) | 1,384 | 0.39 | 0 | New |
| | Albanian Youth League | 531 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 356,950 | 100.00 | 81 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 356,950 | 98.41 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 5,764 | 1.59 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 362,714 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 514,055 | 70.56 | | |
| Source: State Electoral Commission of Montenegro ||||||