Municipal elections were held in Montenegro on 30 August 2020 in Andrijevica, Budva, Gusinje, Kotor and Tivat.

Elections for the Tivat local parliament were scheduled for 24 April, but were postponed to August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro, so that elections in all five municipalities were held on 30 August, the same date as the national-level parliamentary elections.Lokalni izbori u Crnoj Gori, B92, 31 August 2020

Since parliamentary election resulted in a victory for the opposition parties and the fall from power of the ruling DPS, which had ruled the country since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990. Opposition success at the national level was accompanied by its success at local level elections, opposition lists won majority in four out of five municipalities where elections were held, including Andrijevica, Budva, Kotor and Tivat while in Gusinje, the ruling DPS retained power, in coalition with SD and the national minority parties.

Results Andrijevica Party / CoalitionPopular vote% of votesSeats±Gov't DPS–SD 1,626 49.02 15 6 NSD–SNP 1,381 41.63 13 3 DCG–Demos 310 9.35 3 3

Budva Party / CoalitionPopular vote% of votesSeats±Gov'tDF–SNP–PCG–UCG–Demos 5,786 41.40 14 5 DPS–CGP–SD–LP 4,340 31.06 11 5 DCG 2,479 17.74 6 1 URA 532 3.81 1 0 SDP 429 3.07 1 1Others 409 2.92 0 New

Gusinje Party / CoalitionPopular vote% of voteSeats±Gov'tDPS 776 36.24 12 3 SD 499 23.31 7 3 AA−DSA−DUA 469 21.91 6 0 BS–LP 242 11.30 3 2 SDP 80 3.74 1 2 SNP 75 3.50 1 0

Kotor Party / CoalitionPopular vote% of voteSeats±Gov'tDemocratic Party of Socialists 4,437 32.14 12 0 Kotor is Our Nation 3,313 24.00 9 4 For the Future of Kotor 2,937 21.27 7 1United Reform Action 692 5.01 10Social Democratic Party 603 4.37 12Social Democrats 568 4.11 11Liberal Party 566 4.10 1 0Socialists of Montenegro 450 3.26 1 New Croatian Civic Initiative 239 1.73 0 1

Tivat Party / CoalitionPopular vote% of voteSeats±Gov'tPeople Wins 3,519 38.25 13 10 Democratic Party of Socialists 3,014 32.76 11 6 Social Democrats 701 7.62 2 2 Boka Forum 6126.65 2 1 Croatian Civic Initiative 5205.65 2 Social Democratic Party 3794.12 1 1 Goran Božović List 3113.38 1 New

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