Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro, at the time a constituent republic of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on November 3, 1996, the same day as the first round of the 1996 Serbian local elections.Europa World Year, Book 2, 2004, p. 3696. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists which won 45 of the 71 seats.
Electoral system Of the 71 seats in Parliament, 64 were elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency and seven were elected in a special constituency for minority lists. The electoral threshold was set at 6% and seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. Closed lists were used with a single list for both constituencies, although parties only had to award half their seats according to the order of the list, with the remaining half free for them to allocate.
Contesting parties Party or alliance Abbreviation Main ideology LeaderDemocratic Party of SocialistsDemokratska partija socijalistaДемократска партија социјалиста DPS Social democracySerbian–Montenegrin unionism Momir BulatovićPopular UnityNarodna SlogaНародна СлогаPeople's PartyNarodna strankaНародна странкаNSConservatismSerbian–Montenegrin unionismNovak Kilibarda Liberal Alliance of MontenegroLiberalni savez Crne GoreЛиберални савез Црне Горе LSCG LiberalismMontenegrin nationalism Slavko PerovićParty of Democratic Action of MontenegroStranka Demokratske AkcijeСтранка демократске акције SDA CG Bosniak nationalismSocial conservatism Harun HadžićDemocratic League in MontenegroDemokratski savez u Crnoj GoriLidhja Demokratike në Mal të Zi DS Albanian minority interestsLiberal conservatism Mehmet BardhiDemocratic Union of AlbaniansDemokratska unija AlbanacaUnioni Demokratik i Shqipëtarëve DUA Albanian minority interestsSocial conservatism Fuad Nimani
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References
External links Narodna sloga election campaign rally in Tuzi, October 1996 (Slavko Perović speech) Narodna sloga election campaign rally in Danilovgrad, October 1996 (Miro Vicković speech) Narodna sloga election campaign rally in Danilovgrad, October 1996 (Slavko Perović speech) Narodna sloga election campaign rally in Pljevlja, October 25, 1996 Narodna sloga election campaign rally in Pljevlja, October 25, 1996 (Slavko Perović speech) DPS election campaign rally in Danilovgrad, October 25, 1996 DPS election campaign rally in Ozrinići, October 1996 (Milo Đukanović speech) DPS election campaign rally in Bijela, October 1996 (Svetozar Marović speech) SDP election campaign rally in Mrkojevići, October 26, 1996 (Ranko Krivokapić, Dragiša Burzan, and Žarko Rakčević speeches) Partija prirodnog zakona TV presentation, October 1996 (Saša S. Petrović speech)