Centre for Monitoring and Research

Latest data; CeMi: Milatovi won 60 percent of the vote
According to the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CEMI), which published its preliminary results of the run-off presidential election in Montenegro, the candidate of the "Europe Now!" movement, Jakov Milatovic, won 60 percent of the vote based on 98 percent of the votes processed so far.

Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic (L) and Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (R) in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

Black on White bloc leader Dritan Abazovic (left) and Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic (right) at a conference in Budva. Photo: Atlantic Council of Montenegro

Montenegrin PM Zdravko Krivokapic at a government session. Photo: Government of Montenegro

"This would cause great tensions and lead to pre-census campaigns and would negatively affect the quality of all the other data. Also, international standards say that population censuses should be avoided in turbulent socio-political periods," said Ivana Vujovic from the NGO Juventas.

Democratic Front supporters celebrate their election win in Niksic, Montenegro. Photo: For the Future of Niksic

In the elections in Nikisic, the three blocs comprising the current ruling majority in parliament won 23 of the 41 seats in the assembly. The For the European Niksic coalition, led by the Djukanovic's DPS, won 18.

It also presents the Church's Belgrade leadership with an opportunity to elect a successor more in sync with Serbian state policy under President Aleksandar Vucic, analysts say.

Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic died on October 30 of complications from COVID-19. He was 82 years old.