The victorious parties have said a referendum on independence will probably take place around the end of June.
Opinion polls show it very likely to be approved.
Restoration of Montenegrin independence after 83 years of linkage to Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant republic, could have consequences for the entire Balkan region. Many ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, a province of Serbia that has been under UN administration since mid-1999, hope it would speed up their own drive for independence. Some observers think it could trigger greater instability in Bosnia-Herzegovina by encouraging separatist demands there by ethnic Serbs and Croats. It would inevitably affect politics in Belgrade, the Yugoslav and Serbian capital. Montenegrins and Serbs share a common language and the Orthodox Christian faith but have very different histories.