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Montenegro Parliament Election Turnout Higher Than in 2012

© AFP 2023 / SAVO PRELEVICA man casts his ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Podgorica on October 16, 2016. Montenegro began voting in parliamentary elections on October 16, 2016 with opposition groups hoping to end the quarter-century rule of pro-Western premier Milo Djukanovic, who warns that his rivals would derail imminent NATO accession.
A man casts his ballot during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Podgorica on October 16, 2016. Montenegro began voting in parliamentary elections on October 16, 2016 with opposition groups hoping to end the quarter-century rule of pro-Western premier Milo Djukanovic, who warns that his rivals would derail imminent NATO accession. - Sputnik International
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The parliamentary elections in the Balkan state of Montenegro have so far shown a higher turnout than the previous elections in 2012, data from the country's Center of Democratic Transition (CDT) revealed on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the elections kicked off in the nation of 600,000 people to distribute the 81 seats of the unicameral parliament, the Skupstina.

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"Voter turnout till 8 p.m. in 2012 Parliamentary Elections was 70.5 percent, while in Presidential Elections it was 63.9%," the CDT posted on its official Twitter page, also publishing data showing a 73.2 percent turnout as of 8 p.m. local time.

According to the September pre-election polls, the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) is set to receive the majority of votes, as it did in 2012.

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