Milo Đukanović, DPS candidate and the current president of Montenegro, has 37,2 percent of the votes in today's presidential elections, followed by Jakov Milatović, one of the leaders of the Europe Now Movement, with 26,68 percent, and Andrija Mandić from the Democratic Front with 19,8, according to the first projections of the Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) based on an estimated sample of 44 percent of votes.
According to CDT data, as reported by Vijesti, 63.6 percent or about 344.700 voters voted in the presidential elections by the time polling stations closed.
Citizens of Montenegro are electing the president today for the fourth time since the declaration of independence in 2006.
The candidate who receives more than half of the valid votes of the voters who voted will be elected as the President of Montenegro.
If no candidate receives the required number of votes, a second round of elections will be held in 14 days, on April 2.
Candidates of the Democratic Party of Socialists Milo Đukanović, one of the leaders of the Europe Now Movement Jakov Milatović, representative of the Democratic Front Andrija Mandić, Aleksa Bečić of Democratic Montenegro and United Montenegro Goran Danilović, deputy of the Social Democratic Party Draginja Vuksanović Stanković and influencer Jovan Radulović took part in the elections.
S.Ć./Nova.rs
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