1997 Montenegrin presidential election

1997 Montenegrin presidential election
← 1993 5 October 1997 (first round)
19 October 1997 (second round)		 2002 →
Turnout67.55% (first round)
73.90% (second round)
 
Nominee Milo Đukanović Momir Bulatović
Party DPS DPS–MB
Popular vote 174,745 169,257
Percentage 50.80% 49.20%
Results of the second round by municipality
  Đukanović   Bulatović
President before election

Momir Bulatović
DPS

Elected President

Milo Đukanović
DPS

Presidential elections were held in Montenegro, then a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, on 5 October 1997. A second round run-off was held on 19 October 1997. Although incumbent President Momir Bulatović, who was supportive of Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milošević,[1] received a plurality of the vote in the first round, he was defeated in the second round by Prime Minister Milo Đukanović.

Despite OCSE recognising the elections as being "generally fair",[2] Bulatović claimed the elections had been fraudulent and refused to recognise the result. Amid violent protests, Đukanović was sworn into office in January 1998.[3]

  1. ^ Montenegro profile BBC News
  2. ^ Central and South-Eastern Europe, p327
  3. ^ Montenegro's new president sworn in CNN, 15 January 1998