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Electoral Systems
ES001
Head of State
Question: How is the Head of State selected?
Answer(s):
c . Directly elected in general elections (absolute majority with 2nd round if necessary)
Comments: Article 1: The President of Montenegro shall be elected through general elections, directly and through secret voting, for the period of five years.
Article 16: The candidate who obtains more than a half of the valid votes of voters who have voted shall be elected President.
Article 17: In case none of the candidates obtain the number of votes predicted by the Article 16 of this Law, the second round shall be organised in 14 days.
Two candidates who received the highest number of votes shall participate in the second round.
In the second round, the winner shall be the candidate who wins the majority of votes.
Should both candidates win an equal number of votes in the second round, the voting shall be repeated between these two candidates within the term of 7 days.
Source: Electoral Law: Law on Election of President of Montenegro adopted on 27 December 2007, art. 1(1), 16-17.
https://legislationline.org/taxonomy/term/12409
Verified: 2023/09/25
ES002
Head of Government
Question: How is the Head of Government selected?
Answer:
c . Indirectly elected by legislature/chosen by parliament
Comments: Article 82: The Parliament shall: 12) Elect and dismiss from duty: the Prime Minister and members of the Government.
Source: Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, SU-SK Ref. no. 01-514/12, 19 October 2007, art. 82(12).
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Montenegro_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2023/09/25
ES003
President
Question: Does the country have a president?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Constitution, art. 11: Montenegro shall be represented by the President of Montenegro.
Source: Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, SU-SK Ref. no. 01-514/12, 19 October 2007.
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Montenegro_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2023/09/25
ES004
Number of Chambers
Question: The national legislature consists of (one/two chambers):
Answer:
a . One chamber
Comments: Constitution, Part 3 (Organization of Powers), Article 83 (Composition of the Parliament): The Parliament shall consist of the Members of the Parliament elected directly on the basis of the general and equal electoral right and by secret ballot.
The Parliament shall have 81 Members.
Source: Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro, SU-SK Ref. no. 01-514/12, 19 October 2007, art. 82-94.
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Montenegro_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2023/09/25
ES005
Electoral System (Chamber 1)
Question: What is the electoral system for Chamber 1 of the national legislature?
Answer(s):
g . List Proportional Representation
Comments: Article 4: Councillors and members of parliament shall be elected in an electoral district based on a list submitted by a political party (party candidate list), coalition of political parties (coalition candidate list) or group of citizens (citizen group candidate list) (hereinafter referred to as the candidate list).
Councillor and member of parliament seats shall be allocated in proportion to the number of votes received.
Source: Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives as amended in 2016, art. 4.
https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-REF(2020)031-e
Verified: 2023/09/25
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