Social Democratic Party of Montenegro

It is the first definitive electoral personal defeat of Djukanovi since his entry into state politics in February 1991.
Djukanovi was defeated in the first round of the presidential elections in 1997, but emerged as winner in the second.
Djukanovi received the unanimous support of the DPS Main Board for this new candidacy at the session held on February 24.

On 19 March 2023, presidential election will be held in Montenegro for the eighth time since the introduction of the multi-party system in this country and for the fourth time since its independence was proclaimed in 2006. 542,154 voters will be eligible to give a vote.  The president of Montenegro is elected in a single national-wide constituency based on the two-round system.

The administration led by the leader of the green movement URA, Dritan Abazovic, became the government with the shortest period in power in Montenegrin political history - it only came to office in April.
The government was ousted by the votes of 50 MPs in the 81-seat parliament.

The opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, on Thursday announced that it is inviting the leaders of the junior ruling party, the Social Democratic Party, to help them form a "crisis government" and to replace the government led by the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, for the last 25 years.

Djukanovic expressed frustration on Monday that the smaller party in the ruling coalition, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, led by parliament speaker Ranko Krivokapic, has often voted with opposition MPs on important laws in recent years. 

Montenegro's smaller ruling party, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, on Monday rejected an offer by the opposition to form a transitional government to replace the government led by the Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, now 25 years in power.